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* '''Morning (Joseph)''': discuss text adventure games | * '''Morning (Joseph)''': discuss text adventure games | ||
* '''Afternoon (Manetta)''': taking an exploratory approach: MUD servers | * '''Afternoon (Manetta)''': taking an exploratory approach: MUD servers | ||
* '''For next week''': | * '''For next week''': Do whatever is good for you! Push it to the git, we will discuss and play the games next week. | ||
Pad of today: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-4 | Pad of today: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-4 | ||
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<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Wednesday, February 1st'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Wednesday, February 1st'''</span><br> | ||
Methods Steve: | Methods Steve: | ||
Build on work done on Monday and Tuesday's sessions | |||
Outcome for today: | |||
'''Team Tetris'''= AM: refine ideas (glean) PM: materiallllizzze!(+ unpack Joseph's suggestions) | |||
'''Team Twine'''= AM: Work on Twine Storyline (later...) Bobi and Ada worked on Hamburger and Pizza Game (catch up and continue). | |||
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/01022023Methods | |||
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''Pad of the day'': https://pad.xpub.nl/p/6022023 | ''Pad of the day'': https://pad.xpub.nl/p/6022023 | ||
'''Assignment''' | |||
* Read chapters 2, 3 and 4 of [https://feminism.memoryoftheworld.org/Silvia%20Federici/Witches,%20Witch-Hunting,%20and%20Women%20(837)/Witches,%20Witch-Hunting,%20and%20Women%20-%20Silvia%20Federici.pdf "Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women" by Silvia Federici] | |||
New link from Boyana: [https://zulip.xpub.nl/user_uploads/2/de/Pjw2m8eeKZ273QOCtPZRK8OA/witch-hunting-past-and-present-and-the-fear-of-the-power-of-women-100-notes-100-thoughts-by-silvia-federici-z-lib.org_.pdf "Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women" by Silvia Federici] | |||
(Feel free to read more chapters if you are interested of course!) | |||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Tuesday, February 7th'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Tuesday, February 7th'''</span><br> | ||
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*** https://candybox2.github.io/candybox/ | *** https://candybox2.github.io/candybox/ | ||
** Come up with a simple clicker game that you can make next week. Sketch it on paper! | ** Come up with a simple clicker game that you can make next week. Sketch it on paper! | ||
''Pad of the day'': https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-5 | |||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Thursday, February 9th'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Thursday, February 9th'''</span><br> | ||
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* Go into the oracle deck groups and further work on your modding of the original materials in the way you find the most helpful. | * Go into the oracle deck groups and further work on your modding of the original materials in the way you find the most helpful. | ||
''Pad of the day:'' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/13022023 | |||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Tuesday, 14th February'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Tuesday, 14th February'''</span><br> | ||
* '''Morning (Manetta & Joseph)''': | * '''Morning (Manetta & Joseph)''': introduce JS: basics | ||
* '''Afternoon (Joseph & Manetta)''': introduce JS | * '''Afternoon (Joseph & Manetta)''': introduce JS: making a clicker game | ||
* '''For next class (week 9)''': Work on your clicker game and finish it for the next prototyping class! | * '''For next class (week 9)''': Work on your clicker game and finish it for the next prototyping class! Put it online on the breadcube so we can play it! | ||
''Pad of the day:'' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-6 | |||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Wednesday 15th February'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Wednesday 15th February'''</span><br> | ||
Methods with Steve | Methods with Steve: (modding) oracle decks - clicker game continued. | ||
Today's pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/15-02-23Methods | |||
AM: set outcome for end of day | |||
14:00 review progress | |||
16:30 recap and plan ahead | |||
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* Production mode - Study week | * Production mode - Study week | ||
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/20022023 | |||
== Week 8 == | == Week 8 == | ||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Monday, February 27th+'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Monday, February 27th+'''</span><br> | ||
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* Production mode: engage | * Production mode: engage | ||
Pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/6032023 | |||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Tuesday, March 7th'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Tuesday, March 7th'''</span><br> | ||
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* '''Morning (Manetta & Joseph)''': discuss clicker games | * '''Morning (Manetta & Joseph)''': discuss clicker games | ||
* '''Afternoon (Manetta & Joseph)''': Prototyping SI20 | * '''Afternoon (Manetta & Joseph)''': Prototyping SI20 | ||
Pad: (same as yesterday, at the bottom) | |||
== Week 10 == | == Week 10 == | ||
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* Production mode: engage | * Production mode: engage | ||
Pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/13032023 | |||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Tuesday, March 14th'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Tuesday, March 14th'''</span><br> | ||
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* '''Morning (Manetta & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | * '''Morning (Manetta & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | ||
* '''Afternoon (Manetta & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | * '''Afternoon (Manetta & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | ||
Le pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/14032023 | |||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Wednesday, March 15th'''</span><br> | |||
* Methods with Steve. Workshop text for PNF, contents and title. | |||
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Methods15323 | |||
== Week 11 == | == Week 11 == | ||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Monday, March 20th'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Monday, March 20th'''</span><br> | ||
''With: Lídia and Artemis'' | ''With: Lídia and Artemis''<br> | ||
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/20032023 | |||
* Editorial and production support | * Editorial and production support | ||
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* '''Morning (Manetta & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | * '''Morning (Manetta & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | ||
* '''Afternoon (Manetta & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | * '''Afternoon (Manetta & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | ||
pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-11 | |||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Wednesday, March 22nd'''</span><br> | |||
Methods with Steve | |||
pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/22032023 | |||
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* Editorial and production support | * Editorial and production support | ||
''Pad of the day:'' https://pad.xpub.nl/p/27032023 | |||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Tuesday, March 28th'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Tuesday, March 28th'''</span><br> | ||
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Prototyping | Prototyping | ||
* '''Morning (Manetta & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | * '''Morning (<del>Manetta</del> & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | ||
* '''Afternoon (Manetta & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | * '''Afternoon (<del>Manetta</del> & Joseph)''': SI20 prototyping support | ||
<span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Friday, March 31st'''</span><br> | <span style='color:MediumVioletRed'>'''Friday, March 31st'''</span><br> | ||
* Launch at Page Not Found! | * Launch at Page Not Found! | ||
== Documentation == | |||
[https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Candles_Tarot_Joysticks_documentation Photo documentation] | |||
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[[Category:Special_Issue]] | [[Category:Special_Issue]] |
Latest revision as of 12:06, 26 March 2023
*.*.-* Candles, tarot & joysticks *-.*.*
Introduction
Rituals can be understood as instruments in the struggle for the exercise of power. Organized by repetition, they (re)connect the individual to the collective, creating a vision towards a given perception of society. Participation in this creative act is determined by several factors, for example, a ritual’s function, its relationship to hegemonic power, a collective’s politics and objectives, etc.
Similarly, videogames create worlds. Often, those worlds mirror our own, reproducing certain ideals and values as norms through their narrative, game play, design, etc. This trimester we will be exploring world-building characteristics found both in rituals and videogames. We will critically consider those worlds, identifying the key points and elements through which specific videogames and rituals circulate political, cultural and social values. While this world-building might be interpreted from an angle of implicit and explicit bias rooted in hegemonic values, we will mostly investigate the generative, creative possibilities of such characteristics.
We will be looking at rituals and their overlap with video games as a way to explore "forbidden" or otherwise lost knowledge erased by oppressive systems (e.g. witch hunts). Understanding (video) games and rituals as gateways to alternative ways of relating to Nature, each other and (re)production of life, labour, etc, we will play together by writing fanfiction and spells, developing rituals, analysing and creating games together. Candles, tarot cards and joysticks... ready, go!
Week 1
Monday, January 9th
With: Lídia, Artemis, Michael, Steve, Manetta, Joseph
Morning
- Kick-off Special Issue #20
- Round of introductions
- Conversation about rituals
- One sentence rituals pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/2023_onesentenceritualideas
Afternoon
- Read and annotate 'The Bare Facts of Ritual' by Jonathan Z. Smith. In groups of 2, select one characteristic of ritual found in the text that you thought was particularly insightful, and justify your choice.
Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/09012023
Assignment for next week:
- In preparation for our class next week, read and annotate the chapter "Defining Games" in 'Rules of Play - Game Design Fundamentals' by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman
Week 2
Monday, January 16th
With: Lídia and Artemis
Morning
- Ritual of the day (Aglaia)
- Recap about rituals
- Defining play and games based on annotations of the text
One sentence rituals pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/2023_onesentenceritualideas
Afternoon
- Mapping exercise: In groups of 2, based on the material we have studied so far, work on a map of the common the characteristics and differences between games and rituals; for each characteristic, pick also a picture/video/reference/scent/sound to explain it further.
Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/16012023
Assignment for next week: Questioning the magic circle:
- In preparation for next week's session, please read and annotate the following texts:
- "The Ruling Class and the Ruling Ideas" by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Chapter 1, p.9-13
- "Well Played" by Vicky Osterweil
Tuesday 17th
Prototyping
- Preparations:
- go through the Python notebook of last trimester again (see the PDF version, the booklet PDF version if you want to print it, or find the notebook at
breadcube
inshared > notebooks > SI19 > hello-python.ipynb
) - watch parts of GET LAMP: a documentary made by Jason Scott about the early days of interactive fiction and more specifically text adventure games, published in 2010. You can ask Michael for the special collectors item edition DVD, or watch it here (the documentary starts at 7m30s).
- go through the Python notebook of last trimester again (see the PDF version, the booklet PDF version if you want to print it, or find the notebook at
- Morning (Joseph & Manetta): Introduction prototyping trimester 2 SI20 + small text based games LAN party
- Afternoon (Manetta): Python basics revisited, Python text adventure game
- For next week: Make a text adventure game based on the readings of the last two weeks (on rituals and games). Use the elements of Python that we covered so far: variables, lists, loops, strings, numbers, functions, etc. Add your game to this git repository: https://git.xpub.nl/XPUB/text-adventures.
Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-2
Wednesday 18th
Methods with Steve
Morning (11:00):
- In preparation for next week's session, we will read and annotate the following (short) text:
- "The Ruling Class and the Ruling Ideas" by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Chapter 1, p.9-13
(Steve will bring print outs of text. If you want to annotate on a pad, here is the text in pad form: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/MarxMethods18-1)
We will discuss this knot of key words: class, base, superstructure, idealism, materialism, ideology, hegemony, counter-hegemony. We will discuss how ritual can be used as an instrument of power. We will discuss how ritual can be used as an instrument of freedom.
http://www.chadmccail.co.uk/legacy/snake/snake.html
Afternoon (14:00):
Annotating ritual (from the perspective of Marx-Engels).
We each annotate a ritual.
Steve = Church of England marriage service
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/WeddingServiceSteveAnnotaes
Week 3
Monday, January 23th
With: Lídia and Artemis
Morning
- Games and rituals as reproductive technologies: the base-superstructure model, Adorno and Horkheimer's critique of the culture industries, Durkheim's definition of ritual
Afternoon:
- In groups of 2, read, annotate and/or map one of the following texts:
- 'Notes on Deconstructing The Popular' by Stuart Hall
- 'Political Ritual and Social Integration' by Steven Lukes
- 'Game Modding: Cross-Over Mutation and Unwelcome Gifts' from "The Player’s Power to Change the Game" by Anne-Marie Schleiner
Further Reading:
- 'The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception' from "Dialectic of Enlightenment" by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer
- "Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory" by Raymond Williams
- 'Encoding, Decoding' by Stuart Hall
- "Digital play: the interaction of technology, culture, and marketing" by Stephen Kline, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Greig de Peuter
Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/23012023
Assignment for next week:
- Finish reading and annotating the 3 texts in duos
- Individually or in groups, select a game (boardgame, videogame, folk game, puzzle etc.) to play, play and annotate it.
Tuesday 24th
Prototyping
- Morning (Manetta): play and discuss text adventure games
- Afternoon (Joseph): more text-based adventures - game design concepts
- Prototyping assignment for next week: prototype a game on the topic of base <-> superstructure & ruling class / idea in relation or the cultural industries"
Pad of today: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-3
Wednesday, January 25th
Methods with Steve: Ritual, ideology in the everyday.
Today's pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/25012023Methods
Week 4
Monday, January 30th
With: Lídia and Artemis
Morning
- Base-superstructure, ideology, political rituals, popular culture and game modding: wrap-up
- Dissecting ideology in games
Afternoon
- Writing fan fictions of the games selected as last week's assignment
Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/30012023
Tuesday 31th
Prototyping
- Morning (Joseph): discuss text adventure games
- Afternoon (Manetta): taking an exploratory approach: MUD servers
- For next week: Do whatever is good for you! Push it to the git, we will discuss and play the games next week.
Pad of today: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-4
Wednesday, February 1st
Methods Steve:
Build on work done on Monday and Tuesday's sessions
Outcome for today:
Team Tetris= AM: refine ideas (glean) PM: materiallllizzze!(+ unpack Joseph's suggestions)
Team Twine= AM: Work on Twine Storyline (later...) Bobi and Ada worked on Hamburger and Pizza Game (catch up and continue).
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/01022023Methods
Week 5
Monday, February 6th
With: Lídia and Artemis
Morning
- Digestive morning: Crystallizing thoughts on the shared characteristics of rituals and videogames, ideology and counter-hegemony
Afternoon
- Individual tutorials for discussing first thoughts and ideas
Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/6022023
Assignment
- Read chapters 2, 3 and 4 of "Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women" by Silvia Federici
New link from Boyana: "Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women" by Silvia Federici (Feel free to read more chapters if you are interested of course!)
Tuesday, February 7th
Prototyping
- Morning (Manetta): discuss assignment
- Afternoon: no class
- For next week:
- Play the following games in your browser:
- Come up with a simple clicker game that you can make next week. Sketch it on paper!
Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-5
Thursday, February 9th
Special Workshop Day 1: forces of (home) automation - hacking robotic vacuum cleaners
Friday, February 10th
Special Workshop Day 2: forces of (home) automation - hacking robotic vacuum cleaners
Week 6
Monday, February 13th
With: Lídia and Artemis
- Production mode: engage
Morning
- A brief history of the witch-hunt
- Introduction to the oracle deck as a format
Afternoon
- Try out different oracle decks and think of how to mod them
Assignment:
- Go into the oracle deck groups and further work on your modding of the original materials in the way you find the most helpful.
Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/13022023
Tuesday, 14th February
- Morning (Manetta & Joseph): introduce JS: basics
- Afternoon (Joseph & Manetta): introduce JS: making a clicker game
- For next class (week 9): Work on your clicker game and finish it for the next prototyping class! Put it online on the breadcube so we can play it!
Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-6
Wednesday 15th February
Methods with Steve: (modding) oracle decks - clicker game continued.
Today's pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/15-02-23Methods
AM: set outcome for end of day
14:00 review progress
16:30 recap and plan ahead
Week 7
Monday, February 20th+
- Production mode - Study week
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/20022023
Week 8
Monday, February 27th+
- Spring Holiday
Week 9
Monday, March 6th
With: Lídia and Artemis
- Production mode: engage
Pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/6032023
Tuesday, March 7th
Prototyping
- Morning (Manetta & Joseph): discuss clicker games
- Afternoon (Manetta & Joseph): Prototyping SI20
Pad: (same as yesterday, at the bottom)
Week 10
Monday, March 13th
With: Lídia and Artemis
- Production mode: engage
Pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/13032023
Tuesday, March 14th
Prototyping
- Morning (Manetta & Joseph): SI20 prototyping support
- Afternoon (Manetta & Joseph): SI20 prototyping support
Le pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/14032023
Wednesday, March 15th
- Methods with Steve. Workshop text for PNF, contents and title.
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Methods15323
Week 11
Monday, March 20th
With: Lídia and Artemis
https://pad.xpub.nl/p/20032023
- Editorial and production support
Tuesday, March 21th
Prototyping
- Morning (Manetta & Joseph): SI20 prototyping support
- Afternoon (Manetta & Joseph): SI20 prototyping support
pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI20-prototyping-week-11
Wednesday, March 22nd
Methods with Steve
pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/22032023
Week 12
Monday, March 27th
With: Lídia and Artemis
- Editorial and production support
Pad of the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/27032023
Tuesday, March 28th
Prototyping
- Morning (
Manetta& Joseph): SI20 prototyping support - Afternoon (
Manetta& Joseph): SI20 prototyping support
Friday, March 31st
- Launch at Page Not Found!
Documentation