Technical/Tangible/Social

Elizabeth Lane LawleyRIT Lab for Social Computing

LITA National ForumOctober 2009

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“One day we will look back with embarrassment on this era when all of our virtual experiences were trapped behind a screen. This advance will have great implications for the role of games within society, and the wider possibilities of tangible game experiences could make the word ‘game’ insufficient to describe what we are doing.”

- Game design legend Masaya Matsuura

“One day we will look back with embarrassment on this era when all of our virtual experiences were trapped behind a screen. This advance will have great implications for the role of games within society, and the wider possibilities of tangible game experiences could make the word ‘game’ insufficient to describe what we are doing.”

- Game design legend Masaya Matsuura

(pioneered the rhythm-based music genre)

“One day we will look back with embarrassment on this era when all of our virtual experiences were trapped behind a screen. This advance will have great implications for the role of computing within society, and the wider possibilities of tangible computing experiences could make the word ‘computing’ insufficient to describe what we are doing.”

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Picture the Impossible:A technical, tangible, social game

Created bythe RIT Lab for Social Computing

andthe Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

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Let’s get some programmers together and put on a game!

What? Me worry?

Just remember:technical, tangible, social!

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Performing Arts

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Famous Figures

Social Justice

Celebration!

September-October 2009

D&C RIT

Plan A: Content & Marketing

Plan A: Game Design & Technology

Plan B:• Drupal-based website• Server space• Newspaper puzzles• News coverage

Plan B:• Flash games• Game-specific database• Local puzzles• Fundraising• Gala Party

Can you picture an entire community coming together to play a game? A game that helps you learn about your city? A game that encourages you to support local charities?

It may sound impossible, but we don’t think it is. And we’re asking you to join us in picturing the impossible…

http://picturetheimpossible.com/gears

Location Games

http://picturetheimpossible.com/rochester-firsts-photo-frenzy-0

Challenges

• Huge investment (time, money, energy)• Need early connections with local groups• Selection of charities needs to be balanced,

and charities need to be fully on-board• Partnerships between organizations with

different cultures are really hard• Selling sponsorship and advertising in

something so new is also really hard

Despite that…..

2000+Players

150Photosynths

104Recipes

150“First” Photos

~300SCVNGRplayers/week

Learn Explore

GiveSocialize

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