Come Out & Play Festival

Today through Sun­day is the Come Out & Play Fes­ti­val.  The fes­ti­val, now in its fourth year, provides a forum for new types of pub­lic games and play.  Tra­di­tional games hap­pen on a grand scale, digital games make use of mobile devices to get peo­ple out into the city, and uncon­ven­tional games rethink pub­lic space and play.  

atadSam Strick, Joe Mau­riello, Clay­ton Grey, and I designed a game called Atlantean Adrift.  The game enlists teams of play­ers to help a lost mer­man who has washed up on the shores of New York regain his spir­its and return to Atlantis.  

Over 40 peo­ple are reg­is­tered for the game, which is sched­uled for 4:30 on Sat­ur­day in DUMBO, Brook­lyn.  Hope it doesn’t rain!

Logo by Sam Strick