*** STEAM TUNNELS *** A final showcase and celebration Class participants: Sophia Cao, Rigved Deshpande, Ilan Elovitz, Joseph Horowitz, Tiger Jia, Justin Lee, Cindy Liu, Grace Liu, Xiang Luo, Dani Moll, Vivian Noh, Michael Poirier, & Lea Albaugh. Led by Everest Pipkin. Inspired by this Hypercard stack, running in a hacked LIKELIKE-online & built out of Hypercard Graphics Pack, ChiKareGo, and MacOS Classic Sound Pack v1.4.
* About this course * Games Toolkit (Spring 2020) was a game making class focused on open source, free-to-use, and artist-made game development tools. We used and discussed these tools for both the production of games, was well as an examination of the ethos of tool-making itself. The class website and all student work is linked here, and archived at toolkit.itch.io. We can’t celebrate our accomplishments in person this year, so instead we’re throwing a party in a 1988 Hypercard Application that draws a map of the infamous steam tunnels that run under Carnegie Mellon University. Class participants were Sophia Cao, Rigved Deshpande, Ilan Elovitz, Joseph Horowitz, Tiger Jia, Justin Lee, Cindy Liu, Grace Liu, Xiang Luo, Dani Moll, Vivian Noh, Michael Poirier, & Lea Albaugh. Class led by Everest Pipkin. This showcase was inspired by this Hypercard stack, running in a hacked LIKELIKE-online & built out of Hypercard Graphics Pack, ChiKareGo, and MacOS Classic Sound Pack v1.4.
PROJECT 1 : GAMES WITHIN GAMES Prompt: Design a “game” to be played inside of another game. This may be a hack of rules, systems or protocols, or designed play that is against the intention of the designer. It may be a bot, a manifesto, or a series of instructions. Consider the edges or boundaries of the system, and what is exploitable and interesting there. The turn-in can be language (a system of rules) or a game/hack/mod (playable). Regardless, make an experience that can be replicated or played by others, whether written or code-based. 3ic 3ac 3oe by zbeok To Live A Peaceful Day In PUBG by Cindyliulalala Every Game is a Metaphor by IlanElovitz Exquisite Corpse Rider by Dani Moll Codependent Co-op by Zygnius Board Game Duel (w/ Minecraft) by jinhyukl Crossgestures by tove Characterades by grapejuice What Animal Are You? by XL
PROJECT 2 : ART TOYS & TOOLS Prompt: Use three or more artist-made tools to create a work (or components of a work). Think about how you can chain non-corporate tools together to make a production pipeline that covers multiple elements in your game. OR- Use the lessons learned in looking at and discussing artist tools to create your own toy, tool, or toolkit. This may be software, or it may be text-based design principles to help others make work. Hacker & Spy by XL BABY KITTY by Dani Moll Bean Puzzle by IlanElovitz Goodbye by jinhyukl White Space by grapejuice Dream 01/03/2008 by Cindyliulalala HOME by VSN CleverBot Studies For AP Gov by R1G DMT_DREAM_SIM by MaihouBow batadend by zbeok
PROJECT 3 : GAME JAMS & WIDER COMMUNITY Prompt: Over our break, find a game jam on itch.io that is not part of our class and join, making something in the context of the jam. If the jam allows it, you may choose to extend or adapt previous work from this or other classes, or make a vignette scene out of a longer project. Not finding a game jam that interests you? You can make your own. soul by grapejuice Stay Away! by Zygnius IN SPIRIT by VSN Lizards On A Train by R1G Jotaro vs Valentine by MaihouBow Crunch Week by XL gone by jinhyukl Kitten go home by Cindyliulalala ABANDONJAM by zbeok Help Me...Help Me Please... by Dani Moll
PROJECT 4: OFFICE SOFTWARE, REMOTE PRESENCE, A GIFT Prompt: Think about Google Forms, slidedecks, spreadsheets, chatbots, phone trees, email, file managers, Hypercard, forums, FTP. Any social / online platform made for connecting with others at a distance, including multiplayer online games and other social spaces. Use any of these (or previous) tools to make a game or piece of software that is intended as a gift for one person. OR- Use a platform of mediated distance to throw an event or party for a group of people, and document it in some way. Think about how office-adjacent or productivity-oriented tools can be altered to feel personal, intimate, or generous. 1-800-GOD-TALK by zbeok Terrains for a Game (Using Google Sheets) by jinhyukl TherapyBot for Discord by R1G (Join the bot discord server) P(1)TCH by grapejuice No one at the CFA by MaihouBow Secret Bob Ross by Zygnius (Join the bot discord server) SOPOR by VSN aquarium bot by XL (Join the bot discord server) Last zoom class by Cindyliulalala