Since forming in June 2015, we’ve worked on the following projects:<\/p>\n
Art Deck<\/strong><\/a> (ongoing). A drawing game that focuses on both creating a fun experience, and helping players to make drawings they’re genuinely pleased with.<\/p>\n Now Play This<\/a><\/strong> (ongoing). A three-day festival of play at Somerset House, running annually as part of the London Games Festival.<\/p>\n An Instructional Guide to Awkward Moments<\/strong><\/a> (2018). A collection of short games about awkwardness and intimacy for Science Gallery, Dublin.<\/p>\n As I Was Saying…<\/strong><\/a> (2018). A card game to play while exploring Goodrich Castle, created as part of the site’s interpretation offer for families.<\/p>\n Inverted Operas<\/strong><\/a> (2018). A collaboration for Playsonic Festival, combining sculpture and performance with play.<\/p>\n Pop-Up City<\/a><\/strong> (2017). A city-building game that ran on the Ellipse, a 48-metre LED screen at the Museum of London.<\/p>\n The Skegness Selfie Hunt \/ One Night in Skegness<\/strong><\/a> (2017). A treasure hunt and a digital game, both exploring Skegness through time as part of SO Festival.<\/p>\n Playable Patterns<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (ongoing). Digitally created patterns, projected onto walls and floors for physical play. Made as part of a residency at QUAD.<\/p>\n The Scientific Village Fete<\/a><\/strong> (2016-2017). A set of fairground-style games originally designed for New Scientist Live, designed to explore ideas around science including games exploring space and the future of technology.<\/p>\n Games We Found at the V&A<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (2016). A set of boardgames designed to be played on patterns taken from the walls and floor of the V&A.<\/p>\n Drawing Games<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (2016). Pencil-and-paper games\u00a0designed to help players create a work of art, created for NYU’s No Quarter exhibition.<\/p>\n The Scientific Village Fete<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (2016). A set of fairground-style challenges for New Scientist Live, designed to explore ideas around astronomy.<\/p>\n One Easy Step<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (2016). An ongoing project at King’s College, researching public play and creating an installation for the Quad.<\/p>\n The Wind and the Weather<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (2016). An online game\u00a0about Amy Johnson’s pioneering flight from England to Australia.<\/p>\n Gamechangers: Football!<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(2015). Ten\u00a0football variants running in the centre of Nottingham. With\u00a0GameCity and Nottingham City of Football.<\/p>\n Prediction<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(2015). A half-article half-game challenging players to find ways to predict their futures. For Hack Circus.<\/p>\n Tweet Like It’s 2099<\/strong>\u00a0(2015). A game about writing tweets in a series of distant futures. For\u00a0New Scientist.<\/p>\n Manifesto!<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (2015-16). A live manifesto-building game played by passers-by. Made for Frequency Festival, also shown at Beta Public and Game On!<\/p>\n The Light Machine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>(2015-16). A game that invites\u00a0players to make pictures with light. Made for the Barbican’s Serious Play weekend, also shown\u00a0for Discover Story Centre.<\/p>\n Now Play This<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (2015). A pilot version of Now Play This, our festival of games and play at Somerset House. Wellcome Play Spectacular<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>(2015). An evening of games for 1500 people at Wellcome Collection.<\/p>\n
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![\n<\/a><\/p>\nWellcome Play Spectacular<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>(2015). An evening of games for 1500 people at Wellcome Collection.<\/p>\nThe Racing Line<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>(2015). A live drawing game for two players, made for Here London.<\/p>\n54 Cities<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>(2015). A set of cards that’s also a puzzle, leading players on a series of walks around Kensington and Chelsea. Made for InTransit festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since forming in June 2015, we’ve worked on the following projects: Art Deck (ongoing). A drawing game that focuses on both creating a fun experience, and helping players to make drawings they’re genuinely pleased with. Now Play This (ongoing). A three-day festival of play at Somerset House, running annually as part of the London Games […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,2,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/mathesonmarcault.com\/newwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/pictures-3.png\"){kind=link}