User:Supisara/Special Issue 17

Special Issue #17: Productive Play

Group exercises

Date	Pad	Description	Output
19/01/22	SI17	Ideology & gamification	One-sentence game ideas, one-sentence loot boxes with everyone
19/01/22	RW&RM	Annotation of an object of ideology	Map with Gersande, Carmen, Miriam
02/02/22	RW&RM	Productive Play glossary	Glossary wiki Contributions (with Kimberley): "tempo vs. rhythm", "collective sensitivity(sensibility)", "artificial standard"
08/02/22	SI17	Modding, fanfic	Miller's Hollow fanfic wiki with Kimberley & Chae
16/02/22	RW&RM	Describing the loot box

Research

Resources based on my interests of the loot box:

Topic	Description	Source
Loot box variations	A loot box doesn't necessarily have to come in the form a box	incubators, paint brushes, skins, iOS app, STEM box, an AE script/plugin
Loot box characteristics	The critical persuasive moment for a loot box purchaser	special moves, rush launches, trap cards

Observations

• time, sound, and motion-based triggers
• surprise pipeline: a "surprise" but only for those at the receiving end?
• packaged "randomness" in bundles/kits/subscriptions

Experiments

• Arrow maze Bitsy game (test/WIP), inspired by the "loops and traps" maze. Goal: create a double maze where the arrows alternate between two directions, where the avatar is also an arrow.

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• Visualizing loot box characteristics (from workshop game ideas with Steve). Game concept: delayed rewards/no thrill of the chase

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  repel to attract

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  individual-collective time sync

• Etherpad ↔︎ Bitsy jam with Jian

Deliverables

"This Box Found You For A Reason"

Phase	Contribution
1.) Processing	1.) 3.) Group meeting facilitation with Emma on topics re: share & recap of prototypes, price & accessibility of the loot box, community & launch––see pad, summary
2.1) Production: "Unfinished Thoughts"	Bitsy game with Jian 1.) Pad: Collaborative discussion 2.) Pad: Individual reflection 3.) Pad: Collaborative reflection 4.) Bitsy: Individual experiments: first draft 5.) Bitsy: Combined experiments 6.) Bitsy: The finished "Unfinished Thoughts"
2.2) Production: Inside the box/content	With Erica, Mitsa, Kamo (see: pad) 1.) Post-its 1.1.) Content curation: (see: sheet) 1.2.) Concept: (see: pad 2) 1.3.) Design: (see: Figma,) 2.) Website 2.1.) Overview: 2.2.) Mockups: 2.3.) Setup: vscode, git
3.) Launch	"Special Issue 17" Bitsy font with Jian. Applications: the loot box, event signage, event games, website Filling the box with Team 1, Jian, Alex: (see: production line diagram by Alex) "Unfinished Thoughts" raspberry pi + monitor setup Soundtrack suggestions ((in blue) concept: non-game music that says game music): one of the proposed songs was selected for the loot box reveal

Reflection

See wiki.