SLQ Wiki engagement:cardboard_kaiju-2

Outreach sessions: 3D printing induction (archived - obsolete equipment)

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:23:09 +0000

Outreach sessions: 3D printing induction (archived - obsolete equipment)

During this session the group of young people will learn how to safely use a 3D printer. They will also design and make a simple badge to wear and take home with them.

Preparation

Introductions

Check that the 3D printers are working

Clear the space from any hazards

The plan

Follow the induction here:

https://wiki.edgeqld.org.au/doku.php?id=facilities:fablab:inductions:3dprinter:start

After learning the basics on Tinkercad the group will focus on designing a small object that will become a badge to wear.

While the badge is printing young people will complete the induction paperwork so that they can book and use the printers in their own time.

Once the badge is printed a back will be attached to make it a badge.

What happened

The group was smaller than we expected this week. There were 3 people that attended. All engaged with working on Tinkercad. They were given the freedom to come up with a design of their own choosing- they all had views on what they wanted to make.

Mick gave them three ways in to creating a design. They were:

- using the shapes in Tinkercad

- going to Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/

- searching for a silhouette and taking it into illustrator and then importing into Tinkercad.

Everyone began with the shapes in Tinkercad and then one young person chose a car from Thingiverse

and the other started with a silhouette.

Moving forward to next week. The group may split based on where there interests have progressed to. Go here to see the plan and execution for this next session

Feedback

From a teacher: It’s been great to bring our young people into the edge this term. Really appreciate the relaxed approach all of you have to teaching.

Outreach sessions: 3D printing and Laser

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:22:14 +0000

Outreach sessions: 3D printing and Laser

During this session young people will be continuing to develop skills in design for 3D printing and laser cutting.

The plan

One young person is bringing in her art work and another young person was keen to continue to add designs to the 3D car print that they did in the previous session. If any other young people attend we will run them through a catch up 3D printing session.

The steps are:

Bring the group back and share 2 other ways to design

Working with own art work

1. Take a photo of the art work. Save and drag into Adobe Illustrator.

Select ‘one colour logo’

Expand

Select the object and make smaller

Save and export for printing on the laser.

For young person 2

2. Go to Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/

Download a design (explaining that it creative commons)

Import as stl to Tinkercad

Getting designs to Up mini:

- Export from Tinkercad and save to a usb

- Turn 3D printer on at the back

- Place perf board in

- Go to the computer attached and to Up Studio

- Go into Up

- Hit initialise button

- Click + (add)

- Go into maintenance and extrude (gets it working) Check the plastic that comes off this that it is smooth and thin

- Explain the following: ABS plastic (same as Lego), 1 in 7 prints fail, The nozzle heat needs to get up to 270C, explain how the plastic travels from the roll down to

the nozzle.

- Start the job (be sure to click ‘easy…)

Public sessions: Design session 1

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:32:10 +0000

Public sessions: Design session 1

During this 2 hour session the group will go through a design process to design a kaiju and buildings based on what is needed for the game that has been redeveloped.

Engagement style

Venue

Fabrication lab

Dates

Monday 22nd October 6-8pm

Capacity

Staffing

1 casual staff member

1 contractor

The Plan

• Intro’s- Name and why came today ( this will give the facilitators a chance to determine which plan to follow based on interest)

Make everyone aware of the following:

All participants should be signed up as SLQ patrons too, that way we can leverage the privacy agreement (which details where the information is stored)

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/home/privacy and give them access to the wiki.

Licensing

The specific license we are using: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)

By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:

1. The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) license; or

2. The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate Creative Commons license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license; or

3. The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or © and I have not modified it.

4. I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are public and that a record of the contribution is maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with this project or the creative commons license(s) involved.

Workshop Outline

• Speak to the game mechanics of the new game

• Design skills 101

• Look at the buildings files make sure that they are the best they can be and they represent Brisbane enough

• Create a Kaiju File

• Laser cut some of the work

• Finish/goodbyes

Materials needed

• Butchers paper

• Pens/pencils

• Buildings & Kaiju & old cards

• Kaiju typography and VID files

• Computers (1 per person)

• Snacks

Outcomes required

Final Cut files for Kaiju and buildings

Reflection

There were a number of people that signed up for this workshop, very few showed up on the day. They were mainly interested in the game mechanic side of things. After unpacking these for a long while we were all able to pull together some ideas around the board design and some icons that could be there to distinguish between large and small. We also worked on the size that the hexes could so as to fit on the board.

It came up during the session that it would be great to be able to share the game and what is happening from week to week for those that cannot attend in person. A Slack group has been set up where people who sign up to the sessions will be invited to join and contribute to and continue the dialogue.

Public sessions: Version 2.0 assets

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:32:45 +0000

Public sessions: Version 2.0 assets

Cards illustrator file version:

cardboardkaiju_deck_final_1_1_.ai

Printable versions of the cards: please note that you will need to remove the following cards from the deck

, psychic fracture, rampage, demoralizing roar, Adrenaline surge

kaiju_cards_final.pdf

defender_cards_final_1_.pdf

font files:

fonts-20181210t000508z-001.zip

Rule Book designed:

instructions_a4_version2_fix_city_map_1_.pdf

Tokens

1x Enrage- enrage_board_token_final.ai

10 x Shielding- shielding_token_final.ai

Game board for laser cutter:

kaiju_board_a.ai

kaiju_board_b.ai

kaiju_board_c.ai

Side panel game board design for laser cutter:

side_panels_final_2_.ai

Buildings for laser cutter:

kaiju_buildings_bases.ai

kaiju_buildings_large.ai

kaiju_buildings_small.ai

box file

kaiju_box_top.ai

kaiju_box_bottom.ai

Kaiju for laser cutter:

kaiju-kaiju.ai

Media Board

media_board.dxf

board_cut.dxf

Version 1.0

Cards:

cardboardkaiju_deck_v1.pdf

Buildings for cutting on CNC:

Map:

cardboard_kaiju_map.pdf

Rules:

cardboard_kaiju_-_rules.docx

Signage:

cardboard_kaiju_sign.cdr

Public Electronics session

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:48:04 +0000

Public Electronics session

During this session the group will work on the electronics and buttons that will trigger the sound and video content of the game. We will need to consider how many buttons are required along with how they will sit within the board.

In terms of sound:

4 kaiju sounds
8 defender sounds

In terms of Video

Kaiju, Kaiju wins

Defenders, Defender wins

Engagement style

Venue

Fabrication lab

Capacity

Staffing

2 x program officers

Session 1

Monday 19th November 6-8pm.

Materials needed

Buttons

The game boards board laser cut

THE PLAN

Meet participants up in the foyer

Bring them down to the Fabrication lab

Talk through where things are up to with the game fabrication so far. Look at the boards, buildings, cards and kaiju.

Brainstorm buttons and where they could fit into the game experience.

We do not need to complete the electronics during this session as there is one more with young people later in the week https://wiki.edgeqld.org.au/doku.php?id=engagement:cardboard_kaiju-2:electronics_session

Reflection

During this session the group brainstormed where the media buttons could go in relation to the game board as well as the design of it. One of the participants was keen to look over the videos and add in some ideas.

The ideas that landed were that the sound buttons would be different to the video buttons. Each button need a laser etched name next to it so that the operator knows when to trigger them. For example ' stomp' 'assault 1' 'start video' 'kaiju win' 'defenders win'

Board designs

Buttons

Electronics session 2 (outreach with young people)

This session continues on from the public session and completes the triggering electronics for the game.

Engagement style

Venue

Fabrication lab

Dates

Thursday 22nd November

Capacity

Staffing

2 x program officers

THE PLAN

10-12pm young people from Albert Park Flexischool

We have the sounds and the video (spend some time feeding back on the video content and edit)

We will connect a Raspberry pi and all the buttons and speaker.

Reflection

During this session the young people were very focused. They connected all the buttons and (both for sound and video). Worked on then labelling the associated letter/number for triggering. They then each had a go with working on uploading the media and connecting it to the triggering system. They needed to navigate the terminal where code (python) is invoked. It was so great to see each young person having a go in a relaxed way in the lab.

Make a cardboard box alongside the game board for the media controller of buttons to go into.

Electronics files

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:06:14 +0000

Electronics files

media_boardinstuctions.docx

This document describes the number and type of sounds required. For details on construction see

Electronics session

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 13:33:31 +0000

Electronics session

This session continues on from the public session and completes the triggering electronics for the game.

Engagement style

Venue

fabrication lab

Dates

Thursday 22nd November

Capacity

Staffing

2 x program officers

THE PLAN

10-12pm young people from Albert Park

We have the sounds and the video (spend some time feeding back on the video content and edit)

We will connect a pie and all the buttons and speaker.

Make a cardboard box alongside the game board for the media controller of buttons to go into.

Reflection

During this session the young people were very focused. They connected all the buttons and (both for sound and video). Worked on then labeling the associated letter/number for triggering. They then each had a go with working on uploading the media and connecting it to the triggering system. They need to navigate the terminal where code (python) is invoked.

Public sessions: Fabricating the buildings, kaiju and game assets

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:32:21 +0000

Public sessions: Fabricating the buildings, kaiju and game assets

In the previous iteration the building were 3D cutouts. They looked impressive and were sturdy but took a long time to fabricate. Due to their size, they would also be difficult to replicate in a space that was not as well equipped as The Edge. To remedy this, the buildings this go around will be 2D, still mounted on large hex and supported by bracing structure on the back side. This should reduce cost, time and complexity.

To address State Library of Queensland collections, the buildings will be inspired by classic Queensland architecture. A process with community will identify and design building silhouettes reflecting the source material. This process could be implemented similarly in other communities.

It is estimated that the design process could be delivered in two sessions, with a further two sessions in fabrication and construction.

Engagement style

Free, facilitated session

Venue

Fabrication lab

Dates

Monday 5th November 6-8pm

Capacity

Staffing

1 casual staff member

1 contractor

The plan

To laser cut the game board/s

To finalize the size and types of buildings- to capture iconic Brisbane buildings as well as generic ones

To finalise the Kaiju

To finalise and print the card decks

Files

Game board files x 3 gameboard_a_.ai gameboard_middle_b.ai gameboard_c_.ai

(these files can also be opened by Inkscape, a free, open source 2D design package)

Media board:

version 1 with font:

kaijumediaboard.ai

Reflection

A small and focused group attended this session and they came up with some fantastic ideas. One being for the buildings- small ones all to be the older buildings in Brisbane and the taller ones to be the newer skyscraper ones.

Public sessions: Cardboard Kaiju 2.0 Design Files

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:31:43 +0000

Public sessions: Cardboard Kaiju 2.0 Design Files

The following files contain the new game mechanics and assets for Cardboard Kaiju 2.0

City mat/board

Enrage/support board

Sound files

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 09:08:00 +0000

Sound files

For Kaiju deck

Smash smash_ck2.wav

Stomp stomp_ck2.wav

Rampage rampage_ck2.wav

Terrifying screech terrifying_screech_ck2.wav

For Defender deck:

Emergence repairs emergency_repairs_ck2.wav

Assault 1 assault_punch_ck2.wav

Assault 2 assualt_punch_2_ck2.wav

Assault 3 assault_missle_ck2.wav

Shielding shielding_ck2.wav

Repellent repellant_ck2.wav

dazing flare dazing_flare_ck2.wav

Cable net cable_net_ck2.wav

1. Introduction to the madness

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:25:43 +0000

1. Introduction to the madness

In 2017 SLQ delivered the Cardboard Kaiju project. A part of the larger One Last Apocalypse program, Cardboard Kaiju was essentially a large scale - not quite life size - board-game. The key objective of the game being preventing the kaiju (Japanese for Strange Beast and genre of international monster films), now named Danger Noodle, from destroying a city made of corrugated cardboard. The game framework was card based, the monster designed and fabricated by the community then delivered as a one day event at The Edge.

In 2018 The Edge team will be redeveloping and reiterating the idea to coincide with the GoPlay! gaming event. A new game framework will be devised, city designed and of course a new monster conceptualised. The aim is to improve on last year and deliver the best possible version of the concept with an eye for replication in other places and spaces across Queensland. Community involvement will be imperative to the success of the process.

Game Design

Cardboard Kaiju used a card based resolution mechanic loosely adapted from other people's mechanics. This go around we're looking at engaging with a game designer to create something a little more bespoke and reflective that this is a board game. We are initially in conversation with Dylan Shearer, a local game designer who has delivered programming for us in the past. He is willing to come onboard, which is great.

Buildings

Last year we went the whole 9 yards with the buildings, making them fully 3D mounted on large hexagonal game pieces for assembling the city. This presented some issues regards time to fabrication, complexity in fabrication and (comparative) expense in materials. Moving into the new iteration and based on some learnings from Cardboard Kaiju I suggest we go 2.5D, cut out cartoon style as it is easier to cut out and cheaper. I am going to upload and example here over the weekend if I get a chance. This should mean it can be cut quickly and the design process with community around this should be dead simple. That is another process I will write up when I get a chance.

Kaiju Design Process

The design process for this project is already solid. What needs working on is the transition from the initial brainstorming and modelling to the proper construction. I don't have a solution to this at the moment and it's something we can address as a team in the coming weeks. Above all else I think it's a matter of refinement rather than designs, which I guess means re-examination and reiteration and we all know what I think about alliteration.

The suggested process being:

Delivery of game design workshops to completely overhaul/rewrite the Cardboard Kaiju Game.
Development of building templates that can be modified and outputted for easy fabrication.
Redesign of the design process with the aim to develop a new Kaiju to join Danger Noodle.
Design of a FX control system built on SCRATCH that will incorporate light, sound, video and physical interactivity.
Delivery of workshops in content creation to feed into the project.

In all it is expected that this process will take 8 weeks from commencement to completion. A focus will be given to how this could be implemented in a public library setting without the tools available to The Edge. Outlined below are the initial thoughts around the project and each of these points that will be expanded on.

A smaller, desktop version will be completed as a part of the process, to be distributed via SLQ/The Edge website for laser cut fabrication under a Creative Commons licence. The kaiju itself might be made available as a 3D printed object, known as the Almost Cardboard Kaiju kit or a cardboard, slot together skeleton kit. Something like this.

FX Control Kit

This will be a keyboard encoder (or similar solution) running on top of SCRATCH on a Raspberry Pi 3. It will cover off on SFX/VFX/PFX (P is for Physical). There will need to be workshops written to cover off on:

Wiring one up and the ancillary technology required. All off the shelf components and nothing bespoke that would get in the way of someone else doing this.
Content creation for the platform and addressing inherent limitations.
Physical control out of SCRATCH
Using SCRATCH in this context.

It's really important to get this as right as we can on the first go around. This is not the first time we have created one of these units and it's not the first time we've run some of these workshops. It is the first time we have some this in quite some time and we might have lost a lot of the learnings from the last time around. The last time around we were also using bespoke hardware solutions to interact with the Raspberry Pi platform which cost money and represents a barrier. Resolving that hurdle will be imperative in proceeding with the project. Breadboards, ICs and resistors should be the extent of it if we can manage.

There are learning materials already out there are like here, here and here, though may need to hunt down more recent resources. This should be straight forward and it's not new ground. It's come a long way since the last time we tried to do this.

The idea with this box is that it controls all content playback and triggers of the effects. The idea is not to create a box that it sits in, as that can be a part of the process of design with community.

Content Creation

There will need to be some workshops developed in content creation. We already have some of these on hand that can be focused specifically on this project. When using the word content in this context we're taking in audio, visual and physical. This is separated out from the FX control kit program so as not to confuse matters. Separate pages dealing with these workshops will be generated to the central document so they can be more easily repurposed for future projects. Same goes for the FX control kit as I imagine this will have some very real applications for the Greater and Grander Rumpus program in 2019 if that program goes ahead.

Project Style Guide

A new element to our projects pages, these are the imperatives, concepts and non-negotiable considerations specific to this program from a logistical/communications perspective. I have come to the conclusion that all programs are distinct in their needs (duh) and it bears calling them out so there are no mistakes made. I could also be completely wrong and happy to hear arguments to the contrary.

Cardboard Kaiju is not to be abbreviated as a term. It is never referred to as CK.
The Kaiju will be made from cardboard. It can have substrates inside that hold it all together. We will not be stupid about this. It is not about purity and fidelity to the titular materials. It's about getting the job done and not crying.
All cut files uploaded to the wiki will be in both .svg and .dxf file formats.
All text documents will be uploaded as .pdf, .odf, .rtf or .txt.
All video files will be uploaded in H264 (x264) MP4.
All audio files will be uploaded in .mp3 or .flac formats.

The future

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:52:58 +0000

The future

1. Play similar collaborative games before going into the Cardboard Kaiju game development centred around your town

example collaborative games:

- The quiet year https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year

https://wiki.edgeqld.org.au/doku.php?id=engagement:one_last_apocalypse:book_club:the_quiet_year&s[]=quiet&s[]=year https://wiki.edgeqld.org.au/doku.php?id=engagement:one_last_apocalypse:game_nights:quiet_year_games_night

- Pandemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic_(board_game)

2. Other communities/regions design their own town (buildings, kaiju and replace the river)

3. Play Cardboard Kaiju as a public event

Outreach sessions: FX Control

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:25:24 +0000

Outreach sessions: FX Control

Sound files were recorded and used in conjunction with a Raspberry Pi with button activation.

Similar results can result from using an Arduino-based system, as described elsewhere in this wiki ( search workshops - prototypes)

Public sessions: Designing the game assets

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:31:56 +0000

Public sessions: Designing the game assets

Engagement style

Venue

Fabrication lab or DML window bay and computers

Dates

Monday 29th October 6-8pm

Capacity

Staffing

1 x contractor

1 x casual staff

The plan

• Graphic Design process for card decks, board and rule book

1. Brainstorm

2. Design skills 101

3. Design 3 x card decks Kaiju, Defender, Instant

• Break off into groups focussing on one card deck

• Board design

• Rule book design

• Finish/goodbyes

Materials needed

• Butchers paper

• Pens/pencils

• Buildings & kaiju & old cards

• Kaiju typography and VID files

• Computers

• Snacks

Outcome required

3 cards decks designed with minimal touch ups required post by Kasey

Board design

Rule book design

Finalize the buildings and Kaiju design

Reflections

There was a small group again for the design session. During this session we were able to get a colour palette together as well as some more work on the game board. It was also decided that the buildings would need to be smaller than initially thought due to the size of the hexes on the board and how big that makes the kaiju (not as big as originally thought)

Photos

Public sessions: 2 game dev sessions

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:31:31 +0000

Public sessions: 2 game dev sessions

The focus of the 2 sessions will be the following which is based on the feedback that came from play testing sessions:

We need to focus on the following gameplay elements for development:

Team Co-Operation
Kaiju Strategy
Clearer Ruleset and Card Information
Add a way for players to actively win the game, instead of passively losing it

Proposed Improvements

The following improvements will be where I intend to take the game. During the development nights, I will push the students to come up with the solutions along the lines suggested below.

Team Cooperation

Team Cooperation will be enhanced by introducing a Support Zone. Each Turn, a player may, instead of playing a card from their hand, they may place a card into the
Support Zone for another player to use.

As to why this will be helpful, is cards will be put together to form combos. For instance, if a player plays 3x 1 Damage Cards, they could combine instead to do 5 damage.

To assist with this game mechanic, the player actions will be updated to say the following: “Once per turn, a player may do one of the following:

Play an action or combo action from their hand; or

Place one action card from their hand into the support zone

The Support Zone will be described in the rulebook as follows:

“Any action cards in the support zone count as being in every defender’s hand while it is in the support zone.”

Kaiju Strategy

Kaiju Strategy will be enhanced by introducing a limitation to the Kaiju’s movement. As shown on the game mat below, certain hexes on the game board will be labelled as River Tiles. The Kaiju, being a snake-like sea monster, will only be able to move and attack from the river. The Kaiju MUST HAVE at least one tile on the river at all times.

This gives the Kaiju player a strategic element to how they attack the river, while also limiting how much damage they can via the Rampage mechanic (which we will be keeping because it is badass)

Clearer Ruleset and Card Information

Cards will no longer be listed in relation to a Deck of standard playing cards. Instead, all cards will clearly say what they do and any cards referencing cards the other team’s cards will be removed. Players will not need to look up what a card does.

The cards will also have one of 3 card frames, artistic design used to identify the card. The three frames are: Kaiju Deck, Defender Deck, Instant Card (found in Defender Deck)

Players winning the Game

Players need to be able to win the game, not just run through the game and maybe lose. So the following major changes will be made to assist in the process of winning the game:

The Kaiju Deck will be rebuilt. The Kaiju deck will now be enhanced in its damage and special abilities, as well as the amount of cards increased. This Deck will now act as the Kaiju’s health, meaning any damage done by the defenders will discard cards from the top of the Kaiju Deck.

The Kaiju player will gain a hand. To give the Kaiju player a form of strategy to what they do, they will also draw a hand of 4 cards. These cards will not only include damage and special destruction abilities, but it will also have some form of defense or damage reduction to slow down the players, as well as “Gain extra action” cards to give this player a further edge

Defender Deck will be rebuilt. The most notable change will be the inclusion of damage and defense cards. Damage cards will flip cards off the top of the Kaiju deck and reduce that deck (as it is now the Kaiju’s helath). The defender deck will now have targeted defense cards so that, rather than outright preventing the kaiju player from doing anything for a turn, they will instead be able to defend specific buildings from the Kaiju’s attacks, possibly directing the Kaiju into further traps.

Outreach sessions: Test the OG Cardboard Kaiju

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:27:27 +0000

Outreach sessions: Test the OG Cardboard Kaiju

2 Flexi schools will be in to test the game as well as do a Handtools induction.

Engagement style

free facilitated process.

Capacity 8 young people and their teachers

Venue

Fabrication lab

Dates

Wednesday 12th Sep 2018

Staffing

2 contractors (one to lead game other to learn and observe)

1 SLQ staff member

The Plan

10-10.30

Flexi school 1: Playtest game (with an introduction on the origins of the game as well as what will be happening next- playing at Go Play and redevelopment series)

Flexi school 2 Tour The Edge

10.30-11

Flexi school 2 Playtest game (with an introduction on the origins of the game as well as what will be happening next- playing at Go Play and redevelopment series)

Flexi school 1 Handtools induction

11-11.30

Flexi school 2 do Handtools induction

Reflection: playing the game

Dylan and Kasey (co-facilitators) played the game before everyone came in and then the group of young people played the game.

The play testing session went well and the young people were very excited by the game and had a few ideas to add into the mix.

Feedback

Liked:

- the set up of the game, how physical it is

- realistic map of Brisbane with the river and Southbank represented

- easy to pick up how to play the game

- suggested that there could be a map for the game to sit on and the river is coloured

Suggestions:

- needs more obstacles against the Kaiju. Maybe a force field

- more player agency to work against the Kaiju

Photos

From Dylan

cardboard_kaiju_2.docx

Cardboard Kaiju 2.0 Development

Initial thoughts of playthrough (12 September 2018) - Image of gameplay notes

● The game runs with very little input from players

● There is little strategy to the Kaiju. It just moves to the most contact and there is really no need for a Kaiju player in its current state

● The players have to survive past the Kaiju deck, but have very little interaction with the Kaiju deck → This means the players can’t actually win the game, only lose it.

● The same can be said for the Kaiju player. The Kaiju does not interact too much with the players, as most of the player interaction is done via instant cards - something that the Kaiju player doesn’t have control over

● Players enjoy interacting with each other but don’t really get to interact with each other

● Player feedback during the playthrough reinforced these points to me

● Cards required a translation sheet to resolve (re: “Resolve the top card of the Kaiju deck as if it was yours”)

● Rulebook had multiple failures:

○ failed to indicate what happens when instants appear in the opening hand

○ failed to handle what happens when the player deck runs out

○ fails to set how damage is applied to buildings by the Kaiju monster

Playtest responses from Go Play (15 September 2018)

Timestamp What was ONE thing you ENJOYED about the game. What was ONE thing you DID NOT ENJOY about the game.

9/15/2018 11:30:39 The card actions were interesting The game was hard to understand initially

9/15/2018 11:52:37 The tactile setup … the miniatures. Not enough tactical options as a player

9/15/2018 11:53:50 How interactive it is Nothing this time

9/15/2018 12:21:56 Tactical decisions, controlling Kaiju where to go. Buildings all die very quickly, most hits one shot nearly all buildings.

This feedback, while small, I believe reinforces the thoughts above that I found during the initial playthrough.

We need to focus on the following gameplay elements for development:

● Team Co-Operation

● Kaiju Strategy

● Clearer Ruleset and Card Information

● Add a way for players to actively win the game, instead of passively losing it

Proposed Improvements

The following improvements will be where I intend to take the game. During the development nights, I will push the students to come up with the similar solutions below.

Team Cooperation

Team Cooperation will be enhanced by introducing a Support Zone. Each Turn, a player may, instead of playing a card from their hand, they may place a card into the Support Zone for another player to use.

As to why this will be helpful, is cards will be put together to form combos. For instance, if a player plays 3x 1 Damage Cards, they could combine instead to do 5 damage.

To assist with this game mechanic, the player actions will be updated to say the following:

“Once per turn, a player may do one of the following:

1 - Play an action or combo action from their hand; or

2 - Place one action card from their hand into the support zone”

The Support Zone will be described in the rulebook as follows:

“Any action cards in the support zone count as being in every defender’s hand while it is in the support zone.”

Kaiju Strategy

This gives the Kaiju player a strategic element to how they attack the river, while also limiting how much damage they can via the Rampage mechanic (which we will be keeping because it is badass)

Clearer Ruleset and Card Information

The cards will also have one of 3 card frames, artistic design used to identify the card. The three frames are: Kaiju Deck, Defender Deck, Instant Card (found in Defender Deck)

Players winning the Game

Players need to be able to win the game, not just run through the game and maybe lose. So the following major changes will be made to assist in the process of winning the game:

1. The Kaiju Deck will be rebuilt. The Kaiju deck will now be enhanced in its damage and special abilities, as well as the amount of cards increased. This Deck will now act as the Kaiju’s health, meaning any damage done by the defenders will discard cards from the top of the Kaiju Deck.

2. The Kaiju player will gain a hand. To give the Kaiju player a form of strategy to what they do, they will also draw a hand of 4 cards. These cards will not only include damage and special destruction abilities, but it will also have some form of defence or damage reduction to slow down the players, as well as “Gain extra action” cards to give this player a further edge

3. Defender Deck will be rebuilt. The most notable change will be the inclusion of damage and defence cards. Damage cards will flip cards off the top of the Kaiju deck and reduce that deck (as it is now the Kaiju’s health). The defender deck will now have targeted defence cards so that, rather than outright preventing the kaiju player from doing anything for a turn, they will instead be able to defend specific buildings from the Kaiju’s attacks, possibly directing the Kaiju into further traps.

Outreach Sessions: Lead in skills development

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:00:20 +0000

Outreach Sessions: Lead in skills development

Venue

Innovation Lab

Fabrication lab

Dates

Wednesday 1st August

Wednesday 22nd August

Wednesday 5th September

Wednesday 12th September

Capacity

Staffing/contractors

2 internal program officers

Rationale

This process of coming in weekly

Skills development sessions:

3D printing Flexi school

3D printing & laser Flexi school

Working on Cardboard Kaiju

Play test

test original game Flexi school

Play test at Go play

https://www.goplaybrisbane.com.au/

Content development:

sound content

Video animation content

Electronics session

Public sessions: Playing the game

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:32:34 +0000

Public sessions: Playing the game

Here is the event copy that The Edge used http://edgeqld.org.au/whats-on/cardboard-kaiju-2-0-table-top-game/

Cardboard Kaiju 2.0 tabletop game

Saturday 1 December 12noon– 2pm | Free | No bookings required

Brisbane city is under attack! A giant monster has risen from the sea to wreak havoc upon the populace. Gather your team and together, you must defend your cardboard metropolis from the onslaught of the… CARDBOARD KAIJU

Come along and join in!

No bookings just turn up and wait for your turn. Small groups or individuals welcome (up to 4 people can play at a time).

If you’d like to RSVP, you’ll receive an auto-email from Eventbrite with all our contact details and location.

We hope to see you on 1 December from 12pm.

This tabletop game experience has been created by a number of young people and community members at State Library of Queensland, The Edge.

Date: Saturday 1 December

Time: 12noon – 2pm

Where: The Edge, State Library of Queensland

BOOK HERE (link to Eventbrite)

The set up

Venue: Bay window at The Edge

Staffing:

1 x program officers (available to do tours of The Edge and assist with signing of photo release forms)

Game master

Videographer (who will do vox pops with participants on their experience of the game)

Equipment:

Table for game play
A screen for the media board to connect with
lounge chairs for hanging out in
snacks (i.e. chips)
speakers for music
projector screen (to set atmosphere with the game logo projected)
projector

Learnings

The media board was a huge hit and added tension, atmosphere and humour to the playing of the game. What was noted was that the amount of videos was perfect. In terms of sounds- a sound per card/action would have added to the experience.

Outreach sessions: Sound content Development

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:27:00 +0000

Outreach sessions: Sound content Development

There will be two sessions for the sound component of the program.

1. skills development - an induction in the recording studio

2. content development- using skills learnt in the first session apply them to create and record sounds for cardboard kaiju

Engagement style

Venue

Recording studio

Dates

Wednesday 24th October 10-12pm

Wednesday 31st October 10-12pm

Capacity

Staffing

1 x Program Officer for induction

1x Contractor for sound creation and recording

Induction

There were 6 people in attendance for this session (5 young people and one teacher)

from the teacher - 'The guys were pretty nervous about working in a different space with a facilitator they didn't know but Andrei (Program Officer) helped to make them feel welcome and encouraged them'

Content generation

During this session young people will work with Sunny (Contractor) to develop the sounds that can be triggered in the game. The sounds can be a range of the different moves that the defenders or kaiju make in the game that are represented on the cards from each deck. These decks have a large scope for sound in them from punch, smash, rampage, shielding etc see here for the decks

The sound files developed in this activity are here: files from sound design

https://wiki.edgeqld.org.au/doku.php?id=engagement:cardboard_kaiju-2:files_from_game_design_sessions

Cardboard Kaiju 2.0 : The Board Game

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:48:18 +0000

Cardboard Kaiju 2.0 : The Board Game

Cardboard Kaiju is a community engagement and capacity building program that consists of a series of workshops that focus on skills development and creative collaboration.

The Cardboard Kaiju game was first developed in 2017 as part of the One Last Apocalypse Program and it was experienced as a collaborative life size board game experience.

Taking on the feedback from 2017, The Edge redeveloped the game in 2018 as a table top version with sound and animation elements. Below is the process that was taken, detailing both the public and outreach programs that occurred.

After this process there is now a game kit that you can download from this wiki with all you need to play the game in your community!

This kit can be remixed so that you can work with your community to design your town. For example you could add design elements to the Kaiju, replace the river with an iconic landmark in your community and re-design the buildings to reflect your community. Or you can play the game as is along with other collaborative games and run it as a game night series. (The Edge did this in 2017 as part of the One Last Apocalypse program- see here……One Last Apocalypse)

Here you will find the initial program notes from the Edge Lead, Daniel Flood. from daniel

Objectives

• Engage with diverse communities.

• Professional development opportunity for emerging facilitators.

• Promote State Library Resources to new and existing audiences.

• To develop a kit for other libraries to download and use/adjust from the wiki

Engage community

Engage with community through our diverse and inclusive public programs.

Engage with and deliver programs for the CALD community and people with disability

Build capacity

Enable digitally inclusive, literate communities that are skilled for the 21st century.

The program will be delivered over 3 months at The Edge. There will be a public program component as well as an outreach component that will engage young people from flexi schools.

1. Outreach sessions

This was a series of engagements conducted with participants from local Flexischools, with an intention to use the Kaiju game development as a vehicle for introducing a range of digital and design skills to young people.

This page (outreach sessions) describes the overall delivery details and lesson plans used when this program was

Individual skill development sessions include:

3D printing: Outreach sessions: 3D printing induction (archived - obsolete equipment)
Laser cutter: Outreach sessions: 3D printing and Laser
Video content: Outreach sessions: video content sessions
Sound content: Outreach sessions: Sound content Development
Electronics content: Electronics session
Handtools and play testing: Outreach sessions: Test the OG Cardboard Kaiju

2. Public sessions

This was a parallel series of engagements with members of the public, using the assets produced by the Outreach Sessions described above, as well as new material, to develop a working prototype of a Cardboard Kaiju board game.

Game Design

A local game designer, Dylan Shearer will deliver the game redevelopment. Cardboard Kaiju 1.0 used a card based resolution mechanic loosely adapted from other people's mechanics. This go around we're looking at engaging with Dylan, a game designer to create something a little more bespoke and reflective that this is a board game.

game design sessions

* Game mechanics files files from game design sessions

Buildings

Last year the buildings were 3D mounted on large hexagonal game pieces for assembling the city. Buildings (and the Kaiju) were human sized (1.5 - 2.5 m high), and an auditorium was available for the play. This presented some issues regards time to fabrication, complexity in fabrication and (comparative) expense in materials. Moving into this iteration we will be looking at 2/2.5D and tabletop size so that it easier to cut and cheaper if you wanted to go full scale.

Kaiju Design Process

The design process for this project is already solid. We are looking more at the graphics and how to pack up the game for community publishing.

Design session 1

design session 2

Design files Design files

fabricate the game

electronics and finish

Media board/Electronics files electronics files

Playing the game

How other libraries could run Cardboard kaiju Future

Outreach sessions: video content sessions

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:28:19 +0000

Outreach sessions: video content sessions

There will be two sessions for the video component of the program.

1. brainstorming and making objects for video ideas

2. recording offsite session with some editing

Engagement style

Venue

Fabrication Lab/ Offsite

DML

Dates

Wednesday 7th November 10-12pm

Wednesday 14th November 10-12pm

Capacity

Staffing

2 x Program Officers

Session 1

Wednesday 7th November 10-12pm: Young people from Albert Park Flexischool.

THE PLAN

Wednesday 7th November 10-12pm: Young people from Albert Park Flexischool.

1. Introductions

2. Finish hand tools induction (make the badge and fix any of the paperwork)

3. Go through the new game mechanics- talk through the game board, cards and sound design

4. Brainstorm at least 2x opportunities for animation.

Examples:

- The beginning the Kaiju coming out of the water and getting enraged

- Kaiju runs out of cards and has grown weary and slinks back into the depths of the ocean. The Defenders win.

- Kaiju destroys the last building in the city, once the smoke settles, the Kaiju relishes the destruction around it and wins the game.

(Also see ideas on other sheet from 1.0 version) We could also play with the idea of making videos from the perspective of the kaiju or the defenders (similar aesthetic to Cloverfield)

5. We can then make objects that may be needed using Adobe Illustrator (or other 2D design software) and the laser if need be.

6. Goodbyes- anything to think about for next week?

THE OUTCOMES

Ideas from version 1.0 for video

Here are the ideas that came up:

Fire and smoke
Time lapse of sun rising and setting over the landscape
Kaiju approaching city limits
Promo videos for new casino/bridge development, overlaid with flames, people running
Fake news reports from the scene
Close up of the Kaiju's wrath
Youtube videos of cardboard cities being destroyed
Motion trigger smoke and hazard and remote controlled Kaiju

Reflection

The hand tools induction took longer than expected, however everyone was focused and learnt heaps- there was some frustration with the small detailed work it required , however, the group worked through this and all were able to make a badge that lights up.

With the Kaiju brainstorm one young person in particular had a flow of ideas. They took some of the buildings and a kaiju back to school to work on some ideas and video recording.

The ideas that came out:

- film the view from the city to the water with Kaiju in the background (Defenders point of view)

- film the view from the water to the city (Kaiju point of view)

- ending: kaiju going into the water, or buildings falling all around the Kaiju

Session 2

Wednesday 14th November 10-12: record video content offsite on location or around Albert Park (or at The Edge)

THE PLAN

Andrei and I have prepared video content from the perspective of the Kaiju and Defender using the underwater Sony camera

We then brought the footage into imovie and made an example short animation.

The plan is to show this example and then go to film from the water and then from the city

Record video using Sony action cam (does up to 10metres under the water) attached to a pole

Then come back to the Fabrication lab and edit as a group using the Mac lap top. The group may also like to grab some other shots.

Reflection

This was a great session where we managed to take video footage over the bridge (running) as well as in the water from the Kaiju perspective. After filming we went back to the lab and edited on a Mac laptop using imovie projected onto the big screen. Taking turns on who drove the editing. No- one had used imovie before. It is an easy access point to learn and get going with quickly.

We brainstormed further footage if the Defenders win the game (buildings with fireworks) as well as if the Kaiju wins (dead people on the ground)

The group decided that they would like to come in again next week to work on the hardware to trigger sound and video.

Photos

capturing video footage from Kaiju's perspective (underwater camera) and then with phone camera Cloverfield video style from the defenders perspective.

SLQ Wiki engagement:cardboard_kaiju-2

Outreach sessions: 3D printing induction (archived - obsolete equipment)

Outreach sessions: 3D printing induction (archived - obsolete equipment)

Preparation

The plan

What happened

Feedback

Outreach sessions: 3D printing and Laser

Outreach sessions: 3D printing and Laser

The plan

Public sessions: Design session 1

Public sessions: Design session 1

Engagement style

The Plan

Licensing

Workshop Outline

Materials needed

Outcomes required

Reflection

Public sessions: Version 2.0 assets

Public sessions: Version 2.0 assets

Version 1.0

Public Electronics session

Public Electronics session

Engagement style

Session 1

Materials needed

THE PLAN

Reflection

Electronics session 2 (outreach with young people)

Engagement style

Reflection

Electronics files

Electronics files

Electronics session

Electronics session

Engagement style

Reflection

Public sessions: Fabricating the buildings, kaiju and game assets

Public sessions: Fabricating the buildings, kaiju and game assets

Engagement style

The plan

Files

Reflection

Public sessions: Cardboard Kaiju 2.0 Design Files

Public sessions: Cardboard Kaiju 2.0 Design Files

City mat/board

Enrage/support board

Rule book

Card details

Sound Files

Sound files

Sound files

For Kaiju deck

For Defender deck:

1. Introduction to the madness

1. Introduction to the madness

Game Design

Buildings

Kaiju Design Process

FX Control Kit

Content Creation

Project Style Guide

The future

The future

Outreach sessions: FX Control

Outreach sessions: FX Control

Public sessions: Designing the game assets

Public sessions: Designing the game assets

Engagement style

The plan

Materials needed

Outcome required

Reflections

Photos

Public sessions: 2 game dev sessions

Public sessions: 2 game dev sessions

Team Cooperation

Kaiju Strategy

Clearer Ruleset and Card Information