Transmedia and mixed-reality gaming

Mixed-reality gaming by Gbanga Millform AG, http://gbanga.com
Transmedia &
Mixed-reality gaming
Matthias Sala @ Gbanga
Gbanga creates mixed-reality games.

Matthias
@babalunda
Computer Science &
Architecture @ ETH Zurich
Contextual information targeting
Games in the 80ies/90ies: Day of the Tentacle,
Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Myst

Transmedia storytelling (also known
as transmedia narrative or multiplatform
storytelling) is the technique of telling a
single story or story experience across
multiple platforms and formats using
current digital technologies. It is not to be
confused with traditional cross-
platform media franchises, sequels or
adaptations.
* Wikipedia definition

2004 I Love Bees
Mainly online, websites, and real phone booths
2001 Majestic
Phone, email, instant messenger, fax, websites
1980 Ong’s Hat
Print, radio, television, CD-ROM, online groups
Alternate Reality Games
Theoretical Concepts, LARPS, movie “The Game”

2010 Gbanga Famiglia
Phone app, GPS, event free-riding
2008 Gbanga Mr. X
Public transportation system, SMS/MMS
2009 Gbanga Zooh
Zurich Zoo, posters, E-Board, phone app, flyers

Regular plot

Some drama in plot

Interactive plot

Interactive plot
Decision
point

Interactive nightmare
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Control & restrict interaction
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Control & restrict interaction
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Rules, boundaries and obstacles restrict player
choice and reduce unused story volume.

Add location & GPS to the mix
Interaction graph at
location A

Add location & GPS to the mix
6 plots per location
x 4 locations
= 24 plot lines

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LocationA
LocationB
LocationC
LocationD

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How to prevent a
person walking
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LocationA
LocationB
LocationC
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Mixed-reality
• Context = n elements of reality influence the
story:
– Weather conditions
– Time of the day
– Proximity to friends
– Other players choices
– Display that is used
• Facebook in browser on notebook at home
• Mobile phone app

N-dimensional space of plots
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For each time
of the day
= 6 x 4 x 24
= 576 story states

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= 6 x 4 x 24 x 5
= 2880 story states
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For each
weather
situation

Possible solution
Instead of a grid or a cloud of plot elements:
• Use a mechanic universe system
• Use implicit choices
• Use areas/rooms of story lines
• Use moments of drama
• Slow down “consumption” with puzzles

Mechanic universe in Zooh
Animals chat
with playerPlayer
collects
animals
Player
plants
jungle
Animal return
to jungle
Player
abandons
area/game
Animals
beg for help
Zoo keeper
gives seeds
Player
returns
animals

Implicit choices
If player has more than
100 points, take green
plot line
If it is raining and player is at
Zurich HB, take purple plot line

Rooms/areas of dramaturgy

Bad decision
Climax
Exposition
Falling
action
Denoucement,
resolution
* Freytag’s pyramid

Bad decision
Climax
Exposition
Falling
action
Denoucement,
resolution
* Freytag’s pyramid
State of knowledge
(dialogs held, chapters
read, …) differ for each
individual trip. No local
assumptions possible!

Slow down with puzzles/mini-games
Time of gameplay
Time won

Slow down with puzzles/mini-games
Time of gameplay
Extremely hard
puzzle at the end to
prevent players from
“reading beyond the
end” of the story.

Links
• http://www.amazon.com/The-Incunabula-
Papers-Dimensions-ebook/dp/B006ZIHUSQ/
• http://www.amazon.com/Ongs-Hat-
Beginning-Joseph-Matheny/dp/096781622X
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmedia_sto
rytelling
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_(narrative)

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