The Trading Game -- SL Experiment

1. Experiment Title

• "The Trading Game"
  

2. Scenario

• Buying, collecting and trading clothing objects with the objective to complete a full costume set.
  

3. Mechanics

• Participants will enter the building wearing the required attire. They will then purchase costume parts and attempt to collect a full set by trading with other people. Some sets are more rare than others so certain costumes will require both patience and L$ to complete. The participants who fulfill certain criteria (such as finishing a costume set first) will win a monetary prize.
  

4. SL Location

• Coordinates: 198, 175, 21 - DAI 627: Design of Virtual Worlds. (on Paradisiac)

5. Roles

• Group members will be acting as administrators, the participants will be the players, and a select few will perform the duties of documentation.
  

6. Role Assignments

• Information Desk Clerk - When someone needs a refresher to the rules or help.
• Documentors - Taking screenshots of the event to document it.
• Finished Costume - Person will be dressed in the finished costume to show what the players could end up with.

• Information Desk - Laura
• Documentors - Danny and Jane
• Finished Costume - Brandon

Non-character driven Roles

• Vending/Slot Machine - Providing players with costume pieces
• Vending Machine - Providing players with undergarments, (we start the game in our underwear).

7. Assets Provided

• Undergarments, Costume pieces.
  

8. Participant Preparation

• No preparation is required. Instructions will be clear during the experiment.
  

9. Production Plan

• Develop an experiment that would implement the idea of trading, "the trading game."
• Set rules for the game.
  
• Second Life scripting and modeling research.
• Research costume development.
• Acquire costumes.
• Research distribution of costumes. Research randomized package distribution.
• Find and acquire land for staging the game.
• Develop environment for the game.
• Set roles for the game.