Presentation at Ajou University on 14.5.2015 Department of Life Media

1. H Y P E R C O N T E X T U A L I Z E D
G A M E S
G A M E D E S I G N
B Y D R . C A R O L I N A I S L A S S E D A N O
F O R A J O U U N I V E R S I T Y 1 4 . 5 . 2 0 1 5

2. A G E N D A
1. Where am I coming from?
2. What is a Hypercontextualized game (HCG)?
3. Examples of HCG
4. Future work

3. Mexico City

4. Mexico City

5. Joensuu

6. Joensuu

7. BSc. Electronic
Engineering and
Communication
Systems
MSc
Communication
and Media
Engineering
PhD. EdTech,
focus on
HCG
informal learning Lecturer & post doc
Entrepreneur

8. A G E N D A
1. Where am I coming from?
2. What is a Hypercontextualized game (HCG)?
3. Examples of HCG
4. Future work

9. W H AT I S A
H Y P E R C O N T E X T U A L I Z E D G A M E ?

10. W H AT I S A G A M E ?
It is something old? It is something new?

11. !
• Games are dynamic systems of interaction
• Games come alive with players

12. D I G I TA L G A M E S

18. G A M E D E S I G N E R S L A N D S C A P E
D E S I G N E R
D I G I TA L G A M E
P L AT F O R M
C O N N E C T I O N B E T W E E N
P E O P L E A N D P L A C E
G A M E D E S I G N E R
V I D E O G A M E S
( A U G M E N T E D
R E A L I T Y )
N O C O N N E C T I O N F R O M P E O P L E
- P L A C E , A I M T O O V E R W R I T E .
TA R G E T M A S S E S
L O C AT I O N B A S E D
G A M E S
R E S T R I C T E D T O T H E P H Z S I C A L
L O C AT I O N O F T H E P L AY E R S
( F O C U S G L O B A L M A R K E T S )
P U P P E T M A S T E R
A LT E R N AT I V E
R E A L I T Y G A M E S
S U P P O R T T H E P L O T O F T H E
G A M E .
!
A R G M A I N LY F O R P R O M O T I O N A L
U S E , T H E R E F O R E TA R G E T W I D E
A U D I E N C E S
G A M E M A S T E R P E R VA S I V E G A M E S
N E E D E D
H C G
N E E D E D
H C G
S U P P O R T S M A L L A U D I E N C E S T O
B E L I N K E D T O T H E I R C O N T E X T

19. H Y P E R C O N T E X T U A L I Z E D G A M E
( H C G )
Focus on the design of digital game that is locally
designed with a specific objective
• Involve elements taken from the player's reality
• Promote the player's engagement with their context

20. A G E N D A
1. Where am I coming from?
2. What is a game? is a Hypercontextualized games
(HCG)?
3. Examples of HCG
4. Future work

21. C A S E S T U D Y:

28. F R O M R E S E A R C H T O P R O D U C T S
• TEKGAME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=hRAMeln6_ds
• LIEKSAMYST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=R9ZZHaHL42g
• Illusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDf-
HaqCu2Q

29. H C G M O D E L
I N V I T E S U S T O
T H I N K
• how deep we want the
different types of knowledge
to be involved in the system?
• how to balance the scalability
efforts when developing a
system?
• how harmonize our global
and discontextualized view of
different tools and integrate
them into our context?

30. A G E N D A
1. Where am I coming from?
2. What is a game? is a Hypercontextualized games
(HCG)?
3. Examples of HCG
4. Future work

31. F U T U R E W O R K
R E S E A R C H & D E S I G N O F H C G
• Context and Engagement
• Context and multimedia
• Accessibility
• New technologies
• Sustainability
• Inclusion....

32. 감 사 합 니 다
T H A N K Y O U !