Hardware HackingHacking Games

Daniel SoltisInteraction DesignerTinker.it!

Tinker.it!Interaction design

consultancy

Interactive installations,

products, exhibitionsand events.

Physical meets digital.

Hardware Hacking

Playful Experiences

Transformative

Idiosyncratic

Not transformative

I Play Games

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Sometimes I Make Games

Sometimes I Make Games

Foreground the social

Technologies other than screens or keyboards

May be asynchronous, on an expanded ‘board,’ etc.

Potential to transform our relationships to technology

Games I Find Particularly Interesting

asynchronous playgeographically distant players

changing pool of players

Players need to know the game stateThe system needs to know the game state

Both need to be able to enforce the game’s rules

Some Technical Challenges

Some Solutions from the Past

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Big score boards, giant game pieces, players call in with info, spy on the players, make a central meeting point, players document online, keep players in small groups, custom hardware

Mobile Phones to the Rescue

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

foursquare, foursquare.com

But…

Foreground the social

Technologies other than screens or keyboards

May be asynchronous, on an expanded ‘board,’ etc.

Potential to transform our relationships to technology?

Tactile pleasure?

http://www.flickr.com/people/ralphunden/

An Ecosystem of Game Interfaces

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Filling in that last box: some playful moments

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GPS Puzzle BoxMikal Hart, http://arduiniana.org/projects/the-reverse-geo-cache-puzzle/

Oyster Card Snowflake

HangTime, iphonehangtime.com

Transformative

Idiosyncratic

http://www.flickr.com/people/cameronparkins/

Not Transformative

Thanks!

Daniel Soltisdaniel@tinker.it

www.tinker.it