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Playmakers Film #2 – Public Space
How Do I Get Involved?
However you like!
You can comment on anything you find here; you can come along and play at one of the upcoming games; you can talk about different aspects of the game (either on the forum at Ludocity or elsewhere); you can even run the game yourself, using existing rulesets or variations of your own.
What Is Playmakers?
Playmakers was a joint project from Hide&Seek, NESTA, and ThinkPublic. Hide&Seek developed a new pervasive game through a series of public playtests, Ivo Gormley documented that process and made a great film about this emerging field, and we attempted to track the progress of both game and film on this site. The game was called Scoop! - teams were invited to take on the role of rival news crews attempting to grab stories at high speed...
Now the project is finished, you can watch or download the film (which is published under a Creative Commons license), and learn more about the game and the process of making it.
A huge thanks to everyone who participated in the Playmakers project. If you'd like to get in touch, please feel free to contact us.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Hide&Seek Weekender: Family Sunday
August 2, 2009
Our second and final run of the final Playmakers game, as part of the 2009 Hide&Seek Weekender.
Hide&Seek Weekender: Saturday Sandpit
August 1, 2009
Our first run of the final Playmakers game, as part of the 2009 Hide&Seek Weekender.
Scoop! @ 2morro09
July 4, 2009
At 2morro09, we ran three rounds of the Scoop! The game seemed to go down well, and – looking back – there’s our edited highlights, a video from the event organisers, and some wicked photos from Samuel Cho;
(Image by Sam Cho)
Cardiff Playtest
July 2, 2009
On July 2nd, the Hide & Seek Sandpit set off for the valleys of Wales, taking the brightly coloured umbrellas and video equipment of Scoop!
Games ran on the streets Cardiff between 7-10pm, under the auspices of the National Theatre Wales.
Playtest #5
June 24, 2009
SCOOP! ran at Sandpit #13, with plenty of creative newsgathering and journalistic intrigue.
“Yes, And!”
June 14, 2009
“Yes, And!” was a day of collaborative design at the Hub, Kings Cross, with an overabundance of whiteboards, spider diagrams, and game analysis.
Playtest #4
June 3, 2009
Running under the codename ‘Soho Spy Squad’, Playtest #4 ran at the Soho Theatre as part of Sandpit 12.
(image by alexatonescoop)
Makers Session
June 1, 2009
This was a session for makers and potential makers to meet up and talk about pervasive games.
With a mix of scheduled talks and more general discussion, the focus was on the practical aspects of designing & running pervasive games.
Playtest #2
April 22, 2009
Playtest #2 ran at Sandpit 10.
Using the post-apocalyptic ‘Shrine‘ ruleset, this version involved defensive umbrellas and encoded poetry.
Go figure.
31st July - 2nd August
The 2009 Hide&Seek Weekender will be happening in and around London's Southbank Centre.
A full schedule of games is now up on the H&S website.