Gamify your City-Future! Creating a game about City Planning and Urban Development
HACKATHON from 17-21 October 2016
Jointly organized by Goethe-Institut and EiABC
About:
Gamification means the use of game elements in non-game contexts in order to engage users in solving problems and learning. During the five-days-Hackathon participants will develop different stories and game ideas around the topic “city Planning and urban development”, will visit various places in the analog space and develop a first prototype for a game design to be used with a mobile phone app.
The best game designs will have the chance to get tested and further developed until the final gaming app will be officially launched in January 2017.
Addis Ababa is changing rapidly and people are witnessing massive transformations. This gaming project offers an open approach to invite a wider audience into the discussions about social, economic, and cultural aspects of a growing city. It is the aim of the project to make the present and the future of Addis Ababa playable und thinkable.
Dates and Venues:
- 17-21 October 2016, Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa and different places in the city: Hackathon
- From November till January: Further development and testing of the gaming apps with online support.
- 23-27 January 2016, Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa: Finalising and official launching of the gaming apps.
Technical details:
The technical platform for the game development will be the already existing app “espoto”. This app is a local-based-game-app combined with an easy to use content management system. That means you don’t have to be a programmer to take part in this project. What you will need is your creativity to design a game idea.
Who can apply?
Applications are open to architects, city planners, designers, game developers, programmers, problem solvers, artists, film makers, photographers, subject matter experts, and to inhabitants of Addis with an interest in the subject of urban transformation and city development.
We can accept up to 20 participants and will aim to build small teams with people from different backgrounds.
The requirements to take part in this project are:
- Time and willingness to participate in the whole project until January 2017
- General IT knowledge
- Ethiopian residency with knowledge about Addis Ababa
- Experiences in using Smartphones as a normal user
- Interest in the future of Addis Ababa
Application deadline, application process and selection process
Please send a short introduction/bio about yourself, a motivation letter why you would like to participate in this project, your experience/interest in the city planning and urban development of Addis Abeba, and your first brief outline for a game idea to
julia.sattler@addis.goethe.org
The application deadline is 30 September 2016.
The selection of participants will be based on qualifications, experience, skills and ideas of the applicants.
Organisers of the project
Facilitator of the Hackathon will be
Christoph Deeg, well known German consultant for Social-Media-Management, Gamification and Digital Strategies.
Christoph Deeg is working as a consultant, speaker and author in the field of social media, gamification and digital strategies. In this context he is consulting and supporting national and international institutions, organisations and companies in the development and implementation of comprehensive and sustainable digital strategies that connect the analog with the digital living space.
One focus of his work is in the field of Gaming/Gamification. In this context he is mainly concerned with the impact of Gaming/Gamification on the structure, function and management of organisations.
Beside this he is the author of the book „Gaming und Bibliotheken“ and founder of the international network „games4culture“. For more information visit his website:
www.christoph-deeg.com
The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach. We promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation. We convey a comprehensive image of Germany by providing information about cultural, social and political life in our nation. Our cultural and educational programmes encourage intercultural dialogue and enable cultural involvement. They strengthen the development of structures in civil society and foster worldwide mobility.
EiABC (Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building construction and City development) is an autonomous institute (formerly known as technology faculty south or building college) within Addis Ababa University focusing on the built environment. It is focused on educating professionals and researches in the fields of Architecture, planning and Construction Technology and Management.
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