Play at Freeplay – foursquare & Backchatter

As our theme for 2010 is play is everywhere we thought it only sensible that we turned the festival itself into a game.

foursquare

We’ve set up an account for Freeplay and also locations in foursquare

• Experimedia
• Theatrette
• Workshops

Backchatter

Thanks to John Sietsma from Tall Games, we’ll also be running Backchatter throughout Freeplay.

GETTING STARTED

1. Register for Twitter if you don’t already have an account
2. Follow the game by following bcfreeplay via the webinterface or sending this tweet: follow bcfreeplay
3. Pick your first three words by direct messaging the game with this tweet: d bcfreeplay word1 word2 word3 NOTE: no comma between words

HOW IT WORKS

1. Score points and win prizes by guessing what everyone at Freeplay is going to be tweeting about.
2. Each round, pick three words that you think are going to be popular in tweets marked with
   #freeplay10. e.g. awards indie cheese
3. Every conference session slot is a new round.
4. You get points when other people tweet your words. The more players that bet on a word, the less valuable it is each time it scores.
5. Check out scores for each round at http://bc.tallgames.net.

HOW SCORING WORKS

1. Bets lock at the start of each round. Once a round starts, your words can’t be changed. The three words you picked start scoring for you.
2. Words score each time they’re tweeted. When a word appears in a Tweet marked with the hashtag #freeplay10 it scores its value for everyone who picked it.
3. The more bets on a word, the lower its value. The more people that pick a word for a round, the less points it will give you per Tweet. Less frequently picked words have a higher scoring value. Note that your own Tweets will never score for you. Common words like “the” and “at” don’t count.