Shigeru III: Mafia

Max Vilkki (Max.Vilkki@hiit.fi)Kai Kuikkaniemi (Kai.Kuikkaniemi@hiit.fi)

Helsinki Institute for Information Technology• HIIT conducts basic and applied

research on information technology

• Joint research institute of Aalto University and the University of Helsinki

• Three sites in the Helsinki Metropolitan area

• Over 300 researchers

Previous Shigeru games

Palm Beach [2009]Ooze Attack [2009-2010]

Galactic Trivia 3000 [2008]

Further workPalm Beach enhanced [2009] Moon Rush [2009-2010]

Computer Supported Collaborative Play

• Co-located social gaming!

• Personal devices with displays (e.g. mobile phone)

• Supporting alternative way of communicating

• Keeping track of game state

• Allowing hidden communication

• Possible utilize a shared public screen

• Computer supported, not computer dominated play!

Goals

• Invent game concepts inspired by the Mafia party game

• Create a real-time web platform integrated with Conduit-composing software

• Prototype, test and refine the game concept

Resources available

• Practical experience from previous years

• Knowledge around the topic

• Technical advise from three individuals

• Commitment and interest to the project and it's outcome

Expectations for the group

• Interest in gaming & game design

• Motivation to learn or existing skills in new real-time web-technologies

– e.g. XMPP, JavaScript, Strophe.js, jQuery, XHTML, CSS, etc.

Questions?

• Contact info

• Max VilkkiMax.Vilkki@hiit.fi

• Kai Kuikkaniemi Kai.Kuikkaniemi@hiit.fi