Experience Design
You draw a line. Maybe you draw another. You hit the START arrow. What could be simpler?
A great example of beauty in simplicity, with simple user input resulting in much more complex animation and physics. Plus, it’s just a lot of fun….especially if you have a repressed evil streak.
Our old friend Daniel Terdiman reports on CNET about Payphone Warriors, a game played at New York’s Come Out and Play Festival this weekend.
The idea was for teams to spread out around the city and claim territory by calling a central phone number from any payphone they would see. They’d get points for every payphone they controlled.
Sounds like they had a blast, and it’s another nice way to play on payphones, which will always make me smile.
Read the article here.
On a side note, I’m really curious as to how Jane McGonigal’s Cruel 2 B Kind game went.
Zombie flash mobs + pubs. Live in Minneapolis? Check out the Zombie Pub Crawl.
Gotta love it just from the FAQ:
Q: Should I bury my clothes now and dig them up for the Zombie pub crawl?
A: That’s a really, really good idea.
The site has tips for makeup, blood, gore, etc. Sounds like a great idea for the coming Halloween season.