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Superstruct: Games predict our future
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Gamers’ scores will reflect personal role in humankind’s survival.
PALO ALTO, California — The Institute for the Future (IFTF) announced the [2008] launch of Superstruct, the world’s first Massively Multiplayer Forecasting Game (MMFG). Designed by renowned game designer Jane McGonigal, Ph.D., and IFTF lead forecaster Kathi Vian Ph.D., Superstruct invites players to imagine life in 2019 and to document and record how they, their families, local communities, or extended social networks might respond to a catastrophic population collapse. Global gameplay ran for six weeks.
Superstruct was played by more than 8,000 citizen "future-forecasters." Although the game is no longer in play, learn about it and explore some archived game content:
- Find out how the game was played
- Watch the scenario videos to preview the Superthreats
- Learn about the 8000+ players
- Read 1000+ stories they crafted
- Discover the 500+ superstructures they created.
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