WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

You will translate a mobile phone game into a wearable game that allows for cooperative play (meaning people play with one another)

To develop critical thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, and collaborative teamwork as you design and test your own wearable games.

Final Project Expectations

No flat game-board designs to encourage more innovative and engaging gameplay experiences that utilize the body in dynamic ways.

While translating mobile games into wearable experiences, avoid creating literal translations. Instead, focus on making creative adjustments to the rules, mechanics, and interactions to suit the physical nature of the game.

Materials: Limited to using cardboard, paper, tape, and other low-fidelity materials specified in the studio prompt.

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ACTIVITY MATERIALS

Cardboard

Metal Ruler

Pencil 

Markers 

Cutting Blade

Masking Tape

Hot Glue Gun

String

Fasteners 

Paper

You will transform mobile phone games into interactive wearable experiences.

The objective is to translate the gameplay mechanics of your chosen mobile games into physical interactions that promote cooperative play among participants.



Remember: you should not be a literal translation of the mobile game to real life.

This means you have to make some adjustments to the game (for example, the rules, the shape of objects so they fit the body, the way you win/lose, etc.). 

THE CHALLENGE

before we start

Get into groups of 2 or 3. You will work together for the entire design sprint.

Pair up/ Group up

15 min

1st

You will pick one mobile game that you are both/ all familiar with.

5 min

Context Inquiry/ Research

Dissect the game into its elements of play.



Answer the following questions:

• How do you win? How do you lose?
• What makes the game fun?
• Is it competitive or cooperative?
• Who are the characters?
• What is the narrative arc?

Identify what limitations for gameplay come from touchscreen gaming. Think of ideas for how to make the game better by making it physical.

Analyze

10 min



Choose a part of the body, or maybe the whole body, in which to play this game and sketch out a way of the reimagining the game!

You cannot design a game that will harm someone (remember, you'll be testing the game on your own body!). 

Brainstorming + Sketching

15 min

2nd

3rd

Discuss your sketches with your team and choose one concept to bring to the prototyping phase.

Create your human scale prototype of your game!

Remember the rules:

• This should not be a literal translation of the mobile game to real life. This means you have to make some adjustments to the game (for example, the rules, the shape of objects so they fit the body, the way you win/lose, etc.). 
• Flat game-boards are not allowed

Prototyping

60 min

4th

You will present your final game to the group. Be ready to describe the process of coming up with and refining the design, and to demonstrate how it works! The class will give some popcorn feedback about the final result.

Show it off!

30 min

• Sketches
• Final Prototype (take photos)

Deliverables