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This book was made not only to show my process for the semester in Experience Design but to also show the victories and frustrations I had in class.
*Not trying to be mean about it, just keeping it real.
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This class required us to think of something that someone does in real life and find a way to make it more enjoyable in a virtual experience. Right away I knew I wanted to do something with video games, I just didn’t know what. I broke it down to what I enjoyed about them. With some feedback, I decided to work with LAN Parties. A LAN (Local Area Network) party is a gathering of gamers and non gamers where people bring computers or consoles and play and eat and enjoy each other. Unknown to me, this also would change as we got more into the semester.
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So LAN Parties it was. Then it was time to start breaking down what happens at ones of these parties. The model you see on the right page is a quick breakdown to what goes into a LAN party. Once presented to the class, it was decided that more information was needed, that an instance in time needed to be captured. More was needed.
LAN PARTIES People show up. Start to set up. Games start. Small snacks eaten.
Weeks Before Invite people? What food? Games? Equipment? Date and Time? Tournaments?
More games played. Tournaments started.
More games played. Tournaments cont. Dinner.
More games played. Tournaments ends.
LAN Party Ends. Clean up.
After Party Clean! Clean! Clean! Make sure everyone gets their things back
More! More! More! More! More! More! More! More! More? Ok, I guess I could do more.
LAN PARTIES Weeks Before Invite people?
People show up. Host start to set up.
Who to invite? Gamers, non gamers, friends of friends
Snacks put out. More games played. Everyone shows up.
What food? Finger foods, nothing too messy Quick foods. What about dinner?
Games? What types of games? Multiplayer games, games for tournaments, easy games
Equipment? TVs? Consoles, Controllers? Games?
Date and Time? Weekends, Evenings
Finish setting up. Games get started.
Days Before Trash talking Excitement builds Talk about games More excitement
After LAN Party Trash talking Clean up Excitement for next party Clean up
Snacks eaten. More games played. Tournaments started.
Snacks eaten. More games played. Tournaments started.
Tournaments? Rockband, Halo, etc. More snacks eaten. More games played. Tournaments cont.
Tournament break. Dinner served. Games played.
Games played. Tournament ends.
LAN Party Ends. Clean up.
More! More! More! More! More! More! More! More! More! More! Fine, I’ll do more.
Before Tournaments
lan party tournaments
Pick Games
- Bracket style - 32 players - 4 players to a team (8 teams) - 50 kills to win - 20 min. time limit - Skulls on - 1st round - 4 games - 2nd round - 2 games - 3rd round - 1 game
Halo, Rock Band, etc.
Set up teams Equal teams
Set up bands Equal bands
Set up rules See below
Trash talking Try to keep it friendly
Tournament talk. People sign up.
Game picked. Pre tournament games started.
After Tournaments Trash talking Bragging rights Start planning next one
Teams can have names. Levels are picked by winning teams of a coin toss. After each round, there’s a five minute break. Losing teams can play themselves during other games.
Tournament rules stated. More pre games played.
Tournament - Rockband - Bracket style - 32 players - 4 players to a team (8 teams) - Singer, drummer, guitar, bass - Players name band - Best out of two band moves on Each band will play a song one at a time. Song is chosen by winning band of coin toss. The band with the most points at the end of the song wins. If there’s a tie, audience will pick winner. Everyone in the band must play on the same difficulty. If band fails before the end of the song, they have one redo. Five minute break after each round.
Tournament - Halo
Tournament - Halo Big Team - Bracket style - 32 players - 8 players to a team (4 teams) - 100 kills to win - 30 min. time limit - Skulls on - Best of three - 1st round - 4 games - 2nd round - 2 games - 3rd round - 1 game
Teams / bands set up. Teams / bands talk. Tournament started.
First round played. Other games played. First round over.
Teams can have names. Levels are picked by winning teams of a coin toss. After each game, there’s a five minute break. A ten minute break after a round. Losing teams can play themselves during other games.
Second round played. Other games played. Second round over.
Tournament break. Other games played. Tournament cont.
Final round played. Other games played. Final round over.
Winners announced Tournament over.
Ok good, now just do one type of tournament. Ok good, now just do one type of tournament. Ok good, now just do one type of tournament. Ok good, now just do one type of tournament. Ok good, now just do one type of tournament. Good, because if you said more, I would go crazy.
lan party tournaments
Before Tournaments Pick Games Halo, Rock Band, etc.
Set up teams
Host announces tournament. If people want to play, they sign up. 32 people sign up.
Equal teams
Set up bands Equal bands
Set up rules
Tournament talk. People sign up.
See below
Trash talking Try to keep it friendly
Game is either Halo or rockband. Games in either game are started as the host puts teams / bands together.
Game picked. Pre tournament games started.
After Tournaments The rules for either game are told to the teams. Host makes sure everyone understands them. Games are still played.
Trash talking Bragging rights Start planning next one
Tournament rules stated. More pre games played.
Tournament - Halo
Tournament Bracket - Halo round 1
round 2
round 2 final round
Team 1
round 1 Team 5
Team 2
Team 6
Team 3
Team 7
Team 4
Team 8
Tournament - Rockband The host announces teams. Teams / bands get together and discuss strategies. They have ten minutes to talk.
Band 1
final round
Tournament Bracket - Big Team
Team 1
Tournament Bracket - Rockband round 2
Teams / bands set up. Teams / bands talk. Tournament started.
round 1
Each band will play a song one at a time. Song is chosen by winning band of coin toss. The band with the most points at the end of the song wins. If there’s a tie, audience will pick winner. Everyone in the band must play on the same difficulty. If band fails before the end of the song, they have one redo. Five minute break after each round.
round 2
Teams can have names. Levels are picked by winning teams of a coin toss. After each round, there’s a five minute break. Losing teams can play themselves during other games.
Tournament - Halo Big Team
- Bracket style - 32 players - 4 players to a team (8 teams) - Singer, drummer, guitar, bass - Players name band - Best out of two band moves on
round 1
- Bracket style - 32 players - 4 players to a team (8 teams) - 50 kills to win - 20 min. time limit - Skulls on - 1st round - 4 games - 2nd round - 2 games - 3rd round - 1 game
round 1 Band 5
Band 2
Band 6
Band 3
Band 7
Band 4
Band 8
First round underway. People not playing in tournament are playing other games. First round over. Winners move on. Losing teams can play other losing teams. Break time.
First round played. Other games played. First round over.
round 2 final round
Team 2 Team 3 Team 4
Second round underway. People not playing in tournament are playing other games. Second round over. Winners move on. Losing teams can play other losing teams. Break time.
A twenty minute break before the final round of tournament. Host tries to get everyone to watch final round. Excitement builds for final round.
Second round played. Other games played. Second round over.
Tournament break. Other games played. Tournament cont.
Final round started. Everyone at the party should be watching. Pressure is on for teams playing. Final round over. Teams shake hands.
Final round played. Everyone watches. Final round over.
- Bracket style - 32 players - 8 players to a team (4 teams) - 100 kills to win - 30 min. time limit - Skulls on - Best of three - 1st round - 4 games - 2nd round - 2 games - 3rd round - 1 game Teams can have names. Levels are picked by winning teams of a coin toss. After each game, there’s a five minute break. A ten minute break after a round. Losing teams can play themselves during other games.
Host announces winners. Tournament over. Host gets feedback for next tournament. Party starts talking about next tournament. Party starts up again
Winners announced Tournament over.
While working on the third model, I decided that tournaments play a big part of LAN parties so I started working with that rather than the whole party. The first two model that goes into tournament are more about the games Rockband and Halo. The one on the right page is just about a 32 player -足 8 Bands tournament. All the rules and information for the tournament is seen here as well.
lan party tournaments - rockband Before Tournaments
Host announces rockband tournament. If people want to play, they sign up. 32 people sign up.
Set up bands
Game is either Halo or rockband. Games in either game are started as the host puts teams / bands together.
Equal bands
Set up rules
Tournament talk. People sign up.
See below
Trash talking Try to keep it friendly
Game picked. Pre tournament games started.
Trash talking Bragging rights Start planning next one
The rules for either game are told to the teams. Host makes sure everyone understands them. Games are still played.
Tournament rules stated. More pre games played.
- Bracket style - 32 players - 4 players to a team (8 teams) - Singer, drummer, guitar, bass - Players name band - Best out of two band moves on
The host announces teams. Teams / bands get together and discuss strategies. They have ten minutes to talk.
Each band will play a song one at a time. Song is chosen by winning band of coin toss. The band with the most points at the end of the song wins. If there’s a tie, audience will pick winner. Everyone in the band must play on the same difficulty. If band fails before the end of the song, they have one redo. Five minute break after each round.
Tournament Bracket - Rockband
Band 1
round 2 final round
Band 1
178,345 points
Band 3 and Band 4 are next. Band 4 goes first and gets a really good score of 201,034. Band 3 up and fails on their first try. They get another try but only finish with 159,305. Band 4 moves on.
175,204 points
round 2
Band 1
Band 6 184,304 points
Band 2 Band 4 Band 4 Band 7
230,345 points
Band 7
Band 3
194,026 points 201,034 points
round 1
Band 5 179,431 points Band 6 195,354 points
final round
250,304 points
Band 5 and Band 6 are next. Band 5 is up first and finishes with the score of 179,431 points. Band 6 goes up and fail on their first try. They try again and actually beat Band 5 with the score of 184,304.
round 2
Band 4
Band 4
Winner
Band 7
159,645 points
203,439 points
Band 8 138,953 points
Band 4
Band 7 and Band 8 finish off the first round. Band 7 goes up first and finish the song with 159,645. It ends up being one of the lowest scores. Band 8 does get the lowest score of the tournament finishing with the score of 138,953 points.
Tournament - Rockband
round 2
180,253 points
159,305 points
After Tournaments
round 1
round 1
Band 1 and Band 2 start off the tournament. Some people watch, the rest go and play. Band 1 finishes off with the score of 180,253. Band 2 is up next and they finish with the score of 175,204.
round 1
First round underway. People not playing in tournament are playing other games. First round over. Winners move on. Losing teams can play other losing teams. Break time.
Second round underway. People not playing in tournament are playing other games. Second round over. Winners move on. Losing teams can play other losing teams. Break time.
Band 5
Band 2
Band 6
Band 3
Band 7
Band 4
Band 8
Bands set up. Bands talk. Tournament started.
First round played. Other games played. First round over.
Second round played. Other games played. Second round over.
Band 1 and Band 4 start out the second round. Band 4 is up first and play an amazing round. The finish with a score of 194,026 points. Band 1 goes up and starts out great. During a solo, the guitarist fails and has to wait for someone to save him. This cost the band much needed points. They end up with 178,345 points and lose to Band 4.
Band 6 and Band 7 finish up the second round. Band 7 is up first and finish strong with 203,439 points. Band 6 goes up next and come up short with only 195,354 points. They lose to Band 7.
Band 4 and Band 7 are facing each other in the final round. Everyone at the LAN party is there to watch the final round. Band 7 starts off the round. They play their hearts out and the score of 230,345 says the same thing. Everyone claps and is very impressed. Band 4 goes up next. They seems to have the best guitarist and he gets a perfect score during the solo. Band 4 finishes with the score of 250,304 points making them the winners.
Final round started. Everyone at the party should be watching. Pressure is on for teams playing. Final round over. Teams shake hands.
A twenty minute break before the final round of tournament. Host tries to get everyone to watch final round. Excitement builds for final round.
The host annouces the winner, Band 4. Everyone claps, bands go around saying good game to however played in the tournament. The host gets feedback that will help make the next tournament better. Everyone seems pretty happy with the way the tournament was. Some people wished it took less time. Host starts thinking about next tournament and starts getting that ready. Next tournament will take place within the next hours or so.
Final round played. Everyone watches. Final round over.
Host announces winners. Tournament over. Host gets feedback for next tournament. Party starts talking about next tournament. Party starts up again.
Winners announced Tournament over.
Experience Design - Arturo Vargas - Spring 2010
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The storyboard you see on your right tells a story of a moment during one of these LAN parties. The story goes on during the 2nd round between band 1 and 4. This storyboard will later be used to help setup a video on how this experience would turn out.
Rockband Tournament - Round 2- Band 1 vs. Band 4 round 1
round 2
Band 1
round 2
round 1 Band 5
final round Band 1
Band 4
Band 1
What song should we do? I’m thinking “Welcome Home”. What do you guys think?
Band 6 Band 6
Band 2
Band 4
You guys suck! We are going to kick your ass all over the place with this song.
I was thinking “Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld”. We all kick ass on that song and could all play on hard. Plus, it’s a shorter song.
Uh huh. We’ll see.
Band 7
Band 3 Band 4 Band 4
Yeah that sounds good. So we all agree on that song and on hard?
Band 7
Oh you will see, you just wait!
Band 8
After a good first round, round 2 is getting underway between Band 1 and Band 4. Band 2 and 3 are out but have a chance to play for winning losers later on in the day.
Host gets on headset and announces round 2 between Band 1 and Band 4. Everyone gets quite and listens.
Host finds a coin toss generator. Band 1 calls tails. Host flips coin. Heads wins. Host sends screen shot to both bands of coin flipper. Band 4 wins toss. They will go first and pick the song.
Message from Host
Band 4 gets on their own channel and talk to each other. They pick “Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld”. Song is about 2:30 minutes long. They inform the host of the song they pick. Host informs the rest of the players.
Band 1
Host opens channel for trash talking. Band 1 starts talking mad shit. Band 4 doesn’t say much, they would much rather let their playing do the talking.
Band 4 Good luck you guys!
Band 4 finishes with the score of 240, 235. Good job!
Yeah yeah, we don’t need luck. We got this. We’re gonna beat your score easy, just watch! Band 1, you’re up in ten minutes. Still, good luck!
After the trash talking session, Band 4 gets ready their instruments ready to play. The host sets up the game for Band 4 from his own console. Host picks “Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld” and puts it on hard difficulty. He lets Band 4 that the game is ready.
Host streams gameplay to Band 1 so they can watch. Song gets under way. Not too many mistakes were made by Band 4. Guitarist got 95 percent on solo. Song over with the score of 240,235.
Host writes down and announces the score that Band 4 got. Host also tells Both Bands that Band 1 is up in ten minutes.
Message from Host Band 1 finishes with the score of 190,125 making Band 4 the winner. Maybe next time Band 1.
Host opens channel for trash talking before starting the game. Band 4 wishes Band 1 good luck as they are not trash talkers. Band 1 doesn’t care to hear it and get themselves pumped up for the song.
Band 4
Band 1 Good game you guys. You guys really know this song. We want a rematch after the tournament.
Thank, good game to you too. Sorry your guy dropped the drumsticks. That sucked.
Host streams gameplay to Band 4 so they can watch. Song gets under way. Band 4 is a little more sloppy in the way they play.
round 1 Band 1
Yeah that did suck. Oh well, we’ll get you next time!
Host writes down and announces the score that Band 1 got. Host announces the winner between Band 1 and 4 that Band 4 will be moving on the final round.
round 1 Band 5
final round Band 1
Band 6 Band 6
Band 2 Band 4
Band 7 Band 4
Band 4
That mistake cost Band 1 the win. They finished with 190,125. Drummer feels really bad and apologizes to his band mates but they don’t want to hear it.
round 2
Band 3
Band 4 moves on to the final round. Great job Band 4!
Half way through the song, Band 1’s drummer drops his drumsticks. This makes him fail and has to wait for someone to save him. His band mates are not happy and start talking shit to him.
round 2
Host opens up channel so that both bands can talk to each other. The round is over and Band 4 moves on to the finals.
Band 7 Band 8
Band 4 moves on to the finals. Now Band 6 and 7 are up.
Experience Design - Arturo Vargas - Spring 2010
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This is what the final UI would look on the 360. The tournament part would have it’s own channel which would be assessable from the dashboard. From here, you can see what game is being played, a live game stream, the tournament bracket, information about the tournament, and options. In the now playing screen you wouldn’t be able to select anything, it’s there to show you what tournament you are playing.
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The idea for the live game stream is that someone that wasn’t playing during the time could watch the other bands play. This would be a full screen view. On the top right, it gives you some information to the band playing, the song being played, and who is next. Also on this screen, you can see who is also watching on the left side. On the bottom would be a text chat for those people that don’t have a microphone. These could all turned off by hitting down on the D-pad for the text chat and left on the D-pad for the player list.
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The tournament bracket screen is just that. This gives you a full view of the bracket and standing of each band. Here the round that is being played, round 2 is brighter than the other ones. That’s to show that it’s where the tournament stands.
Information Information Information Information Information
For the Information part of this, I wanted to make a section where a player could see exactly who is playing, the scores, and a better view of the bracket. The reason for so many colors is because those of the same color are on the same band. That color is also the band color.
Options Options Options Options Options
For the options, I had no idea what types of options I wanted so I made it go into the system options. That’s it.
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This project has always been one of my lowest priorities and therefore suffered. I wish it wouldn’t of been that way, but graduation got in the way. If I could go back, I would of done this the way I wanted and not the way I was told. I had a different vision for this project but due to it being a low priority and my lack of caring, it went a different way.
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