Agenda
    Intro
    Four Concepts
       Effortless Community
       Learning by Watching
       Deep Customizability
       Fluid System-Human Interaction
    Hands-On
    Conclusion
                                
    Goal
        Learn novel 
            design 
            concepts 
            from games
            Intro              Goal
            Four Concepts      Questions to Keep In Mind
            Hands-On
            Conclusion
                                                              
    Questions to Keep In Mind
        How do they apply to general apps?
        Differences b/t games & general apps?
              Multi-user vs. single-user mindsets?
              3D vs. 2D?
              One app open vs. multiple windows?
              Motivation: life/death vs. finishing 5-min early?
            Intro              Goal
            Four Concepts      Questions to Keep In Mind
            Hands-On
            Conclusion
                                                              
   Effortless Community
       Motivation
              Communities Serve as Valuable resources
              Comment on content
              Resolve problems
              Provide collaboration 
       Challenges
              Critical mass
              Access to the Internet
              Ability to find or form the right subgroups
       Games make it easy
              Participation in communities
              Group forming in communities
           Intro             Effortless Community              Motivation & Challenges
           Four Concepts     Learning by Watching              Games: Easy to Connect
           Hands-On          Deep Customizability              Games: Easy to Identify and Form Groups
           Conclusion        Fluid System-Human Interaction    Comparison with General Apps
                                                          
   Connect to Community
       Integration
              Game and community
              Easy to access
       Host Servers
              Dedicated & reliable game servers
              Enable gamers to host communities on their own game servers
              Takes a few clicks from within the game itself
       Benefits
              Attract critical mass of users
              Participate in the same location
              Available for collaboration 
       Nature of Games
              Multi-player: community is a requirement
           Intro             Effortless Community              Motivation & Challenges
           Four Concepts     Learning by Watching              Games: Easy to Connect
           Hands-On          Deep Customizability              Games: Easy to Identify and Form Groups
           Conclusion        Fluid System-Human Interaction    Comparison with General Apps