The Thing From the Future is an imagination game meant to spur creative and critical thinking. To play the game, you draw a set of cards that prompt you to create an object from an alternative future.
Based on the original card game by Situation Lab.
Visit https://ncsu-libraries.github.io/the-thing-from-the-future/ to play.
Learn more about the development of the project at this link.
This version was used in the 2020 first-year and transfer student seminar "Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions" at NCSU. Additional versions of the game for other courses can be found below:
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WG 350)
- Advanced Graphic Design Stuido (GD 400)
- Filming in a Time of Emergency: Socio-Environmental Crisis and Alternative Futures Through Film (ENG 492)
- Create CSV that has decks in a format similar to this: https://github.com/NCSU-Libraries/the-thing-from-the-future/blob/main/src/data/all.csv
- The name of the csv is going to become the URL slug, make sure there are no spaces/special characters other than
- - Upload CSV to the data folder (you should be able to drag and drop).
- Wait a minute (this allows scripts to auto run and populate data). You should see a commit on the home page when this is done saying "update data folder".
- Find the name of your csv in the course_info file. Update with the correct form_link, course name and course. Save.
- Your new site should be avaliable at https://ncsu-libraries.github.io/the-thing-from-the-future/?deck=name-of-your-deck in a minute.