RIGHT. Last full day of work.

Today needs to be very, very, very prioritised.

Let’s prioritise it this way.

First research question

1. How to create a location-based gameplay without GPS that is fun, guides players to right places, and balances immersion and presence?

Relevant topics in “research context”

• Location-based and pervasive games
• Genres that work
• Immersion vs presence
  • use pokemon go vs geocaching as an example
• Combining serious and locative games
• exergames
  • Using anticipation as a reward in pokemon go, pikmin bloom, and geocaching
• games for cultural heritage
• Locative games & narrative
• Feeling of secret world
• Importance of playing alone vs with people/social aspects

Relevant topics in “research project”

• Choosing landmarks & making a map
• Riddles iterations methodology
  • Visit places
  • Do something → test it → iterate
  • Making of anagrams
  • Additional riddle types
• In testing the game: Difference between one person & a group