civic

schedule / session 4 / election(s)

The workshop game design will have civic order as its main topic, and focus on means to establishcitizen's participation in local neighborhood(s), with a case study of one of Amsterdam's city areas as a starting point. The case study and assignment(s) will be presented by Roderic Evans-Knaup (city-council Amsterdam), and (pending) Merijn de Jong (actor), who participated in de club.

assignment(s) -- civic order(s) / material(s) in dutch

1. (y)our player(s) ... ?
2. what super power(s) ... ?
3. invitation(s) -- message(s) !
4. (mini) game -- mechanic(s) ?
5. nudge(s) -- re-enforcement(s) ... !?

Additional information/documentation will be provided during the course.

design / workshop(s) / track(s)

• context -- location, story
• invitation(s) -- opening screen, instructions
• mechanic(s) -- game play, user actions
• dynamic(s) -- score(s), feedback

exercise(s) -- play(s) / vision(s)

1. draw -- self-representation (avatar) with superpower(s)
2. game map/space -- with implied storyline(s)/context(s)
3. (position) mini-game(s) -- invitation(s) / challenge(s) & score(s) / dynamic(s)