Hybrid Board Games with NFT Characteristics - The road to HYBRIDA
Authors
Drougge, Madeleine Johannessen ; Christensen, Mark Marturin ; Hvidberg-Olsen, Marco
Term
4. Term
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-06-10
Pages
103
Abstract
Board games have grown in popularity as families and friends gather for shared entertainment. Many analog games now add digital components, creating hybrid board games (HBGs) that keep the hands-on feel of physical pieces while enhancing play with digital features. This thesis explores how non-fungible tokens (NFTs—unique digital tokens that can verify ownership or identity) could connect to HBGs. We aim to identify NFT characteristics that can be meaningfully implemented to improve the play experience, and to learn which design choices are favorable for HBGs. Through research and analysis of published board games and their digital counterparts, we observed effects of dematerialization—moving elements from physical to digital—such as reduced tangibility. Using these insights, we built three technological probes: exploratory HBG prototypes with NFT characteristics, and we examined them in two participant workshops. Workshop data were analyzed to conceptualize a high-fidelity prototype, HYBRIDA, which integrates four main NFT characteristics we consider favorable for HBG integration. Participants evaluated HYBRIDA, and we use the analyzed evaluation data to present our findings about NFT characteristics in relation to hybrid board games.
Brætspil er blevet stadig mere populære, når familier og venner mødes for en hyggelig og underholdende oplevelse. Mange analoge brætspil har udvidet deres funktioner med digitale komponenter og bliver til hybride brætspil (HBG), som bevarer den fysiske håndgribelighed og tilføjer digitale muligheder. Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan non-fungible tokens (NFT’er – unikke digitale tokens, der kan dokumentere ejerskab eller identitet) kan forbindes med HBG. Vi vil identificere NFT-egenskaber, der kan implementeres meningsfuldt for at styrke spiloplevelsen, og samtidig lære, hvilke designvalg der er fordelagtige for HBG. Gennem research og analyse af udgivne brætspil og deres digitale modstykker blev effekter af dematerialisering tydelige, såsom tab af håndgribelighed. Med denne viden konstruerede vi tre teknologiske probes – eksplorative prototyper af HBG med NFT-egenskaber – som vi undersøgte i to workshops med deltagere. De analyserede data fra workshopperne blev brugt til at konceptualisere vores high-fidelity prototype, HYBRIDA, som indarbejder fire centrale NFT-egenskaber, vi vurderer som gunstige for integration i HBG. HYBRIDA blev evalueret af deltagere, og på baggrund af de analyserede evalueringsdata afslutter vi med vores fund om NFT-egenskaber i relation til HBG.
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Keywords
IxD ; NFT ; Hybrid Board Games ; Design Material ; Blockchain ; Crypto Games ; Crypto ; Play-to-Earn