{"id":4678,"date":"2024-03-25T14:48:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T14:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima_dev\/?p=4678"},"modified":"2025-04-28T04:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T04:33:19","slug":"playful-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/playful-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Playful Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Playful-Experiences-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Playful-Experiences-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Playful-Experiences-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Playful-Experiences-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Playful-Experiences.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This class focuses on the particular design problems of large-scale games and playful systems. In this class students develop a foundation in design fundamentals from which to approach the problems of design particular to experiential entertainment. We will analyze existing digital and non-digital games and playful experiences, taking them apart to understand how they work. We will also work on a series of design exercises that explore the social, technological, and creative possibilities of play.&nbsp;Along the way we\u2019ll create large, playful experiences that put the participant at the center of the action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This class focuses on the particular design problems of large-scale games and playful systems. In this class students develop a foundation in design fundamentals from which to approach the problems of design particular to experiential entertainment. We will analyze existing digital and non-digital games and playful experiences, taking them apart to understand how they work. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5988,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4678\/revisions\/5988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/ima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}