Bridging the gap between game designers and cultural institutions

A typology to analyse and classify Cultural Pervasive Games

Abstract

In the last fifteen years, pervasive games, i.e. games that blend a gameworld and reality were created most notably to promote movies, series or videogames. Chosen for their combination of assets, they prompted a deeper engagement in players especially in the institutional cultural sector. We aim to create conceptual and methodological tools to bridge the gap between designers and cultural institutions and help them reach mutual understanding. In this paper, we will describe our adaptation of an open-ended typology of games to the specific case of CPGs.