Approaching the Loot Box through Gamification

Special Issue #17

One-sentence game ideas

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

Collective reading of the texts

Rules of play defining games with kamo 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

solo reading and annotating

Well played by Vicky Osterweil

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

We are all very anxious by the Institute for Precarious Consciousness
Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory by Raymond Williams
Game Modding: Cross-Over Mutation and Unwelcome Gifts by Anne-Marie Schleiner
Wages against housework by Silvia Federici
Chapter 2: PWNing Leisure" from "Play Like a Feminist by Shira Chess"

How to turn players into payers map

with Supi, Emma and Gersande

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?

the karaoke video by chae
https://media.xpub.nl/2022/SI17/karaoke-Final.mp4

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
Τrying 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 kamo, 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

https://pad.xpub.nl/p/16022022-ste<3

Producing the loot boxes

How can we work together

For this trimester we decided that we wil have two persons as facilitators for each meeting.
This helped us a lot.
page with our group meetings' summaries

80000 postits

first idea by kamo and erica and altogether we started building on that
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/post-it

si17 website

https://issue.xpub.nl/17/index.html
decision on the contents of the website