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# Collective Play Spring 18 Syllabus
   * Wednesdays 12:10-3:05PM in Room 20
   * Mimi Yin, mimi.yin@nyu.edu
   * [Office Hours Signup](https://itp.nyu.edu/inwiki/Signup/Mimi)

### [See course description below.](https://github.com/mimiyin/collective-play-s18/blob/master/README.md#course-description)

## Resources
   * Class Google Group. I will be adding you after the first class.
   * Class Google Drive Folder. Resources from class, assignments.
   * All code examples will be pushed to this github repo.
   * Most code examples will also be available in the p5 web editor.

## Tools
   * [p5.js](http://p5js.org/) | [Reference](http://p5js.org/reference/) | [Web Editor](http://alpha.editor.p5js.org/)
   * [Atom Editor](https://github.com/mimiyin/sense-me-move-me/wiki/Atom)
   * [Atom Live Server Package](https://atom.io/packages/atom-live-server)
   * [Node Server](https://nodejs.org/en/)

# Design Strategy 1: Every man for himself

## Week 1: Hello World: Real-time Inputs
#### Question(s)
   * What is collective play?
   * How is collective interaction different from individual interaction?
   * How do you know you've designed a successful interaction?
   * Is "willingness to participate" a personality trait?
   * Is this a programming class?
#### In-Class
   * Exercise: Hands
   * Overview of Design Patterns
   * Tech Tutorials
      * Setting up you local development environment
      * CLI - Command Line Interface
      * [Atom Editor](https://github.com/mimiyin/sense-me-move-me/wiki/Atom) and [Atom Live Server Package](https://atom.io/packages/atom-live-server)
      * [Websockets](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSockets_API)
      * [Node Server](https://nodejs.org/en/)
   * Code Examples
      * Sending real-time inputs: mouse + keyboard, phone sensors, mic level
      * Sending inputs with a username
      * Keeping track of inputs by id
      * Separating inputs and outputs with namespaces
      * Normalizing data across clients
  * Resources
     * [explainshell.com](https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=ls+-lah+file.ext): Shell commands deconstructed.
     * [Shiffman: Node](http://shiffman.net/a2z/server-node/)
     * [Beginner’s Guide to Node](https://glitch.com/~node-beginner) (more advanced topics)
     * [Socket.IO - Get Started](https://socket.io/get-started/)
     * [Socket.IO - Emit cheatsheet](https://socket.io/docs/emit-cheatsheet/)
     * [Mozilla Developers Network](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/)

#### Assignment: Hello World
   * [Brainstorm Inputs](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b9LKOaFIROEpqssoxWhezXpO-kd9_njg_i2XblIOiFQ/edit#gid=0)
   * Sign-up to implement 2 inputs.
   * Bring 5 things to draw with next week.
   * Wear clothes you can get dirty...forever.

***

## Week 2: Expressive Outputs
#### Question(s)
   * What does it mean to be expressive?
   * What are the parameters of expression in:
      * Painting
      * Spoken Word
      * Singing
#### In-Class
   * Exercise: Collective Drawing
   * Collecting the next layer of input (ie. meta-data)
   * Code Examples:
      * Pollacky
      * Texteoke
      * Finger Drumming
   * Links
      * [How to paint like Jackson Pollack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EncR_T0faKM&t=40s)
      * [Laura Krudener](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X13bHWaP40Y)
      * [Paper by fiftythree](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paper-by-fiftythree/id506003812?mt=8)
#### Assignment: Express yourself
   * Re-work your hello world example to be more expressive
   * Please bring ear-bud headphones for your mobile device to class next week.

***

## Week 3: Meaningful Outputs
#### Question(s)
   * What does it mean to be meaningful?
   * Semantics is the study of the meaning of words or lexical meaning. What about non-lexical semantics?

#### In-Class
   * Setting up a semantic framework.
   * Exercises:
      * Tableau
      * Cheering Track
   * [Pauline Oliveros: Tuning Meditation](https://youtu.be/g5bj8sO2-WY?t=28) | [Arpeggio](https://youtu.be/g5bj8sO2-WY?t=55) | [About](https://www.metmuseum.org/press/news/2017/tuning-meditation)
   * Code Example:
      * Harmonium: [Glitch](https://glitch.com/edit/#!/harmonium?path=server.js:1:0)

#### Assignment: Say what you mean
   * [Group Assignments](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S9QClmuv5jk1pGdfEqdGwBLwzDx6OZKRWb1SOjbBFxc/edit?usp=sharing)
   * Groups of 4: Create a semantic framework for 1 of your expressive projects.

***
## Week 4: User-test / Crit Semantic Expression Assignment
   * [Place Neurons](http://www.radiolab.org/story/110165-you-are-here/)
#### Preview Partnering??
   * [Speaking in One Voice](https://youtu.be/hoTAziyhO7s?t=100)
#### Assignment: Post-Mortem
   * [Fill out this worksheet.](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b_OyJnZx2k3Av_7GnWv2OKqqDUg_p_0GZZV-BM3Zxx0/edit?usp=sharing) Each team has a tab.
   * What worked.
   * What didn't work.
   * Any surprises?
   * What could you have done differently? And what effect would it have had?
   * Iterate on your design with 1 simple change.

***
***

# Design Strategy 2: Pairing

## Week 5: Influence or Interference?
#### Question(s)
   * When does influence turn into interference?
   * Is it more fun to cooperate or undermine?
#### In-Class
* Exercises:
   * Human Ouija Board
* Mashing up inputs into pairs.
   * Examples
      * Ouija
      * Twist and Shake

#### Assignment: Mash-up
   * Groups of 2: Create a paired interaction that optimizes for how closely you have to be in sync with your partner.

***

## Week 6: User-test / Crit Mash-up Assignment
#### Preview Queuing

***
# Design Strategy 3: Queuing

## Week 7: Waiting versus Anticipating
#### Question(s)
   * What's the difference between taking turns and having a conversation?
#### In-Class
   * Keeping track of who's turn it is
   * Example: Dear John
   * Taking turns drawing, writing text, making noise.

#### Assignment
   * Groups of 3: Make a queuing project.

***

# Design Strategy 4: Group Effort

## Week 8: Losing the Individual to the Group

#### Questions
   * When do you want to be (in)visible?

#### In-Class
   * Play "Taking Turns" projects
   * Analyze (in)visible responses.

#### Assignment
   * Design and run a human-only (no technology) interaction.
      * Be clear about what relationship dynamics you're exploring: e.g. open-ended, confrontation!
      * Be clear about what emotional dynamics you're exploring: e.g. self-consciousness and validation
   * Think out of the box of our class. Try something outside. Try something with 30 people. Try something that takes an hour!
   * Document the event.
   * Post-mortem what you did: What did you expect to happen? What actually happened? What could you tweak to get a very different outcome?
   * Post your documentation to your blog.

## Week 9: Losing the Individual to the Group

#### In-Class
  * Play test "Jog Wheel"

#### Assignment
   * Re-design, run, document and post-mortem take 2 of your human-only interaction.
   * Prepare a short presentation of your findings.
   * Include some early thoughts on how you might apply your findings to a digital expression of the ideas you're exploring.
***

## Weeks 10-12: Final Project Development
  * Week 10 Present human play test results
  * Week 11 In-Class User Testing
  * Week 12 Final Presentations

***
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# Course description
Rules of play shape competitive games from checkers to football. But how do the rules of interaction shape non-competitive play? In this course, we will explore, code and test design strategies for playful group interactions.

Some of the questions we will ask and attempt to answer:

* What encourages participation?
   * Can we work together as a group if “every man is for himself”?
   * When does influence turn into interference?
   * Are leaders necessary? Is it possible to lead from behind?
   * What’s the difference between taking turns and having a conversation?
   * What participate if individual effort is subsumed under collective output?
   * Does democracy = inclusion?
   * What happens when the slowest person sets the pace?

Interaction inputs we will play with will include: mouse, keyboard, mobile device sensors, and microphone. Outputs will include, visuals, text and sound. We will use p5, websockets and node.js for real-time interaction. Class time will be split between playing with and critiquing examples and translating design strategies into code and logic.

## Pre-requisites
ICM or the equivalent.

## Grading
- 40% for showing up (on time!) and participating with curiosity and enthusiasm.
- 40% for homework.
- 20% for the final project.
- More than 2 unexcused absences qualifies you for a failure.
- 2 lateness of 15 minutes or more qualifies as 1 unexcused absence.

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