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Level 5 - Space Jamming

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Space Jamming is a chance to create small games for people to practice living by their values. And it's HARD! We want to support the value, but make sure not to jump over the hard steps... Space jams should be practice spaces to help us live by our values in everyday life.

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← Click here for hard steps help
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Design for the hard steps that make decisions a moment for self expression...

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← Click here for the Structural Features cheat codes
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Don't panic! You've developed all the technical skills, now it's time to get creative. Think about games you know well—Truth or Dare, Charades, Twister, Tag, Chess, Basketball—what makes them interesting, powerful, fun? These 8 ways your game could suck will help you understand what the classics get right and improve the games you’re making:

YOUR GAME SUCKS BECAUSE...

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1. It has no satisfying beginning or end
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2. Everyone has to begin fully engaged
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3. It only uses obvious, common skills
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4. It's immediately obvious how to play
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5. There is only one winning strategy
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6. It only has one thing to focus on
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7. It's exhausting
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8. It makes no room for the individual personality/creativity of the player

Redesign notes:

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Time to let your creativity shine. Rewrite your rules from above to make a game environment for someone to practice living by a value. Offer support, but don't let them skip over the hard steps!

INSTRUCTIONS:

Next Steps

  • motivation and expectation setting:
    • expect it to suck, put in 20h / 50 games and you'll rock
  • Jam Bands
  • Other formats for Space Jamming
    • Valetine's day structure - Make it for a loved one with a team
    • Gift exchange space jamming around things you are working on
    • Jam band meetups
    • 5 minute games
    • Positioned within a larger redesign
    • Motivations — making things for loved ones
    • Twice a day or twice a week — an online event where people sharing circle and space jam
Want to learn this is a social environment?