productive games
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As deliver at Barcamp Buffalo, WebSG, Pecha Kucha, TertiaryTech, and Singtel Accelerate, this talk is making its rounds.TRANSCRIPT
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productive games x @brainoperaSingTel Accelerate 2010
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Michael Heilemann’s 25 Most Influential Gameshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/heilemann/5013484/
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I'm interested in how game mechanics acts as a form of architecture that doesn't necessary focus on restriction, but rather stimulates specific behaviors.
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From video games to real-world settings such as classrooms, we can be steered towards socially productive ends, e.g. to override tragedy of the commons
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Why this is interesting...
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Casual games consist of...
a crazy collection of addictive mini-games
drive the player to perform trivial tasks
in pursuit of the almighty “dollar”.
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Real-life consists of...
a tired collection of boring mini-games
drive the player to perform trivial tasks
in pursuit of the almighty “dollar”.
Photo by flickr user: kenyee
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Labor
need not be
laborious
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our social responsibilityto make tasks fun
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game mechanicsin the everyday
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making house / work chores fun... chorewars.com
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Epic Win
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/science/earth/31compete.html
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Development StatusCultured Code
Cultured Code's development status dashboard @ http://culturedcode.com/status/
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The Panic Status Board
The Panic Inc. Status Board as seen on http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/03/the-panic-status-board/
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How the heckdo we create
fun ?
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Be forewarned...this is sinister territory
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What makes popular social platforms addictive?
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To motivate students, I tried using Amy Jo Kim's game mechanics (2006)
Visible ScoreboardVisible Scoreboard
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Amy Jo Kim explained game mechanicswith how Frequent Flyer Miles work
Photo by flickr user: Nemo's great uncle (Aug, 2008)
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“I see a game mechanics working well on sites like YouTube, Yelp, Twitter, and Flickster. [...] like points, leaderboards, level-ups, social exchanges, and customization to a strong core experience.”
Amy Jo KimCreative DirectorShuffleBrain
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Five Game Mechanics1. Collecting2. Earning Points3. Feedback4. Exchanges5. Customization
Amy Jo KimCreative DirectorShuffleBrain
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Amy Jo Kim’s idea was in the presence of a scoring mechanism.
Established a blogging leaderboard via technorati.com authority ranking algorithm.
Provide our students a basic measure of how they were doing against one another.
Students also given weekly audits of the class overall performance.
Earning Points
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For quality blog posts, students earned weekly awards
Variety of awards promotes diverse behaviors
Awards can be traded for extra credits or the ability to gain “immunity” from extra assignments.
Collecting Things
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Comments and trackback allow students to understand the quality of the blog and wiki contribution.
Students are given the opportunity to improve on posts if they have not reached the assignment deadline.
Accessibility of feedback allows students to accelerate mastery in each week’s theme.
Feedback
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Students instinctively personalized their blogs by the first week of use.
Low level: Blog templates
High level: Sidebar widgets
Social Objects- personal photos- favorite music- branding- chat box
Customization
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To track the layers of interaction, we visually aggregated RSS feeds of their blogs and wikis using Netvibes.com
Exchanges
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Title : JFDI Academy - http://jedi.ddns.comp.nus.edu.sgModule : CS1101S Programming Methodology @ NUSProfessor : Ben Leong / Collaborator : Su Yuen
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Amy Jo Kim’s Community Building on the Web (Peachpit, 2000)
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I work at The National Art Gallery, Singapore
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foursquare iPhone app location-aware gaming with virtual & real-world rewards
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art.sg/307
Artwork as Social Objects
✦ rapid & economical✦ shared experiences✦ game mechanics✦ granular analytics
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Tiers of Social Media Engagement
“Barack Obama’s Social Media Toolkit” by Monte Lutz (Feb 2009)http://www.slideshare.net/montelutz/social-pulpit-barack-obamas-social-media-toolkit
ADVOCATE
SOCIAL
PERSONAL
Recruit others to donate Create a groupHost an event
Post pictures/videos Write a blog post Join a group
Create a profile Post a comment Make a donation Sign up for e-mail/SMSFriend on social networks
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Thank you.
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