SI17

Approaching the Loot Box through Gamification

Special Issue #17

Collective reading of the texts

• Rules of play defining games with camo and erica
• Taylorism 2:0: Gamification, scientific management and the capitalist appropriation of play with alex, chae, kamo and erica
• Gamification as twenty-first-century ideology with chae and erica
• Notes on deconstructing the popular with alex, chae erica and kamo

One-sentence game ideas

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/2022_onesentencegameideas

Fanfiction Katamari

with erica and kamo

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/katamari-fanfiction
https://issue.xpub.nl/17/katamari/

Can gaming make a better world?

Re-writing the lyrics of Video killed the radio star to talk about gamification in real life.
The new lyrics will be used for karaoke performances

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/si17-karaoke

Lyrics final version

Let's get straight into it!

I wake up early every day to be the best
Don't close the mac cuz there's no need for me to rest
My job is like a game that's why I feelso blessed

Oh, a, oh

They took the fun out of my creativity (BUT)
I'm responsible for my stability (AND)
My mentor said 'Self-motivation is the key!

20 points
I did a good job!
50 points
I did a better job!

Gaming could make a promising world
Gaming should make a fulfilling world
Gamify your entire day
Oh-a-a-a oh

Waiting the host to let me enter the zoom call
Checking my emails while I'm having healthy lunch
My job is like a game but why I feel so stressed

Oh-a oh-a
Is this my leisure time?
Oh-a oh-a
Is this my working time?

Gaming could make a healthier world
Gaming should make a happier world
Manage life through all your apps
Get some rest and back to work" 

Oh-a-aho oh x2

Gaming could make an easier world
Gaming should make a better world

If you fail then don't complain
Try your best and play the game
Life is better when you may
gamify all the way
Can't go on anymore x2

Gaming can't make a promising world
Gaming can't make a healthier world
Gaming can't make a happier world
Gaming can't make an easier world 
Gaming can't make a better world

Gaming can't make a fulfilling world 
Gaming can't make a healthier world" 
Gaming can't make a happier world
Gaming can't make an easier world
Gaming can't make a better world

Prototyping

Two prototyping experiments about the loot box
trying to generate puzzles through emojis

   #1st
   #LOOT BOX
   # it works like this
   # call the random function
   # define the characters that are going to be picked randomly
   # define with and height
   # then write a code that for the range of (height,width) it prints the random characters 
   #print ' '
   from random import choice
   characters = ['👓', '👠', '🧨', '📣', '⚽', '🦺', '🏳‍🌈', '💍','👑','💻','🚬','🍗','🧵']
   #numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,]
   #height = 1
   for x in range(3):
       print(choice(characters), end=)
   print('  ')

   #2nd
   #Objects and assumptions
   from random import choice
   characters = ['🎮','💸','👔','👠', '🧨', '📣', '⚽', '🦺', '🏳‍🌈', '💍','👑','💻','🚬','🍗','🧵',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ']
   width = 50
   height = 50
   for y in range(height):
       for x in range(width):
           print(choice(characters), end=)
       print()

Reading Writing and Reasearch Methodologies

• Noise cancelling devices with camo, chae and erica

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/noice_cancelling_devices_turns_off_also_your_inner

• making the Glossary of productive play with everyone in class

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/02022022
https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Glossary_of_productive_play

• What is a loot box? with everyone in class