Assignment #3: Making Games IRL -- Collaborative project

Working as part of a team of 4 or 5, collaboratively devise, document and test a 'pervasive/big/location-based Game'.

Develop
Your game must include the game object and genre assigned in class.

The game should be playable either at RMIT or in the nearby city environs.

The game should take less than 20 minutes to play.

It must be playable by at least 4 people at a time.

You must provide any special paraphernalia that players will need (if they don't have it themselves).

Documentation
Must include:

    * Game overview
    * Aims of the game
    * Number of players
    * Physical location
    * Special paraphernalia (if any)
    * Goal/s of the game
    * How players will achieve these goals
    * Rules

Test and Feedback
Teams must test the game themselves prior to Presentation (week 12)

Each game will be played by at least 3 other teams - they will rank it and provide written feedback. You must provide sufficient copies of the rules and any other documentation necessary for them.

Team marks will depend on the ranking each team receives from other teams.

Each team will collectively assign a rank from 1 to 3 for each game. They may only use each rank once. Rankings must be given to Shiralee at end of class week 12.

Feedback must be submitted electronically. You will be provided with individual assessment guides and an electronic copy can be downloaded.

This feedback will be made available (with your name removed) for the class to read. It is strongly recommended that you read the feedback relating to your game.

DELIVERABLES DUE
week 12

•    1 playable game including written rules etc for players
•    1 electronic copy of game documentation (deposited on the server in 'assignment3/classX' folder.
•    Team rankings for tested games.
•    Individual feedback on each game (min. 2 games) + dot points of what worked and didn't work for your own team's game.

Assessment criteria

•    Aggregate ranking of game 33%
•    Quality and appropriateness of game documentation 33%
•    Thoughtfulness, insight and quality of individual feedback to others games 33% Suggested Feedback Criteria >

RESOURCES

URL :: http://delicious.com/shiralee/bundle:games
PDF :: Jesper Juuls 'Video Games and the Classic Game Model'
PDF :: Prof. Jim Whitehead 'Definitions of Games and Play: Magic Circle & Rules as Limitations and Affordances'
PDF :: Markus Montola 'Exploring the Edge of the Magic Circle: Defining Pervasive Games'
PDF :: Frank Lantz, 'Big Games and the porous border between the real and the mediated'