Whimsy

Frame · Joy & vitality atmospheric · visual / auditory / haptic

Whimsical, playful, dream-logical – a world where teapots fly and mushrooms talk.

Design question – In your game different rules apply than in reality – charmingly different. What is possible here that otherwise isn’t?

Atmosphere

Whimsy

Sensory field

Sight: the disproportionate, the fairy-tale-like, pastel colours, animal figures, floating objects. Sound: little bells, melodies as from music boxes, talking things. Touch: childlike wonder, gentle absurdity, as if the laws of physics had loosened.

Coherence

Whimsy allows rule-breaking as a game element – cards that change the rules, Entities that transform, unexpected effects. Mechanisms: Variable Player Powers (everyone can do something unique), Transformation, Event (surprising twists). Activities: Transforming, Discovering, Playing. Ductus: erratic, surprising, fairy-tale-like.