chloemashiter.bsky.social
game-designer / performer / creative technician. Agender (they/he/she). Sometime organiser of community funding dinners
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(I will, in true 'me' style, be writing another - this is broad reflections, one-thing-about-each-thing, and the other will be specifically about play)
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... - to discover there *are* AI images used. Would not have purchased if that was said. (I believe, from the interaction it was a poorly briefed person on the stall, not someone lying so I'd buy it.)
(And it's a pic with a shirt that doesn't make sense/teeth that wisp into each other etc - def AI)
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Want to come to this next week? YOU CAN!
Go here for a ticket (that'll let you see 2 other shows and have access to day-long pieces too!)
voidspacezine.com/event/voidsp...
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thanks for the link - had a skim and looks really cool but will take a proper read later today!
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ooh - I might write an additional section at the end to update thoughts in light of this! v fair point, and I'd like to think about what's different outside of that default context (I think some elements would stay consistent, but interesting to look at the variation)
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Kinda thinking both about maker/player communities (what you've said makes total sense/is my general experience), but also maker/maker communities and the q of 'how do you forge spaces that feel genuinely supportive in v competitive industries?'
(I have a habit of asking poorly-worded, too-big qs)
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Right now there are so many games I want to make, but also what feels like a big pull is carving out community spaces. Which makes sense - that was, in a way, the first driver of Adventurers Wanted. It was the reason for Interactive Soup. Letting my mind wander re the what and the how right now
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A lot of my travelling (though, especially, events/conversations at A MAZE last weekend) has me wondering about what community spaces in game design, interactive theatre (and any adjacent things) might be good/wanted/needed? But I don't know what I don't know, so...
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The many books written to accompany the annual Knutepunkt/Knutpunkt/Knudepunkt/Solmukohta larp conference are available as pdfs - follow their links here (normally linked at the bottom of their individual page): nordiclarp.org/wiki/Knutepu...
[Will add more to this list soon, but it's a start!]
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The Transformative Play Initiative has a brilliant Youtube channel with various lectures and talks: www.youtube.com/@Transformat...
Similarly, A MAZE. / Berlin festival has recordings of lots of past talks and events (esp recommend the Hyper Talks): www.youtube.com/@AMazeFest/v...