Mobile Games andHardware Hacking

Daniel SoltisInteraction DesignerTinker.it!

Mobile Games

• Activities and/or context outside of a clearly defined playing field

• Often involve technology

Some Examples

–Foreground the social–Always might be playing–Game tools other than boards, screens, controllers, etc.

Mobile Games:

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Always Might be Playing

– Asynchronous– Changing pool of players– Playing alongside non-players

Interfaces

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Hacking Games

Playing with hardware can suggest different possibilities for game mechanics,or suggest new ways of using technology in conjunction with traditional game play.

Some examplesfrom

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Ideas, Implications, Directions

– ‘Touch in’ mechanic– Convenient random number generator– Easy way to track people through a system

– New relationship to non-playful tool– Emotional response to action and result

– Possibilities for gaming the system

Thanks!

Daniel Soltisdaniel@tinker.it

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