Blending in Hybrid Games

Arjoranta, Jonne; Kankainen, Ville; Nummenmaa, Timo

doi:10.1145/3001773.3001798

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“…Hybrid board games are defined as combinations of physical board games and digital artifacts "uniting" [74], "augmenting" [96], or "blending" [7] digital and physical elements. We situate Dungeon-Maker as a step beyond disjoint digital and physical game spaces in hybrid games, by coupling them further through creation and destruction processes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The goals of the implemented game follow the trope of "escaping a dungeon", where the players awake imprisoned, and have to collaborate to escape successfully. To do so, they need to forge 7 a key. Hints as to how the key looks are scattered across the map.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…When ending a movement next to an NPC, or when an NPC ends their movement next to a player, combat or interactions are triggered. Combat requires players to roll 2 dice, whose values are compared to the NPCs' digital dice 7 Both in the "counterfeit" and in the "make"/"build" definitions of the word. roll.…”

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confidence: 99%

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DungeonMaker: Embedding Tangible Creation and Destruction in Hybrid Board Games through Personal Fabrication Technology

Stemasov,

Wagner,

Askari

et al. 2024

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Hybrid board games (HBGs) augment their analog origins digitally (e.g., through apps) and are an increasingly popular pastime activity. Continuous world and character development and customization, known to facilitate engagement in video games, remain rare in HBGs. If present, they happen digitally or imaginarily, often leaving physical aspects generic. We developed DungeonMaker, a fabrication-augmented HBG bridging physical and digital game elements: 1) the setup narrates a story and projects a digital game board onto a laser cutter; 2) DungeonMaker assesses player-crafted artifacts; 3) DungeonMaker's modified laser head senses and moves player-and non-player figures, and 4) can physically damage figures. An evaluation (𝑛 = 4 × 3) indicated that DungeonMaker provides an engaging experience, may support players' connection to their figures, and potentially spark novices' interest in fabrication. DungeonMaker provides a rich constellation to play HBGs by blending aspects of craft and automation to couple the physical and digital elements of an HBG tightly. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI); • Applied computing → Computer games.

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DungeonMaker: Embedding Tangible Creation and Destruction in Hybrid Board Games through Personal Fabrication Technology

Stemasov,

Wagner,

Askari

et al. 2024

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…In the context of this paper, we understand hybrid board games as games that combine intentionally designed digital and physical modalities to create a game experience for players Typically, hybrid board games involve human, or 'bio' intelligence, but may also involve several AI sub-systems (which tend to be specific to the task) within the boundaries of a defined physical space [3,10]. The underlying games may be created for entertainment purposes, or fulfil additional purposes, such as to train players in a given task (often referred to as 'serious' games [1]).…”

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“…and physical games is often referred to as 'hybrid board games'. Hybrid board games can be understood as part of a wider range of 'hybrid games' that generally involve multiple and different types of media without necessarily being defined by the involvement of analogue and digital game elements [3]. At the same time, in the area of video games, the importance of AI is steadily rising, as the necessary technology becomes increasingly more capable of sophisticated decision making and interpreting complex game states.…”

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Towards a Taxonomy of AI in Hybrid Board Games

Maureira

Barbero

Freese

et al. 2020

International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

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With hybrid board games rising in popularity and game AI algorithms becoming more sophisticated, there is potential in involving AI to create novel game experiences and tools that can support developers. However, examples of hybrid board games that involve AI remain relatively sparse. In this work, we propose that creating a taxonomy of AI in hybrid board games can help the development of games that occupy as-of-yet unexplored areas of the design space. By mapping out different dimensions through which the involvement of AI in such games can be understood, we seek to encourage further academic discussions and applied explorations. CCS CONCEPTS• Applied computing → Computer games; • Computing methodologies → Knowledge representation and reasoning.

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