Celebration

Frame · Ritual and ceremony situational

Celebrating together – joy, abundance, the ritual of coming together where the rules of everyday life are suspended.

Design question – In your game there is a celebration. What is being celebrated – a victory, a harvest, a birthday? And what happens if the festival is disturbed?

Reference example – Animal Crossing: New Year’s fireworks over the island, all the residents gathered. Football: the championship celebration on the town hall balcony – confetti, songs, the whole city celebrating.

Associations

• Typical Activities – Celebrating, Performing, Gifting, Socializing

Coherence

Activities: Celebrating, Performing, Gifting, Socializing. Mechanisms: Scoring (competition within the festive frame), Event, Simultaneous Action, Party Mechanic. Ludic Organisational Structures: social order (community, temporary equality). Ludic Narrational Structure: episodic narration (the festival as a caesura), cyclical narration (an annual festival).