Collective Play, week 3

Design Study No. 1: Collisions

Link to: Glitch project

Code Design

Design Plan

Description: a mobile client iteration of this, with switching goals

Goal: win by turning the most people into your color.

1. How it works
   1. Get on our link via QR code.
   2. You are assigned a team: black or white. The game starts off with the same number of players on each team. 
   3. The color your screen displays is the team you’re on. 
   4. Strap your phone onto your back, the screen facing others. Put on your headphones.
   5. Tap on other people’s screens for their color to change, or protect yourself. Once there is a color change, the team you’re in also changes.
   6. Listen to your headphones carefully, as it gives you notifications that your color has changed.
   7. Disconnection rules
      1. Tap on other people’s shoulders to let them know that their phone is disconnected.
      2. Once you learn your phone is disconnected, unstrap and re-enter through the QR code. You’re assigned a team again.
2. Absurd Mechanism
   1. Switching goals
3. Challenge
   1. Cognitive load (you have to remember what team you’re on by # of color changes and initial team assignment)
4. Conventions
   1. Class. Everyone has to create a 5 min+ experience 
   2. It involves cell phones as client
   3. TV displays announcement-related content(rules/QR code etc) if rules are assumed and no words are spoken
5. Explicit Rules
   1. What are you told to do?
      1. Tap others to convert into your team
      2. Wear headphones
      3. Let ppl know that they’re disconnected
   2. What are you told not to do?
      1. No Talking
6. Freedoms
   1. Either to attack vs defend
7. Design Nudges
   1. What are you encouraged to do?
      1. Move as much as possible
   2. What are you discouraged from doing?
      1. Not move at all (if someone doesn’t move too much people are publicly shamed/warned by headphones)
      2. Attack one person (delays in taps)

To check

• How do we notify of disconnections? (can’t tell them with headphones)

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Instructions:

1. Scan the QR code to get the link to the game
2. Players will be assigned to either the black or white team, indicated by the color displayed on the phone screen
3. Strap the phone to your back, with the screen facing away from you, and leave space for other players to be able to see which team you are on and for them to have the ability to tap your phone. Avoid touching the screen at this stage, touching the screen will change your color!
4. Put your headphones on. You can change other players’ colors by tapping their phone, and they can also change your color. A sound cue will indicate if your color has been changed. 

Goal: Get the other players’ colors to match your own

Rules:

1. No talking
2. Be respectful, avoid touching people anywhere other than their phones
3. Refrain from camping, keep moving so that the game will be fun for everyone

In the case of a disconnection:

1. If you see someone has disconnected, let them know (verbally is okay)
2. Reconnect through the QR code and your color will be reassigned