Location-based challenges for playful neighbourhood exploration

Figures & data

Figure 1. Secrets of the South is developed in three phases, of which phase 3 is presented in this paper.

Figure 2. In Secrets of the South, challenges allow players to encounter people or locations that otherwise stay unnoticed.

Figure 3. Citizens were recruited from our network to participate in two sequential workshops that comprised play testing and designing challenges.

Figure 4. Participants working on the warm-up exercise inside the community centre (left) and one of the warm-up stories filled in (right).

Figure 5. In Workshop 1 participants discussed their daily rhythms during the Photo story challenge (left) and in Workshop 2 participants designed challenges for the game (right).

Table 1. Brainstorm questions and triggers.

Brainstorm question	Triggers used
Which locations in your neighbourhood would be appropriate to play a challenge?	Maps of neighbourhood
What things do people like to talk about?	Pictures of neighbourhood
What do you know about the history of the neighbourhood?	No triggers used
How can people interact with each other on the street?	Pictures of neighbourhood
What activities are happening in the neighbourhood	Pictures of neighbourhood

Table 2. An overview of the two workshops activities and collected data.

Date	Workshop	Activity	Collected data
24-01-2019	Workshop 1	Play testing SotS with pre-designed challenges, debriefing	Observations, debriefing notes, SUS questionnaire, survey
31-01-2019	Workshop 2	Brainstorming challenges, presenting and discussing the outcomes	Audio recordings of workshop, challenge designs