Dan McCurley

MERGE

Tags
Game Design, Interaction & Experience Design, Storytelling
Link
https://technolumina.itch.io/merge

MERGE is a co-creative experience rooted in communal sitting, interactive games and storytelling. Designed as an interactive exhibit, participants come together to create new constellations and tell original stories in an immersive environment.

Process and background: MERGE: A Collaborative Intervention [PDF] (PDF, 12.6 MB)

Designed collaboratively with Nadine Khoury.

Play MERGE on itch.io

Silhouettes of people sitting on cushions in a purple, starry room, with a red constellation projected in a circle on the wall (full size)
Three people sitting together on triangular cushions on the floor of a purple, starry room (full size)
People pointing at MERGE game cards arranged around a 3D-printed model on a white plinth (full size)
Four people standing around a white plinth looking at game cards and their phones in a purple room (full size)
Overhead view of three people sitting on the floor tracing a constellation together on a tablet (full size)
Grey 3D rendering of the exhibit design: a round central table with bowl-shaped seats surrounded by curved walls (full size)
A white plinth holding the 3D-printed model and game cards, with people seated on cushions in the background (full size)
Grey 3D rendering of the exhibit floor plan: a circular room with scattered seating and a curved entrance corridor (full size)
The game plinth in front of two people sitting on cushions in the purple room (full size)
Two people sitting on the floor tracing a constellation on a tablet (full size)
Four people sitting in a circle on red cushions, sharing a tablet (full size)
A 3D-printed beige model of the exhibit space surrounded by black MERGE cards with QR codes (full size)
A black MERGE card reading 'Play online' with a QR code, standing in front of the 3D-printed model (full size)
The 3D-printed model surrounded by constellation cards on a white plinth (full size)
Two people sitting between orange triangular cushions in the purple, starry room (full size)
A person seated in silhouette in front of a red constellation projected in a circle on a starry wall (full size)
Four people sitting in a circle between orange triangular cushions in the purple, starry room (full size)

Photos: Nadine Khoury

GamePlay demo