User:Thijshijsijsjss/PTMoMNBM/My Manual Exists in Your Mind

What

A printed and bound game manual for a video game that does not exist. It features screenshots, guides and tips for the game.
--> big question: what should this hypothetical game be about? ideally a theme that is in line with the format of this project (e.g. fading identity (I don't really exist), or neurodiversion (what is a manual anyway?) or the relevance of materiality in imagination and curiosity or on game manuals)

Why

To celebrate the now often overlooked or forgotten physical component of video games, that were a gateway to communities surrounding these games.

Workflow (No timetable yet)

*Start with compiling reference work -- other game manuals, old and recent, and magazines. 
*Then start creating mock screenshots to get a feel for what this game might be like. The layout and text follow. 
*Finally, printing and binding.

Previous Practise

This project would combine two threads of ongoing interests: gamemaking (though maybe in a more traditional sense) and extending an experience to the material world (in particular musics through cover art and CD packaging). 
Additionally, I'm in for a printmaking challenge. For a while I've been wanting to make some polished printed work.