DataPlay: Experiments in the Ludic Age

Playful Query Specification with DataPlay

DataPlay is a query tool that encourages a trial-and-error approach to query specification. DataPlay uses a graphical query language to make a particularly challenging query specification task quantification easier. It constrains the relational data model to enable the presentation of nonanswers, in addition to answers, to aid query interpretation. Two novel features of DataPlay are suggesting ...

The Ludic Life of Things: Explorations in the Vitality of the Ludic Object in Contemporary Narratives

Running head: WHAT IS LUDIC ABOUT LUDIC

This paper focuses on ludic design as part of the paradigm of design research that explores new ways to implement computer systems. In this paper, we want to further explore the specificity of ludic design. First, we introduce Bill Gaver’s definition. Second, we compare his claim to theories of ludicity that were developed in sociology and psychology. We then analyze a portfolio of artifacts to...

"Who Am 'I' in the Game?": A Typology of the Modes of Ludic Subjectivity

In order to arrive at an understanding of the formal structures by which an ‘I’ is established for the player towards the gameworld, this paper proposes a typology of the various modes of ludic subject-positioning. It highlights the ways in which each mode of ludic subject-positioning uses specific formal mechanisms to structure the player’s experience of the gameworld around a particular subje...

WHO AM I? : A Art Ludic Installation in Virtual Reality

This paper presents the Art Ludic Installation in Virtual Reality, named “WHO AM I?”.