Playable and collaborative art : the MonMazes case-study

• Author(s): Figueiredo, Ana Carina ; Heleno, Marco ; Zagalo, Nelson ; Branco, Pedro
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/27173
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Videojogos; Interdependence; Art; Games; Collaborative; Piet Mondrian
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

MonMazes is a collaborative and physical game inspired by Piet Mondrian paintings that consists of two benches with smart seat cushions that track the user's seating movements. The objective is to guide a ball through the mazes/paintings until the final point. The process of MonMazes' development was driven towards an exploration of collaborative possibilities together with a computer-supported physical user interface, focusing on the interdependency between players who shared a common goal. We start this article by discussing the social aspects of gameplay, the collaboration and interdependence between players, ending with a description of MonMazes project.