tournament channel

Experience DesignExperience DesignExperience DesignExperience DesignExperience DesignExperience DesignExperience DesignExperience DesignExperience DesignExperience DesignXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament Channel

Arturo VargasArturo VargasArturo VargasArturo VargasArturo VargasArturo VargasArturo VargasArturo Vargas

Spring 2010Spring 2010Spring 2010Spring 2010Spring 2010Spring 2010Spring 2010Spring 2010

Experience DesignXbox 360 Tournament Channel

Arturo VargasSpring 2010

*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.

Press StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress Start

Press Start

Press Start

Press StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress Start

Press StartPress Start

Press StartPress StartPress Start

Press Start

Press StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress Start

Press StartPress Start

Press StartPress StartPress StartPress Start

Press StartPress StartPress StartPress Start

Press StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress StartPress Start

Press StartPress StartPress Start

Press Start

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.

ModelsModelsModelsModelsModels

ModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModels

ModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModels

ModelsModelsModelsModelsModels


Models

ModelsModelsModels


ModelsModelsModels

ModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModels

Models

ModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModelsModels

ModelsModels

Models

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

Weeks BeforeInvite people?What food?Games?Equipment?Date and Time?Tournaments?

After PartyClean!Clean!Clean!Make sure everyone gets their things back

People show up. Start to set up.

Games start.Small snacks eaten.

More games played.Tournaments started.

More games played.Tournaments cont.Dinner.

More games played.Tournaments ends.

LAN Party Ends.Clean up.

More!More!More!More!More!More!More!More!More!More? Ok, I guess I could do more.

LAN PARTIES

Weeks BeforeInvite people?Who to invite? Gamers, non gamers, friends of friends

What food?Finger foods, nothing too messyQuick 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

Tournaments?Rockband, Halo, etc.

Days BeforeTrash talkingExcitement buildsTalk about gamesMore excitement

After LAN PartyTrash talkingClean upExcitement for next partyClean up

People show up. Host start to set up.

Finish setting up.Games get started.

Snacks put out.More games played.Everyone shows up.

Snacks eaten.More games played.Tournaments started.

Snacks eaten.More games played.Tournaments started.

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!More!More!More!More!More!

Fine, I’ll do more.

lan party tournamentsBefore TournamentsPick GamesHalo, Rock Band, etc.

Set up teamsEqual teams

Set up bandsEqual bands

Set up rulesSee below

Trash talkingTry to keep it friendly

After TournamentsTrash talkingBragging rightsStart planning next one

Tournament - Halo- 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

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- 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.

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 talk. People sign up.

Game picked.Pre tournamentgames started.

Tournament rules stated.More pre games played.

Teams / bands set up.Teams / bands talk.Tournament started.

First round played.Other games played.First round over.

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.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 tournamentsBefore TournamentsPick GamesHalo, Rock Band, etc.

Set up teamsEqual teams

Set up bandsEqual bands




Tournament - Halo- 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

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- 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.



Tournament Bracket - Rockband


Host announces tournament. If people want to play, they sign up. 32 people sign up.



Teams / bands set up.Teams / bands talk.Tournament started.



Tournament break.Other games played. Tournament cont.

Final round played. Everyone watches.Final round over.


Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 7

Band 8

round 1 round 1round 2 round 2

final round

Tournament Bracket - Halo

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Team 4

Team 5

Team 6

Team 7

Team 8


final round

Tournament Bracket - Big Team

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Team 4

round 1round 2

final round

Game is either Halo or rockband. Games in either game are started as the host puts teams / bands together.

The rules for either game are told to the teams. Host makes sure everyone understands them. Games are still played.

Final round started. Everyone at the party should be watching. Pressure is on for teams playing. Final round over. Teams shake hands.

Host announces winners. Tournament over. Host gets feedback for next tournament. Party starts talking about next tournament. Party starts up again

The host announces teams. Teams / bands get together and discuss strategies. They have ten minutes to talk.

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.

A twenty minute break before the final round of tournament. Host tries to get everyone to watch final round. Excitement builds for final round.

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 - 8 Bands tournament. All the rules and information for the tournament is seen here as well.

lan party tournaments - rockband

Before TournamentsSet up bandsEqual bands






Tournament Bracket - Rockband


Host announces rockband tournament. If people want to play, they sign up. 32 people sign up.



Bands set up.Bands talk.Tournament started.



Final round played. Everyone watches.Final round over.


Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 7

Band 8


final round

Band 1180,253 points

178,345 points

175,204 points

159,305 points

201,034 points

179,431 points

184,304 points

195,354 points

203,439 points

159,645 points

138,953 points

194,026 points

250,304 points 230,345 points

Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 4

Band 4 Band 4

Band 4Winner

Band 5

Band 6

Band 6

Band 7

Band 7

Band 7

Band 8


final round

Game is either Halo or rockband. Games in either game are started as the host puts teams / bands together.

The rules for either game are told to the teams. Host makes sure everyone understands them. Games are still played.

Final round started. Everyone at the party should be watching. Pressure is on for teams playing. Final round over. Teams shake hands.

Host announces winners. Tournament over. Host gets feedback for next tournament. Party starts talking about next tournament. Party starts up again.

The host announces teams. Teams / bands get together and discuss strategies. They have ten minutes to talk.

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.

A twenty minute break before the final round of tournament. Host tries to get everyone to watch final round. Excitement builds for final round.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Experience Design - Arturo Vargas - Spring 2010

Storyboard

StoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboard

StoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboard

StoryboardStoryboardStoryboard

StoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboard

StoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboard

Storyboard

StoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboard

StoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboard

StoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboard

StoryboardStoryboard

StoryboardStoryboard

StoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboardStoryboard

Storyboard

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.

Band 1

Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 6

Band 7

Band 7

Band 8


final round

Band 1

Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 4

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 6

Band 7

Band 7

Band 8


final round

Rockband Tournament - Round 2- Band 1 vs. Band 4

After a good first round, round 2 is getting underway between Band 1and Band 4. Band 2 and 3 are out but have a chance to play for winning losers later on in the day.

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.

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.

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.

Band 4 moves on to the finals. Now Band 6 and 7 are up.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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

What song should we do? I’m thinking “Welcome Home”. What do you guys think?

Yeah that sounds good. So we all agree on that song and on hard?

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.

Band 4 Band 1

You guys suck! We are going to kick your ass all over the place with this song.

Oh you will see, you just wait!

Uh huh. We’ll see.

Band 1 Band 4

Good luck you guys!

Still, good luck!

Yeah yeah, we don’t need luck. We got this. We’re gonna beat your score easy, just watch!

Band 4 Band 1

Good game you guys. You guys really know this song. We want a rematch after the tournament.

Yeah that did suck. Oh well, we’ll get you next time!

Thank, good game to you too. Sorry your guy dropped the drumsticks. That sucked.

Message from Host

Band 1, you’re up in ten minutes.

Band 4 finishes with the score of 240, 235. Good job!

Message from Host

Band 4 moves on to the final round. Great job Band 4!

Band 1 finishes with the score of 190,125 making Band 4 the winner. Maybe next time Band 1.

Experience Design - Arturo Vargas - Spring 2010

First UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UI

First UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UI

First UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UI

First UIFirst UI

First UI

First UIFirst UI

First UI

First UI

First UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UI

First UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UI

First UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UI

First UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UIFirst UI

First UI

First UIFirst UI

As you can see, my first UI wasn’t a pretty one. It didn’t look like anything that belonged near an Xbox 360 but it did help me figure out exactly what needed to go into the final UI. The two main things I wanted to go into this was chat and a live feed of the game going on. At first I wanted all this to be viewable on one screen but later on, I see that doesn’t work.

Final UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UI

Final UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UI

Final UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UI

Final UI

Final UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UI

Final UIFinal UIFinal UI Final UI

Final UI

Final UI

Final UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UI

Final UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UI

Final UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UI

Final UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UIFinal UI

Final UIFinal UIFinal UI

Final UIFinal UI

Final UIFinal UIFinal UI

Final UI

Final UI

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.

Live Game StreamLive Game StreamLive Game StreamLive Game StreamLive Game Stream

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.

Tournament BracketTournament BracketTournament BracketTournament BracketTournament Bracket

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.

InformationInformationInformationInformationInformation

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.

OptionsOptionsOptionsOptionsOptions

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.

Conclusion

ConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusion

Conclusion

ConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusion

Conclusion

ConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusion

ConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusionConclusion

Conclusion

ConclusionConclusionConclusion

Conclusion

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.

Experience Design Experience Design Experience Design Experience Design Experience Design Experience Design Experience Design Experience Design Experience Design Experience Design Xbox 360 Tournament Channel Xbox 360 Tournament Channel Xbox 360 Tournament Channel Xbox 360 Tournament Channel Xbox 360 Tournament Channel Xbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament Channel Xbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament Channel Xbox 360 Tournament Channel Xbox 360 Tournament ChannelXbox 360 Tournament Channel Xbox 360 Tournament Channel

Arturo Vargas Arturo Vargas Arturo Vargas Arturo Vargas Arturo Vargas Arturo VargasArturo Vargas Arturo Vargas

Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Spring 2010

Experience DesignXbox 360 Tournament Channel

Arturo VargasSpring 2010

tournament channel

Documents

tournament channelxbox

lan party

virtual experience

lan local area network

video games

gathering of gamers

right page

real life