The picture-themed ARIS gamejam was another rapid fire few hours of gameplay. The mini-games and ideas included:

• QR Codes for subversive and civic engagement
• Gathering pictures of sustenance to influence dice-battle health (food pyramid served as point value system)
• Scavenger hunt for images located in Union
• Re-enactment activity of other teams’ gathered images

Thanks for all who came and participated!

After discussion this week, the new theme has been selected – music and sound. To get ideas rolling quicker, we spent some time brainstorming in pairs on mini-game ideas. Topics like remixing location-based sound samples, sound-based scavenger hunts, and using melody recognition applications were thrown around. 

All interested are welcome to attend the playtesting of our upcoming gamejam!

• Monday March 23rd, at 3:15 pm in the Memorial Union. 

P.S. After yesterday’s iPhone 3.0 unveiling, upcoming apps like “Smule” indicates music and sound is a substantial area for mobile media learning. See a Phantom of the Opera iPhone duet below: