Corporate Social Simulations

Corporate Social Simulations: One Solution Tom Crawford VizThink, CEO Wednesday, March 26, 2008

A Little Bit About You ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Corporate Needs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],100 Mb 10 Mb 1.5 Mb 768 Kb

Corporate Needs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Corporate Needs ,[object Object],(Except usually Flash) (rules out most traditional PC game formats)

Corporate Needs ,[object Object],(rules out most traditional PC game formats)

Corporate Needs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Corporate Needs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(rules out many game engines)

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Corporate Needs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Corporate Needs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Other Corporate Needs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Corporate Needs ,[object Object],Learning

What We Know ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is a Game? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],State-based Branching

Abridged History Choose Your Own Adventure

Abridged History King’s Quest

Abridged History Knights of the Old Republic (Crossed with Real Time Strategy)

Abridged History Enchanted Arms (Crossed with Puzzle)

Abridged History Mass Effect (Crossed with First Person Shooter)

Social Simulations Branching State-Based Development Ease Development Speed Development Cost Engaging ~ Realistic Realistic Enough Known Outcome Bandwidth ~ ~ Audio ~ ~ Plug-Ins ~ Branching State-Based Installation Distribution ~ Security ~ Hosting ~ Tracking Editing Vary Location ~ Harsh Locale Mobile

Clue vs. ROI Rooms Suspects Facts Distributed info Hidden knowledge Ulterior motives Any order Multiple visits Deductive reasoning One choice per turn Key=Right suspect + right question Offices Executives Facts Distributed info Hidden knowledge Ulterior motives Any order Multiple visits Deductive reasoning One choice per turn Key=Right person + right question Network model Network model

Abstraction ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Common Patterns Adapted from Simon Puleo and Carolyn Miller Linear Exponential Tree Hub & Spoke Network Funnel Diamond Hour Glass

Popular Variations Loop Backs with Removal Linear + Diamond Diamond + Diamond Precedence (or state-based) +1 +1 +1 +2 -1 >3 >3 >3

Branching Limitations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],According to Chris Crawford

Corporate Examples Gronstedt Group http://www.gronstedtgroup.com

Corporate Examples Will Interactive http://www.willinteractive.com

Corporate Examples Simulearn http://www.simulearn.net

Corporate Examples ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Others

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