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These struggles usually involve complicated user flows, lackluster interactions, rigid user journeys, and just a lack of consideration for what really creates meaning for the human experiencing something. Additionally, there are a lot of areas where experiential work is improving, but I see a lot of spots where it continues to struggle to provide a solid user experience. In many ways, video games are another branch of those practices, and the best ones allow people to be an active participant in experiences that connect you to stories and emotions in very different ways compared to more passive media like television. In reality, experiential design has many precedents in other areas of culture, like centuries of work in theater, particularly immersive theater, and other areas of the performing arts. The best experiential work can be entertaining, it can create authentic worlds, guide users, gently encourage interaction, reward exploration, and create emotional connections to help us learn more about own values - and some of the best video games are very much the same.Ī problematic perspective I often see is that “Experiential Design” is often written about in a way that frames it as something that is completely new.

#Botanicula level 3 notprogressing professional#

I wanted to help bridge that gap and bring to light some of the reasons I find video games a crucial area of study for improving experiential work in both professional work, and personal art+tech practice. It sometimes feels like someone trying to conduct an orchestra when their primary experience with music was playing the recorder in elementary school. In discussions with industry peers, I’ve also found that many don’t always share the perspective that video games can be easily mapped to experience design. I’ve recently started thinking a lot about how influential I find gaming and video games on my own practice of creative technology as Chief Creative Technologist at Fake Love (an experiential design company owned by the New York Times). The world of video games has matured quite a bit over the last decade, and there’s never been a better time to try out some new games for some fresh inspiration for experience design. If your answer is “Mario, when I was a kid” or a time-killing mobile game, I’ve got great news. If you work with creative technology or experience design, I’ve got a question for you: What was the last video game you played? 🕹 The Importance of Video Games for Experience Designers