A brief presentation about impacts of ludic interfaces in contemporary world and the importance of the Design in this context.

1. LUDIC INTERFACES AND DESIGN
Semana do Design -Novembro de 2011
Prof. MSc. Vicente Martin Mastrocola

2. About the speaker
Hi! I’m Vince! I’m a teacher, Master of Science in
communication and consumption, researcher,
fun theorist and game designer from Brazil, and
here are some important tags about me:
#games #videogames #boardgames #ludus
#starwars #rpg #mmorpg #narrative
#gamingconcepts #gamedesign #mechanics
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3. Insight of this presentation
Analyze the uses and
impacts of ludic interfaces
in contemporary world and
the importance of the
Design in this context.
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4. Inspiration of this presentation
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5. Johan Huizinga's magic circle
Real World:
- Questioning
- Fear
- Uncertainties
- Responsibilities
Magic circle:
- Dreams
- Immersion
- Narration
- Catharsis
- Challenge
- Experience
- Meanings
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6. What is ludic interfaces?
According to European Masters in Ludic Interfaces program:
“Ludic interfaces are playful interfaces. The notion of a
homo ludens, introduced by Johan Huizinga, is the
conceptual backbone of the tools we are looking at.
Think of devices like the Wii console, solar power operated
building facades, unconventional musical instrument
controllers, game art devices...”.
Source: http://creativegames.org.uk/LUDICI/masters/what-is Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

7. What is ludic interfaces?
“The tools and concepts applied with the concept of ludic
interfaces differ from traditional technological systems
as they are playful, user-generated and user-driven, flexible,
low-cost and cooperative. Ludic interfaces take the best
from computer games, artistic experiment, interactive
media, media conversion, social networks and modding
cultures and result in tools that offer an ease of use
and playfulness to cope with a rapidly changing society”.
Source: http://creativegames.org.uk/LUDICI/masters/what-is Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

8. What is ludic interfaces?
“At its core, "ludic interfaces" is a subcategory of interfaces
in general. The notion is not restricted to electronics or HCI,
even if the terminology was developed in respect to digital
technology. Various authors suggest to use the term "ludic
interfaces" for non-digital phenomena, e.g. architectural
facades, skins, wearable computers, media art”.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludic_Interfaces Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

9. So...
The idea is to put games everywhere.
I think this is “Gamification”. Right?
humm... i've
heard about it in
a site or a
magazine...
Source: http://creativegames.org.uk/LUDICI/masters/what-is Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

10. What about gamification?
Professor Espen Aarseth – a major figure in
the emerging fields of video game studies
and electronic literature – remebered in his
text “Ludus Revisited” there´s a lot of
important concepts when we talk about
inserting game mechanics in a non-game
atmosphere.
The idea of “gamification” appears to be
narrow with so many others kinds of ludic
interfaces beyond the game.
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11. What about ludification?
In order to continue this argument, I propose a term to
dwell on: "ludification", instead of "gamification". When
we discuss "gamification", we are only talking about
games, and I believe the idea is to go beyond that.
When we use the word ludus – latin for “play” – we
realize that the idea is to instert much more than just
game mechanics for processes that are not games.
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12. What about ludification?
I believe that, when talking about "ludification", we are
thinking of playful interfaces in a broader way.
It can be a game mechanic, as well as a deeper way
of telling a story.
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13. Ludic Interfaces and Design
The core of a good ludic interface lies in the design.
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14. Cases & examples
Quest to Learn
Quest to Learn is an exciting new school designed using
gaming principles to increase student engagement with
the curriculum as well as the real world.
Students learn by “taking on” the behaviors and
practices of the people in real-life knowledge domains.
Students learn to be biologists, historians and
mathematicians instead of learning about biology or
history or math. By using the structure of games, Quest to
Learn creates powerful educational tools to teach [to]
6th-12th graders. Games works as rule-based learning
systems, creating worlds in which players actively
participate, use strategic thinking to make choice, solve
complex problems, seek content knowledge and
consider the point of view of others.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/5wtj7z9 & http://q2l.org/ Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

15. Cases & examples
Romach, Using Roleplaying as Social Therapy
Romach is an organization in Israel that runs role-playing
games as therapy for troubled kids.
The organizers have enlisted a psychiatrist and some
therapists for the project. They trained them as to how
RPGs work (their RPG of choice is Warhammer Fantasy)
and they received training on how to run the sessions to
ensure that each child encounters situations that can
help them work through issues. The sessions, and the club,
look nothing like therapy, which is the point.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/5wtj7z9 Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

16. Cases & examples
Nike +
Source: http://tinyurl.com/mc5adx Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

17. Cases & examples
Foursquare
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFXzyJ8mUh4 Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

18. Cases & examples
Music + game + sport
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XjwoVqM_qE Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

19. Cases & examples
Xbox Kinect
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMQmnp6GTJ8 Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

20. Cases & examples
Board game + iPad
Game Changer it's a combination iPad
dock and playing board that isn't limited to
a single game. The Apple slate becomes an
integral part of play, where you spin a virtual
wheel to determine how many spots to
move while the app tracks your progress.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/3sfalku Ludic Interfaces and Design – november 2011

21. Conclusion
We can design ludic interfaces in publicity/promotion.
A ludic interface could be a brand experience.
A ludic interface could be an advertising space for companies and people.
We can design ludic interfaces to teach, to learn and to create experiences.
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22. THANK YOU!
E-mail: vincevader@gmail.com
Facebook: Vince Vader
Site: www.vincevader.net
Blog: gamingconceptz.blogspot.com
May the force be with you!
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