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[[Image:Staghunt.jpg|thumb|350px|right|The [[Soho Stag Hunt]], played as part of the [[Soho Project]] ARG, 2007.]]
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Ludocity is a collection of pervasive games, street games and new sports - forms of play that interact with the environment in which they take place, spilling out into parks and city streets.  
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'''Ludocity''' is a collection of pervasive games, street games and new sports - social forms of play that take place in public spaces, such as city streets, parks and public buildings.
  
Some of the games on Ludocity overlap with art forms like theatre, painting or dance. Some of them use balloons, lumps of coal, huge sheets of paper, mp3 players, or short-range radio broadcasts. All of them have been released under a [[Ludocity:Copyrights|'''creative commons licence''']], giving everyone permission to run that game for free, wherever and whenever they like.
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Some of the games on Ludocity overlap with theatre, painting, dance, and other art forms. Some of them use balloons, lumps of coal, huge sheets of paper, mp3 players, elaborate costumes, and short-range radio broadcasts. All of them have had their rules released under a [[Ludocity:Copyrights|creative commons licence]], giving everyone permission to run that game for free, wherever and whenever they like.
  
Ludocity went live in July 2008, in reaction to this year's [[Hide and Seek]] festival - we're still building the lower floors, but you're welcome to browse around and help out.
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==Play games==
  
==Finding games==
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[[Image:Scavenger.jpg|thumb|A leafy standoff in [[Hunt the Scavenger]].]]
  
Our [[:Category:Games|list of games]] contains every single game that's been submitted to the site. These games are a mix of rough first drafts and polished masterpieces that have run at international gaming festivals - if you're looking for a game to pick up and play, you should confine yourself to the [[:Category:Playable games|playable games]] category.
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* [[:Category:Playable games|List of playable games]]
  
If you find a game you like, you're free to run it (with whatever modifications you like) - the only requirements of the creative commons licence are that you '''credit the game's inventor''' (by whatever name is given on the game page), and that you '''don't make any money from it''' (if you want to run the game as part of a paid event, you'll need to check with the game's creator first).
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All of these have been tried and tested, and just need you to print out the rules and gather together whatever props, locations and assistants the game might require. So long as you credit the designer and don't make any money from it, you can run the game anywhere you like.
  
==Organising games==
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==Design games==
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[[Image:Staghunt.jpg|thumb|The [[Soho Stag Hunt]], played as the finale of the Soho Project ARG, 2007.]]
  
This is an aspect of the site that we'll be scaling up over time - for now, if you'd like to try and arrange a game of something in your city, leave a note on the [[game calendar]] and see if anyone bites.
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If you've got a game you'd like to submit to the site - either an old one that you've run in the past, or a new one that you're working on - our [[Help:Creating a game|game writeup guide]] will tell you how to post it to Ludocity so that the rest of the world can play it, or help you finish designing or playtesting it.
  
There's also a  [[:Category:events|list of recurring events]], and a [[Sandpit_howto|guide]] to running a night of pervasive games.
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Some further resources:-
  
==Writing games==
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* [[Prop ideas]]
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* [[Prop suppliers]]
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* [[Common game mechanics]]
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* [[Game design advice]]
  
If you've got a game you'd like to submit to the site - either an old one that you've played a lot, or a new one that you're working on and haven't even tested yet - take a look at [[Help:Creating a game]] to find out what to do.
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==Talk about games==
  
==Talking about games==
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Ludocity is all about feedback, questions, player reports and general discussion. If you want to talk about any aspect pervasive games, click the discussion link at the top of that page. And if you've already written or blogged about your experiences of playing a game that we've got on the site, feel free to add a link from the article itself.
  
Each of the games has a "discussion" link under its title, for feedback, questions, player reports and general discussion.
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Latest revision as of 18:50, 3 July 2022

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Ludocity is a collection of pervasive games, street games and new sports - social forms of play that take place in public spaces, such as city streets, parks and public buildings.

Some of the games on Ludocity overlap with theatre, painting, dance, and other art forms. Some of them use balloons, lumps of coal, huge sheets of paper, mp3 players, elaborate costumes, and short-range radio broadcasts. All of them have had their rules released under a creative commons licence, giving everyone permission to run that game for free, wherever and whenever they like.

Play games

A leafy standoff in Hunt the Scavenger.

All of these have been tried and tested, and just need you to print out the rules and gather together whatever props, locations and assistants the game might require. So long as you credit the designer and don't make any money from it, you can run the game anywhere you like.

Design games

The Soho Stag Hunt, played as the finale of the Soho Project ARG, 2007.

If you've got a game you'd like to submit to the site - either an old one that you've run in the past, or a new one that you're working on - our game writeup guide will tell you how to post it to Ludocity so that the rest of the world can play it, or help you finish designing or playtesting it.

Some further resources:-

Talk about games

Ludocity is all about feedback, questions, player reports and general discussion. If you want to talk about any aspect pervasive games, click the discussion link at the top of that page. And if you've already written or blogged about your experiences of playing a game that we've got on the site, feel free to add a link from the article itself.