JONATHAN BALDWIN | TAMI EVNIN | ALEX GEKKER | HIRUMI NANAYAKKARA

Weave PICNIC’s theme of Urban Futures and pop-up / ad-hoc city microcosms into a physical social networking application via 7scenes & Twitter.

CONCEPT

Invisible CitiesSettlers of CatanSimsAd Hoc networks / flash mobsRalph Koster’s Social Mechanics

PRECEDENTS

RULES & GAMEPLAYArchitects are preassigned to 1 of 4 teams upon login.Architects must attend PICNIC events to collect missing resources and build their city. Resources come in the form of physical artifacts (playing cards) that are collected from each event.In between events, architects gather at Trading Posts as designated in 7scenes.At trading posts, architects can trade cards either between their team or with other teams to form desired combinations.Cominations unlock needed city structures. Combinations needed for each team’s city will be available on an external website visible at trading posts or any mobile device.Architects will trade correct combinations for a secret code at the trading post. Once a winning hand is created, architect/s must tweet to #BSIT, #TeamColor, #SecretCode to reveal needed city structure.Using these Tweets, an external javascript site will show the progression of each team’s city.The winning team will have the the most stable city based on event attendance and successful ad hoc interactions with other PICNIC architects.

Watch invisible city materialize

Tweet winningcombinations

Trading Posts

Collect resource playing cards

Attend PICNIC events

7 scenesArchitects log back into 7scenes to find the next series of events

Architects create desired combinations with other teams

Architects use 7scenes to find building block hotspots

AD HOC CIRCLE OF TRUST

Fully integrate theme of PICNIC into concept

Stimulate ad hoc interaction (ad hoc picnics) between conference attendees

Interactions will utilize social media to not only perpetuate gameplay, but also leave behind connections between players for possible future collaborations.

GOALS

Fully integrate theme of PICNIC into concept

Stimulate ad hoc interaction (ad hoc picnics) between conference attendees

Interactions will utilize social media to not only perpetuate gameplay, but also leave behind connections between players for possible future collaborations.

Lorenz is a blogger. He’s at PICNIC to keep up on the latest and greatest in new media & technology, and network with others in the industry. He has some extra time in between events and wants to test out the BestSceneInTown.

USER SCENARIO

USER SCENARIO

He logs into 7scenes and sees a map of the PICNIC grounds showing all of the events for the afternoon.

USER SCENARIOHe attends the events that interest him, and picks up the physical playing cards that are located at each event.

USER SCENARIOHe views the external site that contains the desired card combinations to retrieve city structures.

Green space – 2 Infrastructure, 2 Sustainability, 1 SocietyMunicipality – 1 of each (Infrastructure, Sustainability, Society, De-sign, Media)Transit net – 1 Infrastructure, 2 Design, 1 Society, 1 SustainabilityArtisans Quarter – 2 Media, 2 Design, 1 SocietyLocal news – 3 media, 1 society, 1 SustainabilityMarket – 2 Sustainability, 1 Media, 1 Design, Infrastructure

USER SCENARIOHe ventures to the PICNIC Trading Post to discuss strategy and trade/collect resources with other architects.

Lorenz finds a teammate, and they strategize trading methods with other teammates to complete the card combinations.

They tweet their combinations to construct the city structure.

USER SCENARIO

An external Javascript site pulls tweets and visualizes the progression of each team’s city.

USER SCENARIO

Lorenz and his teammates see what is lacking and continue trading and attending events to unlock their needed structures.

image by 123RF.com

At the end of the conference, Lorenz & his team have created an ideal urban city. He has also formed connections with many other PICNIC attendees.

USER SCENARIO