{"id":1703,"date":"2017-09-01T03:44:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T03:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2017\/?page_id=1703"},"modified":"2017-09-01T04:06:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T04:06:43","slug":"assignment-7-micro-games","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2017\/assignments\/assignment-7-micro-games\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Micro Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first assignment is to create 7 non digital games, ideally\u00a0one every day, that can be played with little or no props, and can be described with a concise ruleset (less than 800 characters). Classic examples are “The floor is lava”, or the Game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instruction pieces \/ scores<\/h3>\n

Artists from the Fluxus movement had a keen interest in games and procedural pieces. Yoko Ono wrote several poems that sometimes read like absurdist game rules or impossible performances.<\/p>\n

Draw a Straight Line and Follow It -La Monte Young<\/p>\n

Draw a map to get lost -Yoko Ono<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately there’s no digital version of Grapefruit but you can find most of the pieces as scans<\/a><\/p>\n

Psychogeography<\/h3>\n

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The Situationist practice of psychogeography and drifting, was theorized in ’50s\u00a0but it <\/span>has since been\u00a0developed by artists and\u00a0<\/span>game makers into a genre of\u00a0<\/span>strategies for exploring cities,\u00a0<\/span>taking pedestrians off their predictable paths forcing them into a new awareness of the urban landscape.
\nContemporary examples:<\/span><\/p>\n

Transition Algorithm<\/strong>
\nby Suyin Looui, 2006<\/p>\n

The Rules
\n1. Visit a neighbourhood in transition.
\n2. Take a photograph(s). This photograph documents physical changes to the neighbourhood and street life, whether they are juxtapositions, conflicts, changes in language, ideals and politics, interactions between people, old\/new, rich\/poor \u2026
\n3. Take home a souvenir. This item cannot be purchased.
\nWhat would you take home to remind you of this place?
\nIt should be a souvenir of the place you have visited and that marks the changes taking place in the neighbourhood. The souvenir can also be a memory of an overheard conversation or interaction.<\/p>\n

You are not there
\n<\/strong>An urban tourism mash-up. It takes place in the streets of one city and invites participants to become meta-tourists of another city. Download a map, take your phone with you and go tour Gaza through the streets of Tel Aviv or Baghdad through the streets of New York.
\nhttp:\/\/youarenothere.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

SF Zero<\/h3>\n

A community-sourced game comprised\u00a0of micro challenges, usually psychogeographic, performance-arty, urban interventions, or mischievous daring tasks. Players join groups that have specific interests and missions. Examples of tasks:<\/p>\n

“Insert information in a place that has an absence of information”<\/p>\n

“Create a sculpture by arranging things you find on the street”<\/p>\n

“Post a copy of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights in your workplace lunch room. Document how long it takes for HR (or somebody else) to take it down.”<\/p>\n

“Tip, in a non-tipping industry.”<\/p>\n

“Create a message here on earth that is visible from space. The message can be text, pictures, or both. It must be large enough to be legible on Google maps or Google earth.”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/sf0.org\/tasks\/<\/a><\/p>\n

99 Tiny Games
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