Games that combine the best aspects of both physical and digital play can be challenging to design. But when they work, they lead to new and inspiring forms of play.

1. CSU East Bay Game Jam, Winter 2016
Hybrid Forms of Play
Josh Lee
Floor Is Lava
February 12, 2016

2. Hi!
❖ Josh Lee
❖ Game Designer: independent, consulting

3. Digital Games
❖ Hardcore console
❖ Mobile, educational

4. Physical Games
❖ Mime Boxing
❖ Stepball
❖ Come Out & Play

5. Digital-Physical Hybrid Games

6. Sifteo Cubes

7. Osmo

8. Wii

9. Forms of Play
❖ Physical
❖ Digital
❖ Hybrid

10. Physical
❖ Haptic feedback
❖ External cognition
❖ Not just brains with fingers

11. Digital
❖ Rich audio-visual experience
❖ Dynamic, adaptive
❖ Artificial Intelligence
❖ Online Communities

12. Hybrids!
❖ Best of both worlds?
❖ Or mutant Frankenstein games?

13. Designing for Humans
❖ Design for the Body
❖ Design for the Environment
❖ Design for Learning
❖ Design for Iteration

14. Design for the Body
❖ What is the player doing?
❖ Where are the player's hands, eyes?
❖ Are they getting tired?

15. Design for the Environment
❖ Where is the game being played?
❖ Is there an audience? What are they doing?
❖ Does the environment impact the game?

16. Design for Learning
❖ How long does it take for the player to learn the game?
❖ Does the game ramp in difficulty or complexity?

17. Design for Iteration
❖ Prototype quickly!
❖ Can you build it with paper & pencil?
❖ Can you playtest it without a computer?

18. Looking for Inspiration

19. State of the Art

20. Digital Board Games

21. Physical Video Games

22. State of the Old Art?

23. Maker Tools

24. Other Types of Play
❖ Street Games
❖ Room Escape Games
❖ Folk games

25. Other Arts
❖ Interactive music, theater, etc.
❖ Redefining the word “play”

26. Basic Activities
❖ Eating, walking, conversation, sleeping
❖ Playing!

27. CREATE NEW WAYS TO PLAY

28. Thanks!
❖ Josh Lee
❖ http://floor.is/lava
❖ josh@floor.is
❖ @joshleejosh