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* Why BUGs?
 
* Why BUGs?
 
* Presentation of BUG case studies
 
* Presentation of BUG case studies
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** Big Urban Game, PacManhattan, Conqwest, Superstar Tokyo, Mogi-Mogi, Cruel 2 B Kind, Identity, Uncle Roy All Around You / Bot Fighters
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** Big Urban Game, PacManhattan, Conqwest, Superstar Tokyo, Mogi-Mogi, Cruel 2 B Kind, Identity, Uncle Roy All Around You
 
** game context (what occasion, what location)
 
** game context (what occasion, what location)
 
** gameplay (rules, who played, objective)
 
** gameplay (rules, who played, objective)
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'''1. GAME 1: NROG''' (New Rules, Old Games)
 
'''1. GAME 1: NROG''' (New Rules, Old Games)
  
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'gettopoly image here'
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[[Image:Ghettopoly.jpg]]
  
 
* 4 teams of 4
 
* 4 teams of 4
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* choose from [http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/pl/page.rules/dn/home.cfm '''Scrabble'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess '''Chess'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_checkers '''Chinese Checkers'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(board_game)#Rules '''Go'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_(game) '''Risk''']
 
* choose from [http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/pl/page.rules/dn/home.cfm '''Scrabble'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess '''Chess'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_checkers '''Chinese Checkers'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(board_game)#Rules '''Go'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_(game) '''Risk''']
  
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* Quick analysis the existing game vis-a-vis its  
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* Quick one-page analysis of the existing game vis-a-vis its  
 
** '''Rules''' - ''What are the rules? What components (game board, pieces) are used?''
 
** '''Rules''' - ''What are the rules? What components (game board, pieces) are used?''
 
** '''Gameplay''' - ''How do you play it? What are you supposed to do? What types of strategies, offensive/defensive/etc., are developed?''
 
** '''Gameplay''' - ''How do you play it? What are you supposed to do? What types of strategies, offensive/defensive/etc., are developed?''
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** How are the above criteria altered after your intervention?  
 
** How are the above criteria altered after your intervention?  
 
* Prepare a short presentation that includes  
 
* Prepare a short presentation that includes  
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** your analyses of the pre- and post-op games
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** your analyses of the new game you've created
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** a concise documentation of your '''NROG''' (see examples)  
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** a concise, one-page documentation of your '''NROG''' (see examples)  
 
** be prepared to play the game in the following class (we'll set aside 20 minutes for presentation and play).
 
** be prepared to play the game in the following class (we'll set aside 20 minutes for presentation and play).
  
  
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'''2. URBAN ANALYSIS'''
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*'''Gabe Lloyd'''
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**[http://diametrik.net/BUG/assignments/gabe/NROG.pdf 'GEMDAS']
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'naked city image here'
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'new york area code'
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* Each group will pick a urban feature of New York to analyze
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* Scale of the 'site' can vary: a particular block, blocks, landmark, neighborhood, street, one borough, all five boroughs, etc.
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* Focus on a set of salient data points of your site, for example:
+
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** '''S''' (block): location of mailboxes or phone booths, pedestrian behavior, traffic patterns
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−
** '''M''' (neighborhood): arrangement of streets, deployment of bldg numbers, building heights
+
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** '''L''' (Manhattan): locations of Starbucks, ethnic pockets, real estate values, zoning patterns
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** '''XL''' (metropolitan New York): MTA subway routes, interborough traffic patterns, borough identities, zip codes
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* Record/map/examine the the data you find: How does the urban infrastructure influence behavior around the site? What dynamic systems (rules, forces, and movement patterns) are at work? How is your site physically defined?
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* Diagram and record this information into a ''single drawing or physical model''
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** documentation should be abstract and diagrammatic
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*[http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Play-Game-Design-Fundamentals/dp/0262240459/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1234027-9706027?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173041907&sr=8-1 ''Rules of Play''], Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman
 
*[http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Play-Game-Design-Fundamentals/dp/0262240459/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1234027-9706027?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173041907&sr=8-1 ''Rules of Play''], Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman
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**Rules
 
 
**''Ironclad'' (p. 286-297), commissioned game by Frank Lantz
 
**''Ironclad'' (p. 286-297), commissioned game by Frank Lantz
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**Chapter 9: The Magic Circle, p.93-99
 +
*''General Suggested Reading/Reference:''
 +
**Unit 1: Core Concepts, pp.28-105
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**Unit 2: Rules, pp.116-285
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**Unit 3: Play, pp.298-487
  
 
*[http://www.amazon.com/Game-Design-Reader-Rules-Anthology/dp/0262195364/ref=pd_sim_b_3/105-1234027-9706027?ie=UTF8&qid=1173041907&sr=8-1 ''The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology''], Salen and Zimmerman, eds.
 
*[http://www.amazon.com/Game-Design-Reader-Rules-Anthology/dp/0262195364/ref=pd_sim_b_3/105-1234027-9706027?ie=UTF8&qid=1173041907&sr=8-1 ''The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology''], Salen and Zimmerman, eds.
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** Chinese Checkers remixes, p.8
 
** Chinese Checkers remixes, p.8
 
** Risk remixes, p.48
 
** Risk remixes, p.48
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Image-City-Kevin-Lynch/dp/0262620014 ''Image of the City''], Kevin Lynch. "The City Image and its Elements," pp.46-90
 
  
 
== Class 2 (3/19/2007) ==
 
== Class 2 (3/19/2007) ==
 
'''In class'''
 
'''In class'''
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*Play / critique SAGs
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* Recap of Class 1
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*Guest: Ariel Churi
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* Play / critique '''NROG'''s
 
* Discussion of Urban Site Analysis
 
* Discussion of Urban Site Analysis
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* Discussion of GAME 2: SSUG (small somewhat urban game)
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* Discussion of '''GAME 2: SSUG''' (small somewhat urban game)
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'''Assignments'''
 
'''Assignments'''
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GAME 2: SSUG (small somewhat urban game)
 
  
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* Create a game by distilling the Urban Site Analysis into an abstract, diagrammatic representation
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'''URBAN ANALYSIS'''
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** aka as a gameboard
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** design a game around what you have learned in your site analysis, using scale, data points, dynamic systems
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** generate a rule set for your game, but is abstract -- played out on gameboard
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** prepare a basic outline of the incomplete game for presentation - overview, rules, gameplay, pieces, open questions
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'''Resources'''
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[[Image:situationists_nakedcity.jpg]]
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* "The Good Life, roundtable discussions
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** Fun City, Connected City
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* Archigram
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* Each group will pick a urban feature of New York to analyze
 +
* Scale of the 'site' can vary: a particular block, blocks, landmark, neighborhood, street, one borough, all five boroughs, etc.
 +
* Focus on a set of salient data points of your site, for example:
 +
** '''S''' (block): location of mailboxes or phone booths, pedestrian behavior, traffic patterns
 +
** '''M''' (neighborhood): arrangement of streets, deployment of bldg numbers, building heights
 +
** '''L''' (Manhattan): locations of Starbucks, a particular subway line, real estate values, zoning patterns
 +
** '''XL''' (metropolitan New York): MTA subway routes, interborough traffic patterns, borough/ethnic identities, zip codes
 +
* Record/map/examine the the data you find: How does the urban infrastructure influence behavior around the site? What dynamic systems (rules, forces, and movement patterns) are at work? How is your site physically defined?
 +
* Diagram and record this information into a ''single drawing or physical model''
 +
** documentation should be abstract and diagrammatic
 +
** this will be presented in class 3
  
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*The Situationist International
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*'''Brad McCoy, Emily Morentz, Benjamin Cohen'''
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**Architecture and Play, p.213
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**[http://diametrik.net/BUG/assignments/beb/bug_urban_analysis.pdf 'Mailbox Urban Analysis']
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**Situationist Space, p. 241
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 +
 
 +
'''Resources'''
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* ''The Good Life'', roundtable discussions
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** 'The Fun City,' p.49
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** 'The Connected City,' p.65
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 +
* [http://www.amazon.com/Image-City-Kevin-Lynch/dp/0262620014 ''Image of the City''], Kevin Lynch. "The City Image and its Elements," pp.46-90
  
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Guy-Debord-Situationist-International-Documents/dp/0262633000/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-1234027-9706027?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173103043&sr=8-2 ''Guy Debord and the Situationist International: Texts and Documents''], Tom McDonough ed. "Situationist Space," Tom McDonough
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**'Architecture and Play,' by Libero Andreotti, p.213-240
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**'Situationist Space,' by Tom McDonough, p. 241-265
  
 
== Class 3 (3/26/2007) ==
 
== Class 3 (3/26/2007) ==
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** GPS, ubiquitous computing, mobile tech, open mapping protocols (google/yahoo maps)
 
** GPS, ubiquitous computing, mobile tech, open mapping protocols (google/yahoo maps)
  
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* Play/critique SSUGs (20-25 mins each)
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* Presentation of Urban Site Analysis
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Guest: Amit
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* Discussion of  GAME 2-3: SSUG --> BIG (big urban game)
 
  
 
'''Assignments'''
 
'''Assignments'''
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<pre>
 
  
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GAME 2-3: SSUG --> BIG (big urban game)
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* ''GAME 2: BUG'' (big urban game)
  
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ONE BIG GAME
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* Create a game by distilling the Urban Site Analysis into a gamespace
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** design a game around what you have examined during your site analysis, using scale, data points, dynamic systems as gameplay elements
 +
* Prototype
 +
** outline the gameplay using symbolic pieces for players and for key urban elements used in the game
 +
** to the greatest extent possible, test the gameplay out on the gameboard
 +
* prepare a basic Design Brief for the incomplete game for presentation
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** take a look at Tom Sloper's template [http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article243.asp here] for a general basis.
  
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1. Choose one game in the class to develop further?
 
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2. Begin to concept out a new big game as a class?
 
  
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SEVERAL BIG GAMES
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* '''Gabe Lloyd'''
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**[http://diametrik.net/BUG/assignments/gabe/NEW_URBAN_GAME.doc '''New Urban Game - Draft'''] (word format)
  
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1. Continue to refine individual SSUGs into BUGs
 
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2. Being to concept out new big games in individual groups
 
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Play/develop game in the real space of the city"
 
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</pre>
 
  
 
'''Resources'''
 
'''Resources'''
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*On-line listings and resources (as collected in our wiki's Readings and Resources section)
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**[http://uberthings.com/teaching/bug/index.php?title=Readings_and_Resources Link]
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*[http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Play-Game-Design-Fundamentals/dp/0262240459/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1234027-9706027?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174890169&sr=8-1 ''Rules of Play''], Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman
 +
**(if you haven't already read this ...) ''Ironclad'' (p. 286-297), commissioned game by Frank Lantz
 +
 +
*''General Suggested Reading/Reference:''
 +
**Unit 1: Core Concepts, pp.28-105
 +
**Unit 2: Rules, pp.116-285
 +
**Unit 3: Play, pp.298-487
 +
*[http://www.amazon.com/Game-Design-Reader-Rules-Anthology/dp/0262195364/ref=pd_sim_b_3/105-1234027-9706027?ie=UTF8&qid=1173041907&sr=8-1 ''The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology''], Salen and Zimmerman, eds.
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**''Tools for Creating Dramatic Game Dynamics'' (pp.438-459), Marc Leblanc
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**''Game Design as Narrative Architecture'' (pp.670-689), Henry Jenkins
  
 
== Class 4 (4/2/2007) ==
 
== Class 4 (4/2/2007) ==
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== Class 5 (4/9/2007) ==
 
== Class 5 (4/9/2007) ==
 
'''In class'''
 
'''In class'''
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*Guest presentation: Carlos Gomez de Llarrenna
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*Guest presentation: [http://www.med44.com Carlos Gomez de Llarenna], architect, new media artist, and co-creator of [http://http://noderunner.omnistep.com/ ''Node-Runner''], a BUG based around open wifi networks in the city.
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* Guest presentation: Come Out and Play kids
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* Play/critique/evaluate BUGs
 
* Play/critique/evaluate BUGs
  
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== Class 6 (4/16/2007) ==
 
== Class 6 (4/16/2007) ==
 
'''In class'''
 
'''In class'''
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* Guest presentation: Midnight Madness crew
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* Guest presentation: Mat Laibowitz from [http://www.midnight-madness.org/ Midnight Madness New York].
  
 
'''Assignments'''
 
'''Assignments'''
 
* Continue to design / develop / playtest / refine BUG
 
* Continue to design / develop / playtest / refine BUG
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** final review will be played by members of Columbia GSAPP community, not by BUG class students
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* Discuss Final Review: present or play BUGs? Played by class, or members of GSAPP?
  
 
'''Resources'''
 
'''Resources'''
  
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== Final Review (TBD) ==
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== Final Review (5/9/07) ==
 +
 
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*'''Kay Cheng, Angie Huh, Tony Tolentino'''
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**[http://diametrik.net/BUG/assignments/kat/BUG_FINAL.pdf 'Central Park A-Z']
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*'''Gabe Lloyd'''
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**[http://diametrik.net/BUG/assignments/gabe/GEMDAS_play.pdf 'GEMDAS + Urban Katamari: Where is Brian Dunlop?']

Latest revision as of 21:05, 17 May 2007

Class 1 (3/5/2007)

In class

  • Introduction
    • workshop format: syllabus overview
    • info-sharing and communication tools: wiki, listserv, del.icio.us
  • Why BUGs?
  • Presentation of BUG case studies
    • Big Urban Game, PacManhattan, Conqwest, Superstar Tokyo, Mogi-Mogi, Cruel 2 B Kind, Identity, Uncle Roy All Around You
    • game context (what occasion, what location)
    • gameplay (rules, who played, objective)
    • implementation (technology, infrastructure, additional components)


Assignments

1. GAME 1: NROG (New Rules, Old Games)

Ghettopoly.jpg

  • Quick one-page analysis of the existing game vis-a-vis its
    • Rules - What are the rules? What components (game board, pieces) are used?
    • Gameplay - How do you play it? What are you supposed to do? What types of strategies, offensive/defensive/etc., are developed?
    • Experience - What do you feel playing it? Does it encourage conflict/tension? Or cooperation? Why is the game fun (or not)? What are key dramatic, pivotal moments in the game?
  • Create a new game based on the existing game
    • How are the above criteria altered after your intervention?
  • Prepare a short presentation that includes
    • your analyses of the new game you've created
    • a concise, one-page documentation of your NROG (see examples)
    • be prepared to play the game in the following class (we'll set aside 20 minutes for presentation and play).



Resources

  • Rules of Play, Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman
    • Ironclad (p. 286-297), commissioned game by Frank Lantz
    • Chapter 9: The Magic Circle, p.93-99
  • General Suggested Reading/Reference:
    • Unit 1: Core Concepts, pp.28-105
    • Unit 2: Rules, pp.116-285
    • Unit 3: Play, pp.298-487
  • New Rules for Classic Games, R. Wayne Schmittberger
    • Chess remixes, p.185
    • Go remixes, p.58
    • Scrabble remixes, p.87
    • Chinese Checkers remixes, p.8
    • Risk remixes, p.48

Class 2 (3/19/2007)

In class

  • Recap of Class 1
  • Play / critique NROGs
  • Discussion of Urban Site Analysis
  • Discussion of GAME 2: SSUG (small somewhat urban game)


Assignments

URBAN ANALYSIS

Situationists nakedcity.jpg

  • Each group will pick a urban feature of New York to analyze
  • Scale of the 'site' can vary: a particular block, blocks, landmark, neighborhood, street, one borough, all five boroughs, etc.
  • Focus on a set of salient data points of your site, for example:
    • S (block): location of mailboxes or phone booths, pedestrian behavior, traffic patterns
    • M (neighborhood): arrangement of streets, deployment of bldg numbers, building heights
    • L (Manhattan): locations of Starbucks, a particular subway line, real estate values, zoning patterns
    • XL (metropolitan New York): MTA subway routes, interborough traffic patterns, borough/ethnic identities, zip codes
  • Record/map/examine the the data you find: How does the urban infrastructure influence behavior around the site? What dynamic systems (rules, forces, and movement patterns) are at work? How is your site physically defined?
  • Diagram and record this information into a single drawing or physical model
    • documentation should be abstract and diagrammatic
    • this will be presented in class 3


Resources

  • The Good Life, roundtable discussions
    • 'The Fun City,' p.49
    • 'The Connected City,' p.65

Class 3 (3/26/2007)

In class

  • Technology / media survey presentation
    • tools, the state of the art
    • techniques
    • GPS, ubiquitous computing, mobile tech, open mapping protocols (google/yahoo maps)
  • Presentation of Urban Site Analysis


Assignments

  • GAME 2: BUG (big urban game)
  • Create a game by distilling the Urban Site Analysis into a gamespace
    • design a game around what you have examined during your site analysis, using scale, data points, dynamic systems as gameplay elements
  • Prototype
    • outline the gameplay using symbolic pieces for players and for key urban elements used in the game
    • to the greatest extent possible, test the gameplay out on the gameboard
  • prepare a basic Design Brief for the incomplete game for presentation
    • take a look at Tom Sloper's template here for a general basis.



Resources

  • On-line listings and resources (as collected in our wiki's Readings and Resources section)
  • Rules of Play, Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman
    • (if you haven't already read this ...) Ironclad (p. 286-297), commissioned game by Frank Lantz
  • General Suggested Reading/Reference:
    • Unit 1: Core Concepts, pp.28-105
    • Unit 2: Rules, pp.116-285
    • Unit 3: Play, pp.298-487
  • The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology, Salen and Zimmerman, eds.
    • Tools for Creating Dramatic Game Dynamics (pp.438-459), Marc Leblanc
    • Game Design as Narrative Architecture (pp.670-689), Henry Jenkins

Class 4 (4/2/2007)

In class

  • Guest presentation: Frank Lantz

"Play/critique/evaluate BUGs

Assignments

  • Continue to design / develop / playtest / refine BUG

Resources

Class 5 (4/9/2007)

In class

  • Guest presentation: Carlos Gomez de Llarenna, architect, new media artist, and co-creator of Node-Runner, a BUG based around open wifi networks in the city.
  • Play/critique/evaluate BUGs

Assignments

  • Continue to design / develop / playtest / refine BUG

Resources

Class 6 (4/16/2007)

In class

Assignments

  • Continue to design / develop / playtest / refine BUG
  • Discuss Final Review: present or play BUGs? Played by class, or members of GSAPP?

Resources

Final Review (5/9/07)


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