JUNE 5 2019/5 GIUGNO 2019

18:00 - 19:00

Room 135/Aula 135 (terzo piano)

Università IULM (IULM 1)

Via Carlo Bo, 1

20143 Milan

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GAME WORKSHOP 5 MINUTE EXCERPT (JUNE 7 2019)

Game design beyond screens & joysticks

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

Keyboards, mice and twin stick pads constitute an overwhelming majority of game controlling devices, while displays and speakers monopolize the rendering ones. Despite its obvious economic and ergonomic virtues, the standardization of physical interfaces closes creative doors and conceals a whole field of possibilities. Beyond screens and joysticks lies a world begging to be explored. There is a marginal but increasing number of games that forges ahead and breaks new ground in various fields from arcades to the ALT CTRL movement, escape rooms and new technologies based games. This talk will call into question the part of the game experience that is happening in the physical space, often taken for granted because based on generic devices and then attempt to chart this new territory with a UX design compass and Human-Machine Interaction's tools.

IL Game design OLTRE SCHERMI E joystick

LINGUA: INGLESE

Tastiere e mouse, joystick e joypad costituiscono la stragrande maggioranza dei dispositivi di controllo dei videogiochi, laddove monitor e altoparlanti monopolizzano l’output audio video. Senza sottovalutare gli ovvi vantaggi economici ed ergonomici, la standardizzazione delle interfacce limita le possibilità creative dei designer. Aldilà degli schermi e dei joystick, esiste un intero mondo che attende solo di essere esplorato. Un numero crescente di pratiche ludiche - dagli arcade al movimento ALT.CTRL, dalle escape room ai giochi basati su tecnologie emergenti - propone inedite modalità di interazione. Questo intervento mette in discussione l'esperienza ludica nello spazio fisico - spesso data per scontata poiché basata su dispositivi standard - e mappa il nuovo territorio utilizzando la bussola dell’interaction design e dell’interazione uomo-macchina.

Tatiana Vilela dos Santos is a multi-award winning independent game designer and interactive artist based in Paris, France. All her works are part of her interactive multimedia project MechBird. She studied both game design and contemporary arts. She graduated a Bachelor's degree in Game Design from both public and private schools and obtained a Master's degree in Interactive Multimedia from the Sorbonne university. Since 2010, she designs, develops and builds experimental games based on new technologies or unique interfaces specially made for her games. Most of her games are created in artistic residencies and are meant to be played at events in various venues and not necessarily sold online or in shops. She teaches game and UX design in universities and middle-schools. She regularly speaks at conferences and festivals. All her exhibited works can be find on the website of her interactive multimedia project, MechBird.