What The Deck
What The Deck evolved from a place-based, physical card game idea matured into an online, empathy-focused activity that encourages conversation while working with the Emerging Technology team during Spring 2020.
- Category
- Community Programming, Information Design, Web Development
- Skills
- collaboration, information synthesis, web design, writing
- Project URL
- What The Deck
What The Deck cards bring character backstories to bear on imagining how transformative technologies may impact their lives
The game revolves around a facilitated play experience, bringing our team into the mix to help foster conversation in classes and groups
Formalized play testing with classes and faculty/student groups continued into later stage game development
Early play tests used game dynamic prior to actual Unity coded game interaction, allowing for vital audience feedback
Though not used, characters were given detailed backstories to help the team imagine useful reflections
Development process was iterative and recursive, involving play tests and thoughtful debriefs along the way