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Well Played Video Games, Value, and Meaning Drew Davidson About - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Well Played Video Games, Value, and Meaning Drew Davidson About - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Well Played Video Games, Value, and Meaning Drew Davidson About Me ETC Press First Publication in 2008 Experimental, Academic, Open Source Entertainment Technologies Across Fields Books, Journals, Proceedings, Games
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ETC Press
- First Publication in 2008
- Experimental, Academic, Open Source
- Entertainment Technologies Across Fields
- Books, Journals, Proceedings, Games
- http://press.etc.cmu.edu/
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Well Played
- Well ¡Read ¡& ¡Well ¡Made ¡
- Analysis ¡& ¡Cri2cism ¡
- Gameplay ¡& ¡Narra2ve ¡
- Design ¡& ¡Development ¡
- Literacy ¡& ¡Mastery
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Well Played
- Presenta2ons ¡
- Books ¡
- Conferences ¡
- Journal
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Well Played Books Video Games, Value and Meaning
- ETC Press
- 1.0 – 2009
- 2.0 – 2010
- 3.0 – 2011
- 65 Articles
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Well Played Journal
- Started in 2011
- To Date - 4 Volumes, 8 Issues
- Peer Reviewed
- Editorial Advisory Board
- Open Submissions
- Special Issues
- Regular Publication
- http://press.etc.cmu.edu/wellplayed/
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Well Played Live Sessions
- GLS (2007 -
- DiGRA (2011 -
- IndieCade (2011 -
- Games for Change (2014 -
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What is it?
- Live Play
- Illustrate & Analyze
- Developer Discussion
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Two Games
- Monument Valley
- Crossy Road
- Indie Games
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Monument Valley
- An Illusory Adventure of
Impossible Architecture and Forgiveness
- April 2014
- Played @ Dozen Times
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Play!
- I
- (escher, clear feedback
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Crossy Road
- An Endless Arcade Hopper
- November 2014
- Some Forums
- Played A Lot (!)
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Play!
- Original Chicken
- Character Menu
- (frogger homage, free gift
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Monument Valley
- Escher Environments
- Simple Controls
- No Dying
- Gentle Progression
- Peaceful Aesthetics
- Subtle Story
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Monument Valley
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Monument Valley
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Monument Valley
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Play!
- II (photo, social
- III (story
- V (simple controls
- VI, VIII (gentle progression
- Forgotten Shores
- Ida’s (Red) Dream
- (aesthetics
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Monument Valley
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Crossy Road
- Clever Details
- Super Simple
- Lots of Splat
- Fun Aesthetics
- Character Unlocks
- Collect Coins
- Good Opt-In IAP, Ads
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Crossy Road
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Crossy Road
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Crossy Road
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Play!
- Poopy Pigeon, Doge, Swift Snail
- (details, splat, eagle
- Vampire, Frankenstein, Dragon
- (aesthetics
- Kookaburra, Xi, Disco Zoo
- (character unlocks, good iap
- Random (videos, photos
- Top Score Lines, Coins (ads
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Crossy Road
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Both Successful
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Monument Valley
- $3.99 ($1.99,.99¢)
- April 2014
- November 2014
- New Levels (& Red)
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Crossy Road
- Free (IAP, .99¢, $3.99, Ads)
- November 2014
- December 2014
- Piggy Bank
- January 2015
- February 2015
- New Characters
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Why?
- Simple to Play
- Progression
- Subtle Social
- Details, Aesthetics
- Mystery, Surprise, Wonder
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Why?
- Video Games, Value and Meaning
- Analysis & Criticism
- Literacy & Mastery
- Well Read & Well Made
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Value & Meaning
- What it Means to Play a Game
- Why it’s Important
- Deconstruct & Discuss
- The Experience of Play
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Analysis & Criticism
- Close Reading
- “Textual” Analysis
- Like Film and Literary Criticism
- Various Methods
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Literacy & Mastery
- Flow
- Procedural
- Articulation
- Interactive
- Learning is Playing
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Well Read & Well Made
- Playing Games
- Making Games
- Value & Meaning
- Good, Bad, Better
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Well Played
- Video games are a Complex Medium
that Merits Careful Interpretation and Insightful Analysis.
- Thanks!
- Questions?
- drew@andrew.cmu.edu