Using prototypes in early pervasive game development

Ollila, Elina M. I.; Suomela, Riku; Holopainen, Jussi

doi:10.1145/1371216.1371220

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“…Manker [15] explores prototyping practices in computer game design and concludes that prototypes in game design are used in many ways: amongst others, to externalize specific parts of the game and as a 'shared representation' that serves as a communication tool. Ollila et al [18] present an overview of the use of prototypes in early pervasive game development, though the overview is limited to games on mobile phones. The authors present guidelines for selecting the right prototyping method, based on the type of project, the phase of the project, the type of game and the purpose of the project.…”

Section: Prototyping and Design In Hci And Game Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rapid prototyping of outdoor games for children in an iterative design process

Soute

Lagerström

Markopoulos

2013

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

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This paper reflects on the design process of games that are played by multiple players, involving high pace activity and embodied interaction. More specifically it argues that user testing with low fidelity prototypes, which is recommended in mainstream literature on methodology in the fields of human computer interaction and game design, is not appropriate when designing these kind of games. Designers should instead, as early as possible in the design process, experiment with technology and expose working prototypes to play test with children. A case study, in which we designed several games and tested in three iterations, is also presented. The games were designed for and tested with RaPIDO, a specially designed platform for prototyping mobile and interactive technology. Finally, we argue that our hypothesis regarding technology-rich prototyping is confirmed, since the feedback from the children concerned the realized interaction, and aspects of play and social interaction were experienced in real context, instead of an imagined way as a mockup would have allowed. General Terms Design KeywordsChildren, prototyping INTRODUCTIONMethodological research in the field of Interaction and Children (IDC) has focused mostly on how to involve children in design processes, and on ways that children can provide input to interaction design. Prominent examples of the former include participatory approaches to design [5], early design methods (e.g., KidReporter[2], Mission from Mars [4]), or methods for involving children in evaluating interactive products [16]. IDC as a research community has paid much less attention to prototyping tools and methods, and on how these impact the design process, which are core topics in methodological research for the parent discipline of Human Computer Interaction (HCI).This paper considers the role of prototyping in the design of games for children that support embodied interaction, especially those that can be played outdoors by many children together. The paper summarizes related methodological research in the broader HCI field, discusses how game design literature approaches this topic, and points at some limitations of current design approaches when designing the type of games described above.The core argument made is that especially for games using innovative and non-standard embodied interactions, technology should be included from early stages of prototyping and paper prototyping can be a digression. The main contribution of this paper is twofold: first, we present a detailed case study of an iterative design process using hi-fi prototypes that involved children, and we reflect on the suitability of this process. Simultaneously, we explore the design space of appropriate technology to support the design of outdoor games for children.The remainder of this paper first discusses how methodology in the fields of HCI and Game Design largely favor formative user tests with paper or other low fidelity prototypes as a means to explore a design space. We argue why this may not be suitable for t...

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Section: Prototyping and Design In Hci And Game Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rapid prototyping of outdoor games for children in an iterative design process

Soute

Lagerström

Markopoulos

2013

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

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“…However, we believe these techniques can also be helpful for other mobile and ubicomp solutions, such as those that provide information when needed (e.g., portable guides) or those in which interaction is embedded in unplanned social practice or everyday routine, such as home communication systems (Nagel, Hudson, & Abowd, 2004). For example, Ollila, Suomela, and Holopainen (2008) discussed the use of paratyping to gather feedback from players of pervasive games, which put them in new kinds of social situations or require them to change their behavior. These kinds of applications and systems often have high prototyping costs.…”

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Paratyping: A Contextualized Method of Inquiry for Understanding Perceptions of Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Technologies

Hayes¹,

Truong²

2013

Human–Computer Interaction

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In this article, we describe the origins, use, and efficacy of a contextualized method for evaluating mobile and ubiquitous computing systems. This technique, which we called paratyping, is based on experience prototyping and event-contingent experience sampling and allows researchers to survey people in real-life situations without the need for costly and sometimes untenable deployment evaluations. We used this tool to probe the perceptions of the conversation partners of users of the Personal Audio Loop, a memory aid with the potential for substantial privacy implications. Based on that experience, we refined and adapted the approach to evaluate SenseCam, a wearable, automatic picture-taking device, across multiple geographic locations. We describe the benefits, challenges, and methodological considerations that emerged during our use of the paratyping method across these two studies. We describe how this method blends some of the benefits of survey-based research with more contextualized methods, focusing on trustworthiness of the method in terms of generating scientific knowledge. In particular, this method is a good fit for studying certain classes of mobile and ubiquitous computing applications but can be applied to many types of applications.

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“…Storyboards and drawings have been used as a method in participatory design research for decades [3,8,12]. Paper prototyping has been used for game design [9] and interface testing [1] while annotation tools have been used in humanities preservation. The technique described in this paper builds upon these and is named Layered Elaboration because it enables design groups to add ideas presented by others with layers of transparencies while encouraging design team members to expand on those earlier ideas.…”

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Layered elaboration

Walsh

Druin

Guha

et al. 2010

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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As technology for children becomes more mobile, social, and distributed, our design methods and techniques must evolve to better explore these new directions. This paper reports on "Layered Elaboration," a co-design technique created to support these evolving needs. .Layered Elaboration allows design teams to generate ideas through an iterative process in which each version leaves prior ideas intact while extending concepts. Layered Elaboration is a useful technique as it enables co-design to take place asynchronously and does not require much space or many resources. Our intergenerational team, including adults and children ages 7 -11 years old, used the technique to design both a game about history and a prototype of an instructional game about energy conservation.

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Using prototypes in early pervasive game development

Cited by 14 publications

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Rapid prototyping of outdoor games for children in an iterative design process

Rapid prototyping of outdoor games for children in an iterative design process

Paratyping: A Contextualized Method of Inquiry for Understanding Perceptions of Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Technologies

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