Presentation of results from play test session

1. Mupe Winter
Assembly Game
User test & Observations
Games & Storytelling Workshop

2. Mupe & Winter Assembly
• Mupe is an free open source client-server platform,
the client runs on mobile phones with Java midp
• Mupe Winter Assembly is a collection of four mini
games to be played by people attending the Winter
Assembly at the end of April in Tampere, Finland.
• UI was quite intuitive, easy to use after a few minutes
• Nice to be able to chat with other players
• Seeing the HiScores encouraged competition
• Good to be able to give feedback & share Mupe with
others

3. Hi-Lo (1 Player)
• Number guessing game: is the unknown number
higher or lower than the 5 numbers shown?
• Need to read the ‘Help’ section
• Easy to play, no special skills required
• Ok, but least exciting of all four games
• Could be a time killer, waiting for bus, etc...

4. Piper (2p)
• Connect the next pipe piece to your pipe network, try
to block the other player’s progress
• Exciting, fast paced
• Time penalty when swapping an unsuitable pipe, and
time limit for inaction lead to tension
• Don’t need to be facing the other player, can be
played remotely without affecting the playing
experience

5. Dung Beetle (2p)
• Try to roll the balls of dung into your own chambers,
bite your opponent to momentarily stun him
• Exciting, fast paced
• Uncertainty when dung will come, leads to players
chasing each other to stun each other
• Don’t need to be facing the other player, but it’s good
fun to hear the other player’s reactions

6. Indian Poker (2p)
• Each player sees the others player’s card and mood,
has to guess if his is better than the other player’s.
• Intuitive UI if you know poker terms
• Nice to express your mood with colours, three
buttons to change mood: happy, neutral, angry
• Good fun to play when physically facing the other
player, social

7. Want to know More?
• Read about Mupe at www.mupe.net
• Download Mupe - www.mupe.net/files/Mupe.jar
• Play the Winter Assembly game on the weekend
• Continue to play the four games as stand-alone
minigames after the Winter Assembly