{"id":178,"date":"2020-04-12T14:37:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T21:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/design.ecuad.ca\/interaction\/?p=178"},"modified":"2022-03-14T16:07:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T23:07:42","slug":"compassion-for-a-lonely-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ecuad.ca\/interaction\/compassion-for-a-lonely-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Compassion for a Lonely City"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text text_lead=”yes”]<\/span><\/p>\n

What if gameplay can become a tool in discovering the importance of human interconnection within a lonely city?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_center_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_center_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″][vc_button outline=”yes” shadow=”yes” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fscratch.mit.edu%2Fprojects%2F386145613%2F|||”]Play Into the Void[\/vc_button][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-257346″ type=”carousel” medias=”198,1247,1249,1248,1261,1263,1262″ carousel_lg=”3″ carousel_md=”3″ carousel_sm=”1″ thumb_size=”two-one” gutter_size=”2″ carousel_height=”equal” carousel_interval=”3000″ carousel_navspeed=”400″ carousel_loop=”yes” carousel_nav=”yes” carousel_nav_mobile=”yes” carousel_dots=”yes” stage_padding=”0″ single_overlay_color=”color-prif” single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_custom_heading]Solution<\/b>[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]The \u201cCompassion for a Lonely City” research project centers around a theme of isolation and disconnection in the city of Vancouver. Through collaborative gameplay, this project aims to bring awareness, inspiration and create critical conversation around Vancouver\u2019s loneliness cultures and it\u2019s lack of interconnectivity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This project encompasses two conceptualizations of the gaming experience called \u201cInto the Void\u201d. The first, an online game with an \u201cIn-Real-World\u201d aspect and the second being an Interactive installation, an alternative 2-4 player arcade table, intended for a public\/gallery space. As both of these conceptualizations are simply containers to the gaming experience, and due to the unprecedented nature of COVID-19, the project focused on creating a prototype of \u201cInto the Void\u201d that would have been used within the interactive installation.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_custom_heading]Opportunity\u00a0<\/b>[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]While \u201cCompassion for a Lonely City\u201d may not \u201csolve\u201d loneliness, using gameplay as a medium to address loneliness in Vancouver can act as a point of entry by reaching the affected demographic through online communities. It also has the ability to transition a screen dominant experience into our physical reality, which can help mediate a balance between our online communities and physical communities. Additionally, I want to challenge the irony of making a video game for this project since they can be naturally isolating experiences. Overall, we need to re-evaluate our relationship with strangers in order to cultivate new meaning in what community and compassion for others are to us. To do that, we need more intriguing opportunities in creating human interconnections in alternative and evocative ways.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_custom_heading]Process[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]In the process of realizing \u201cCompassion for a lonely City\u201d I used UX design methods, such as exploration and observation to conversation and user testing, in combination with my artistic practice. This was at times challenging but ultimately rewarding and lead to unexpected outcomes. Scratch <\/em>was used\u00a0to develop the video game protoypes and a Makey Makey<\/em> controller for the experience of the arcade. More about my research and process can be found in my medium article:<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_center_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_center_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″][vc_button outline=”yes” shadow=”yes” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40julia.nowakowski9%2Fcompassion-for-a-lonely-city-3bd1ba90c144%3Fsk%3D9c0b33ed1a69394fa7523574a9641c98|||”]Medium Article[\/vc_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_custom_heading]Reflection[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]I would like to see the online to in-real world game fully realized. Within that, there is also a potential space that the two parts can be combined into one cohesive experience. Although my technical abilities are not currently adequate at this stage the experience could use augmented reality to weave its story between the physical and real world. This approach would develop the game towards a larger city-scale and act as a collection tool for player data around isolation and loneliness to reflect back meaningful information to the user as well as an aggregated emotional sentiment on a larger scale.<\/span> <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_single_image media=”1053″ media_width_percent=”100″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image media=”1238″ caption=”yes” media_lightbox=”yes” media_width_percent=”100″ lbox_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_custom_heading]About Julia Nowakowski<\/span>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]As an interaction designer, I value the ability to work in an interdisciplinary nature that is required to build complex concepts. Within that, I aim to continually learn and build my skill set since design as a whole is always changing and there is no reason to stop and say that I know enough.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Contact me at julia.nowakowski9@gmail.com or Link up on Linkedin<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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