Mimetic Interfaces - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 08:20, 6 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 14:13, 27 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 14:12, 27 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 14:10, 27 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 14:03, 27 July 2014

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Staffan Björk: /* Can Instantiate */

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‎Can Instantiate

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‎Consequences

Staffan Björk at 13:26, 27 July 2014

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Staffan Björk: /* Interface Aspects */

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Mimetic Interfaces]] require the [[Enactment]] of actions by players, and may depend on [[Player Physical Prowess]] if these actions closely relate to skill sets in the real world. Since they tend to attract attention, they are often [[Competing for Attention]] and work against a game having [[Minimalized Social Weight]].
+[[Mimetic Interfaces]] require the [[Enactment]] of actions by players, and may depend on [[Player Physical Prowess]] if these actions closely relate to skill sets in the real world. Since the action to be performed are typically based on those some type of role (e.g. athlete, musician, etc.), [[Mimetic Interfaces]] open up for [[Role Fulfillment]] goals. However, since they tend to attract attention, they are often [[Competing for Attention]] and work against a game having [[Minimalized Social Weight]].
 [[Mimetic Interfaces]] can provide players with [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] in several ways: they can be playing the actual music the players can trick themselves into feeling that they are playing, they can be tolerant in how they judge, and by letting players continue to perform they can make players believe that they are performing well regardless of how well they are doing the actual actions. Juul discusses part of these effects through the concept of the "Magic Crayon" in his book "A Casual Revolution"<ref name="Juul"/>.
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 [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]],
 [[Player Physical Prowess]],
 [[Smooth Learning Curves]]

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 ''Gameplay where sensors measures how well a player performs actions in the game.''

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 [[Category:Interface Patterns]]
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 ''Gameplay where sensors measures how well a player performs actions in the game.''
-The ability of computer systems to measure
+The ability of computer systems to use sensors to measure physical actions that players are performing can be used as input to games. Games that do this have [[Mimetic Interfaces]].
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+[[Mimetic Interfaces]] are discussed in greater detail in the book ''A Casual Revolution''<ref name="Juul"/>.
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 [[Mimetic Interfaces]] are discussed in the book ''A Casual Revolution''<ref name="Juul"/>.
 === Examples ===

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 == Using the pattern ==
 [[Mimetic Interfaces]] are created by requires players to do [[Physical Enactment]] of actions while having [[Mediated Gameplay]]. Since the actions need to be physical in some way, [[Dexterity-Based Actions]] is a common solution (as seen in [[Donkey Konga]] and the [[Guitar Hero series]] being based on playing musical instruments and the [[Just Dance series]] requiring players to dance). [[Mimetic Interfaces]] are easily based on [[Rhythm-Based Actions]] since presenting rhythms and check that these are being followed is easy to measure. Other types of action can also be the basis for [[Mimetic Interfaces]] but complex activities or those requiring high levels of granularity can be technically challenging to detect. For this reason, many games using [[Mimetic Interfaces]] have rather limited gameplay actions and the pattern may be good to use for [[Minigames]] since these can provide variety in theme if nothing else.
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Competing for Attention]],
 [[Enactment]],
-[[Player Physical Prowess]]
+[[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]],
 === Can Modulate ===

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 == Using the pattern ==
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+[[Mimetic Interfaces]] are created by requires players to do [[Physical Enactment]] of actions while having [[Mediated Gameplay]]. Since the actions need to be physical in some way, [[Dexterity-Based Actions]] is a common solution (as seen in [[Donkey Konga]] and the [[Guitar Hero series]] being based on playing musical instruments and the [[Just Dance series]] requiring players to dance). [[Mimetic Interfaces]] are easily based on [[Rhythm-Based Actions]] since presenting rhythms and check that these are being followed is easy to measure. Other types of action can also be the basis for [[Mimetic Interfaces]] but complex activities or those requiring high levels of granularity can be technically challenging to detect. For this reason, many games using [[Mimetic Interfaces]] have rather limited gameplay actions and the pattern may be good to use for [[Minigames]] since these can provide variety in theme if nothing else.
 [[Dexterity-Based Actions]],
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-[[Physical Enactment]] together with [[Mediated Gameplay]]
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 Since [[AI Players]] typically work within the software part of a game, such players are difficult to use with [[Mimetic Interfaces]] ([[Robotic Players]] can be used with [[AI Players]] to overcome this issue).
 == Relations ==

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 === Interface Aspects ===
-[[Mimetic Interfaces]] is an [[.Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]].
+[[Mimetic Interfaces]] is an [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]].
 == Consequences ==