Brainblender

21/05/2012

Novosti

Brainblender je stolna igra razvijena na 7. Radionici dizajna interakcija. Namjena igre je poticanje ljudi da kroz igru razvijaju svoje ideje. Principi i strategije igre mogu se primijeniti i u svakodnevnom životu, primjerice kada želimo promijeniti percepciju svijeta oko nas ili jednostavno pretvoriti proces donošenje odluka u zabavu.

Brainblender integrira igru s generatorom ideja. Igra je namijenjena za četiri igrača i sastoji se od igrače ploče, kartica sa pitanjima, praznim karticama za upis ideja i kockica. Moguće korištenje igre su primjerice situacije kada želimo/trebamo odlučiti što promijeniti u svojoj sobi, kući, radnom okruženju ili gradu; što napraviti kada nam ponestane kreativnosti; ili kada želimo dalje razvijati neku inicijalnu ideju.

Brainblender je stolna igra razvijena na 7. Radionici dizajna interakcija koja je za temu imala “suvremene utopije” (ostali radovi s radionice mogu se pogledati na pripadnom web sjedištu radionice).

Igra je pripremljena kao DIY kit otvorenog koda, te se može slobodno downloadirati.

 

Brainblender is a board game that encourages people to play with ideas – from plain silly to world changing. The game fosters team work and assists people to come up with unconventional solutions to conventional problems. It was developed at the Interaction Design Workshop at Arts Academy, Split (all projects from the workshop are available at the workshop website).

The aim was to create both, a game and an idea generator. Brainblender’s game principles and strategies can be applied in everyday life whether we would like to change our perception of the world around us or just to put the decision making into a playful process.

Brainblender is a board game for four players. First, all players choose a question, either out of twenty preset questions or create their own. Second, each player writes his or her idea in response to this question on an idea card and places it on the board. In the next round a dice throw decides which variation of their initial idea players have to develop. For example the idea should be made more strange or horrific or architectural. This idea variation is then written on another idea card which is placed on the board. Players explain briefly their ideas and the choice of placement of the idea card. When idea cards of different players connect, the two players have to blend their ideas and create a joint idea in response to the initial question. The game ends when all idea cards are connected to each other.

The versatility of the game can be exemplified by different scenarios:

What should we do? 
A game to make your life more interesting by coming up with more unconventional ideas to replace your “bore space” – bored state of mind.

What do we want to change in our room/house/yard/city?

Imagining up possibilities in a playful fashion to change one’s room or a classroom, re-imagining your courtyard, or the activities in the city.

How can we take our ideas further?

Liberating our mind flow through playing we can arrive to unexpected, creative solutions.

Brainblender is an open source game prepared as DIY assembly in PDF format. It was designed for everybody and it is free for download.