“The New Possible in Serious Games” Emerging game platforms and game play patterns open new possibilities in serious game design. Instead of making serious game requirements fit the format of classic game play, game play can now more than ever meet a solution closer to its requirements. Yet the very nature of these new opportunities means getting farther and farther away from known patterns of fun and engagement. How can one balance the New Possible and innovate while maximizing fun, engagement, and down to earth production requirements? Or is a solution better served with a more traditional model?

1. the
NEW
POSSIBLE
David Warhol
President, Realtime Associates, Inc.
Serious Play Conference
August 21, 2013

4. FORMS of GAMES (1, 2)
CHARACTERISTICS of GAMES (3)
EMERGING DEVELOPMENTS (4)
WHAT does THIS MEAN for YOUR
PROJECT(5)

5. 0.

6. RESEARCH
INTERVENTION
INDIRECTCOMMERCIAL
DIRECTCOMMERCIAL

7. 1.FORMS of
GAMES (classic)

9. rules + player
1

13. rules
players

28. rules + player
1

30. rules + player
1

33. rules
players

36. rules + player
1

39. rules
players

40. W H E W .

41. 2.FORMS of
GAMES (current)

47. rules
players

53. rules + player
1

54. rules
players

55. rules
players

57. W H E W .

58. 3.CHARACTERISTICS of
GAMES

59. controlled publicA U D I E N C E

60. controlled public
low high
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T

61. controlled public
low high
short long
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H

62. controlled public
low high
short long
short long
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H

63. controlled public
low high
short long
short long
none lots
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E

64. controlled public
low high
short long
short long
none lots
one thousands
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S

65. controlled public
low high
short long
short long
none lots
one thousands
low high
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S

66. controlled public
low high
short long
short long
none lots
one thousands
low high
less more
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y

67. controlled public
low high
short long
short long
none lots
one thousands
less more
low high
less more
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L

68. controlled public
low high
short long
short long
none lots
one thousands
less more
none epic
low high
less more
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E

69. controlled public
low high
short long
short long
none lots
one thousands
less more
low high
none epic
low high
less more
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E
C O S T

70. controlled public
low high
short long
short long
none lots
one thousands
low high
less more
low high
none epic
low high
less more
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E
C O S T
R I S K

71. short long
short long
low high
low high
less more
none epic
low high
less more
none lots
one thousands
controlled public
low high
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E
C O S T
R I S K

72. short long
short long
low high
low high
less more
none epic
low high
less more
none lots
one thousands
controlled public
low high
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E
C O S T
R I S K

73. W H E W .

74. 4.EMERGING
DEVELOPMENTS

75. CASUAL console

76. CASUAL console

77. CASUAL console

78. short long
short long
low high
low high
less more
none epic
low high
less more
none lots
one thousands
controlled public
low high
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E
C O S T
R I S K

79. GEO gaming

80. GEO gaming
local geo
global geo

81. sensor based

82. sensor based

83. short long
short long
low high
low high
less more
none epic
low high
less more
none lots
one thousands
controlled public
low high
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E
C O S T
R I S K

84. augmented
REALITY

85. augmented
REALITY
far field AR
near field AR

86. short long
short long
low high
low high
less more
none epic
low high
less more
none lots
one thousands
controlled public
low high
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E
C O S T
R I S K

87. VIRTUAL
reality

88. VIRTUAL
reality

89. short long
short long
low high
low high
less more
none epic
low high
less more
none lots
one thousands
controlled public
low high
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E
C O S T
R I S K

90. alternate
reality
games
(ARG)

91. alternate
reality
games
(ARG)
interactive networked narrative that uses the real world as a platform and
uses transmedia storytelling to deliver a story that may be altered by
participants' ideas or actions
year zero

92. short long
short long
low high
low high
less more
none epic
low high
less more
none lots
one thousands
controlled public
low high
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E
C O S T
R I S K

93. gamification

94. gamification
board game without boundaries

95. short long
short long
low high
low high
less more
none epic
low high
less more
none lots
one thousands
controlled public
low high
A U D I E N C E
E N G A G E M E N T
S E S S I O N L E N G T H
G A M E L E N G T H
E X P A N D A B L E
N U M B E R O F ( s i m u l t a n e o u s ) P L A Y E R S
S O C I A L A S P E C T S
D E X T E R I T Y
S K I L L
N A R R A T I V E
C O S T
R I S K

96. W H E W .

97. 5.WHAT does THIS MEAN
for YOURPROJECT

101. where do you PUT
your PEDAGOGICAL
CONTENT?

102. skill  MECHANICS
behavior  NARRATIVE
where do you PUT
your PEDAGOGICAL
CONTENT?