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Keynote for our Tribeca Hacks Racontr event on Dec 7-8 2013. By @benhoguet
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main challenges: • going non-linear without sacrificing narration • keeping a balance between interactivity and author’s intention • making the interaction the story
recurring features: • multiple-choices interfaces • multimedia content • non-linear narrative structure
frequent mistakes: • content tsunami • narrative maze • non-contributing interactivity • ergonomical nightmare
Hollow (Elaine McMillion) | Interactive documentary
Gaza Sderot (ARTE) | Webdocumentary | Documentary
main challenges: • not letting the information delivery ruin the gaming experience • not letting the gaming experience hinder the information delivery • being really fun and challenging to play
recurring features: • serious intentions combined with playful mechanisms • «classic gaming» features : levels, rules, rewards...
frequent mistakes: • overly simplistic game design • confusion between gaming and gamification • forgetting to tell a story
Type:RIder (ARTE) | Mobile & social game | Interactive installation
SPENT | News game
main challenges: • preserving some distinction between transmedia and marketing • spending more time for the 5% of hardcore fans than for the other 95% • keeping the whole experience coherent
recurring features: • TV or cinema-centered • long-lasting experiences • special content for hardcore fans • strong ties with marketing campaigns
frequent mistakes: • lack of resources for platforms other than the main medium • some parts of the experience don’t stand alone
Defiance (SyFy) | TV Show | MMORPG
The Spiral (ARTE) | TV Show | ARG
main challenges: • dealing with the logistics • keeping the player’s community coherent and interactive • drawing links with the rest of the experience
recurring features: • thin line between reality and fiction • players embodying fictional characters, much as in role playing • results of the ARG shaping the unfolding of the transmedia experience
frequent mistakes: • lack of social features • forgetting rewards for a very demanding activity
Alt-Minds (ARTE) | Mobile game | ARG | Webseries
Why So Serious | ARG
main challenges: • editorialization of contributions or UGC • incentives for participation • legal status of UGC content
recurring features: • offering users to co-create the project • content also available for non-contributors • UGC or contributions shaping the whole transmedia experience
frequent mistakes: • lack of recognition or rewards for participants • unclear impact of participation on the project
Une Contre-Histoire des Internets (ARTE)
Life in a Day (National Geographic & YouTube) | Feature film
• gamedocs • mobile apps • digital publishing • social games • second screen apps • long-form articles • interactive webseries • role-playing on social networks • tweetterature • and whatever we’ll do with Google glasses...
Fort McMoney (ARTE/ONF) | Gamedoc | Documentary
Snow Fall (New York Times) | Long-form interactive article
Thank you for your immersion in this keynote!
#TribecaHacks @racontr
Content, ideas and material partly stolen from Florent Maurin, Gerald Holubowicz, David Dufresne, Ian Schreiber and probably others I forget.