hey guys thought i share it had fun doing this project for art101a
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Game Idea/Concept
THE TRICKSTER OF ST. JAMES PARK
BASIC PREMISE: Players 'collect' points by triggering specific ordered groups of QR codes and/or Augmented Reality triggers within 15 minute time spans.
SPECIFICS: AR and/or QR codes are placed around monuments in and around St. James Park. If a participant is not currently in the game, these codes simply reveal a bit of history about that particular landmark and/or area. However, every 30 minutes from the park's opening to the park's closing, participants will have 15 minutes to pick a category or group of these codes, activate them in an order specified by that group (for instance, one would retrace the three main stops of the lynch mob in the mid 1900s or find 3 former clubs/bars/businesses/etc), and clear all those categories before a virtual "trickster" does by the time 15 minutes is up.
VICTORY CONDITION: One game-exclusive coupon to a local business (e.g, 10% a purchase at local eatery or $5 a week at the Health Club), only good by 11:59PM that day.
FAILURE CONDITION: Player is encouraged to try again in half an hour and to read the QR codes in the meantime.
PROCESS: Online, a server with an internal clock (in such a way that relates to when the games start and stop, most likely synchronized with an offline clock) sends out the start times and alerts players who 'opt in' with an app to start the game. As players pick a category, the server tracks which codes have been triggered in order. If a QR code is picked out of order the player must restart the group from the first code. Completion of a category would consist of activating 3-4 codes in specific order, verified by the app's server.
BASIC PREMISE: Players 'collect' points by triggering specific ordered groups of QR codes and/or Augmented Reality triggers within 15 minute time spans.
SPECIFICS: AR and/or QR codes are placed around monuments in and around St. James Park. If a participant is not currently in the game, these codes simply reveal a bit of history about that particular landmark and/or area. However, every 30 minutes from the park's opening to the park's closing, participants will have 15 minutes to pick a category or group of these codes, activate them in an order specified by that group (for instance, one would retrace the three main stops of the lynch mob in the mid 1900s or find 3 former clubs/bars/businesses/etc), and clear all those categories before a virtual "trickster" does by the time 15 minutes is up.
VICTORY CONDITION: One game-exclusive coupon to a local business (e.g, 10% a purchase at local eatery or $5 a week at the Health Club), only good by 11:59PM that day.
FAILURE CONDITION: Player is encouraged to try again in half an hour and to read the QR codes in the meantime.
PROCESS: Online, a server with an internal clock (in such a way that relates to when the games start and stop, most likely synchronized with an offline clock) sends out the start times and alerts players who 'opt in' with an app to start the game. As players pick a category, the server tracks which codes have been triggered in order. If a QR code is picked out of order the player must restart the group from the first code. Completion of a category would consist of activating 3-4 codes in specific order, verified by the app's server.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
a recommendation
A friendly classmate recommended a source for our possible programming needs
It is called ODesk.
In the case that we may need to program something such as an "App" for a phone, this may be a good place to seek out for skills....unless someone in our group is holding out on us ;) ?
For the proposal, Travis has mentioned he has created a brief overview of what we will submit.
Reflecting on Shona's presentation- I enjoyed how she incorporated pages of "inspiration" as an addition to her research. These pages brought a visual element to the thinking process, which I feel may be helpful for us in further developing our ideas.
I would be willing to gather some inspiration pages, and create a PDF to display these. This could include artists of interest with similar tactics ( joel recommended a few in our meeting), devices and methodolgies of interest, snippets of what we have already created (the game, photos, etc.), historical elements, and more!
As a reminder...we should move our game in a "playful" direction, that has an "awe" factor, whether it be negative or compassionate. We also must acknowledge that we cannot ignore history. We could second guess the idea of incorporating the ever-arising fact of the last lynching in California, but think about this : Remember when you were a third grader playing the Oregon Trail ....
....and your entire family died off one by one from a fever or diarrhea?
These are the facts and they must be confronted...
A few research elements we could consider to further develop our ideas (please feel free to add more) ...
- interactive game for phone
- Q & R codes
- Geo caching
It is called ODesk.
In the case that we may need to program something such as an "App" for a phone, this may be a good place to seek out for skills....unless someone in our group is holding out on us ;) ?
For the proposal, Travis has mentioned he has created a brief overview of what we will submit.
Reflecting on Shona's presentation- I enjoyed how she incorporated pages of "inspiration" as an addition to her research. These pages brought a visual element to the thinking process, which I feel may be helpful for us in further developing our ideas.
I would be willing to gather some inspiration pages, and create a PDF to display these. This could include artists of interest with similar tactics ( joel recommended a few in our meeting), devices and methodolgies of interest, snippets of what we have already created (the game, photos, etc.), historical elements, and more!
As a reminder...we should move our game in a "playful" direction, that has an "awe" factor, whether it be negative or compassionate. We also must acknowledge that we cannot ignore history. We could second guess the idea of incorporating the ever-arising fact of the last lynching in California, but think about this : Remember when you were a third grader playing the Oregon Trail ....
....and your entire family died off one by one from a fever or diarrhea?These are the facts and they must be confronted...
A few research elements we could consider to further develop our ideas (please feel free to add more) ...
- interactive game for phone
- Q & R codes
- Geo caching
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
check out what we missed
Darn...if only we were more on the ball we could have attended this. Maybe we can get in contact with the man that held the meeting, and find out if there is any public record of this event. Would be a great source of information.
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