Week 3 Session: Release

The moment of letting go — why release timing, not press timing, decides what happened

8 March 2027

Week 2’s hold-duration was just a readout. This week it becomes a payload: the release event carries that duration with it, so when you let go — early, late, or on target — decides the outcome. This is charge-and-release in full: charging is hold-duration with something staked on the release.

Before the session#

Bring your week 2 prototype and its duration readout.

In the session#

Demo of a moving or decaying target window, then build time adding release logic to your own readout.

Studio exercise#

Add a target window to your week 2 prototype — a moving marker, a shrinking zone, a colour band — so that releasing on target succeeds and releasing off-target fails in a way you can name. It must be possible to fail by releasing too early and by releasing too late.

By the end#

You can state the difference between “duration as feedback” (week 2) and “duration as a commitment scored at release” (this week) in one sentence each.