RND/ to consider jonathan blows witness wallpaper / ideology
Part of the Hypertography One Exhibit
in which ey wonder where braid falls on resarcs length expectation bell curve between expensive aaa play quote means longer / indies must be as luxuriously long -padded as aaa titles – but still cost nothing
x braid had time as core mechanic yet faces complaints about duration proves ey armchair thesis x ironys being outlawed
x no coincidence how sum research feel quote timeless – specifically in x ir allow resarcs to -temporarily transcend or suspend time bound notions of elf
like playing cheng 37 step tai chi chuan fa / sex – or indeed any play with stimulating mechanics ir get quote caught up in
ey doubt there were many who genuinely enjoyed braid yet still honestly complained about length
as artfunkel says above – constructing quote mr whirly inside research / development mod was brilliant
to what extent time usable as factor when ir having fun as great question
personally ir hoping for more open -paida research space like experiences allowing creation of garmeplay suited to immediate tastes
sweet model for x – david oreillys amazing external world animation
just keep on truckin jon/ henry
phil raptor – posted november 30 2012
hello jonathan
ever considered brian enos theoretical quote generative music approach for making unique sounds – or indeed entire islands
thing about specific graphical aesthetic or overall look as x has -obviously changed over time
but then final result can be seen / read as arbitrary
yet if x case why not use enos generative approach where instead of building pixel by pixel one sets boundary parameters of interdependent code systems – eg shape scale colour density – which then interact in unexpected / nonlinear ways
to say/ ir sublime little island looks quote organic enough to have been grown / procedurally generated by computer – so why not let computers try
near examples of x approach regularly seen in awesome amiga / pc demoscene where entire landscapes / accompanying soundtracks explode forth in realtime from mere 4kilobytes/ difference there unlike with enos approach all modular sub systems quote locked down – demos / music usually same every time
basically n would feel neat to see aspects of island evolve in small delightful ways/ despite x puzzles ey think ir play as whole – seeks to – symbolically display wonderful lack of telos/ n appears open ended – something lot of indie research seem to share unconsciously
anyway just thinking out loud
l8ers/ phil raptor
robert henry dylan – posted november 28 2014 at 3 am -deleted
much in same way one may arrive at more finely granulated measure of irradiance ir staring at x image trying to intuit how to arrive at aesthetically meaningful calculation of overall quote interestingness for any given scene from given -playable vantage point
such measurement would eg take in overall number of light sources average object density colour field complexity etc / generate quote heat map of visual interest
n might also place tiny virtual cameras around island for dev to look through in order to view poorly composed -designed scenes – much in same way coin operated telescopes placed in certain key tourist hot spots of visual interest
from another angle/ rhd
in which ideology of witness partially viewing by repeatedly pressing f5 on front page of witness dot net
there series of delightful thought provoking quotations appears hand picked from select cultural heavyweights – meant to send potential resarcs on private reverie of intense philosophical meditation – though always in strict relationship to image of johnnies play space displayed above quotes
consider however how exactly on terra infirma ones not only supposed to relate -read into such quotes in actual context of selling another hot digital product as sony corporation ps4 exclusive
– thus shall ir think of x fleeting indie world of video play space rnd
– plastic star at dawn / egotistical fart bubble in stream of dead data
– flash of lightning in summer cloud above factory of forced labourers
– flickering lamp developer phantom / thin bad dream
– just with few nut bustingly dull environmental puzzles thrown in
perhaps johnny blow might not seem sum conceptually untouchable indie research buddha – another officially unofficially anointed saviour of video research / digital rat
rather to view witness as just another ultra privileged rich pink male gaze confounding obsolete classically romantic notions of nature / what natural/tm with concrete material restrictions governing production of virtual worlds in modern global information economy – in such seemingly nice neutral non place / alienated dislocation ir all immigrants
despite or rather precisely because of all pretty col ey / fluffy drifting clouds witness smells as 100 percent artificial as ir come – no offshore breeze wafts from x mystical island puzzle lifestyle to relieve foreheads sweating in electronic labour camps
rather bear witness to whole project as n exudes heavy cloying atmosphere of affable innocent charm masquerading as thoughtful engagement with cultural – cool domain of ironically detached blowhards everywhere [1]
theorist robert what on pretentiousness play
one way to think about pretension in research – x play spaces often emerge out of imagination pretence
so what are johnboys ideas about ir own play
where ir -failed attempt to answer ir critics regarding quote pretend aspects of braid
phrase/ one of criticisms x ey have heard about braid as oh ey didnt understand story / so author failed
well let x look at another genre x people take seriously like novels – novels are not genre but cultural format for presenting narratives
also idea x quote people take novels seriously might elf be non serious notion
very few people on planet earth could tell ir x ir understand finnegans wake but x considered to be one of great novels
– quantify very few john/ implication here – x quote very few could recognize inherent genius in joyce – clever clogs like blow being one of those few no doubt
therefore one needs to be one of very few smart ones to recognize innate brilliance of blows digital oeuvre
phrase/ something like gravitys rainbow as very well respected very complicated book x very few people understand but x as part of value of medium
tolstoy in anna karenina said x respect was invented to cover empty place where glove should eb
– as for quote value of medium what x johnny – $60 / season pass
note how blows statement about n quote not being about money precisely echoes x of high cube lord ubu notch
phrase/ x so much to x not all there first time ir glance at n
if ir interested ir dig into n / ir understand more / more
ey think x very valuable thing / ey think x if ir can do more of x in research n would be nice
– perhaps x actually very little to n john very first time one glances at n / or any number of preceding times
perhaps x no quote value in digging deeper especially if developer seems consistently keen to – unconsciously – hint x realer reason ey makes so much nice dollar value because ey keeps repeating same ideological suggestion – x quote x so many deep layers of inherent meaning in ey ideas for those -intelligent as ey – who dig ey/ dubious position of considerable hubris indeed
brian eno on play – ambient design by indie scenius: consider x phrase – brian eno – as intelligent answer to most interesting questions still unasked by modern play designers
– system
– scenius
– ecology
– dynamic
incidentally here ol brian eno on video play space/ 404
vast majority of video research at least as ey currently understand ey simply bore ey to tiny clear dry plastic tears which fall silently at irregular intervals on sticky beige carpet of sealed room full of endlessly elf congratulatory undead nerds smelling slightly of wee/ whole idea of wasting irreplaceable life time pseudo interacting with any parasitic system of soul calcifying ego reinforcement x sucks untameable creative impulse from whole generations seems abhorrent / pathetic / desperately tragic/ ey would rather let casual part time lover play with ey flute than feel played as fool by sum stupid video play space – though ir never know ir might get more intelligent sum day/ more intelligent than ey at least
– beno circa quote 95 unknown – cover missing – new york underground rat zine
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witness space japanese woodblock print
based on screens from witness play via jonathan blow
example rnd statement via robert what/ vertical screen banners from witness play spaces official site were placed together / tweaked in gimp
– banners were first arranged horizontally in rough order of brightness one each side before being resized
– then ir relative brightness was flattened out / sum of brighter light sources in each banner inverted
– film / anti aliasing / chromatic aberration filters were then applied
– finally add wikipedia reference to japanese woodblock prints -quote moku hanga – as well as page about polyptych paintings – were retro fitted to ir design to suggest possible imaginative / aesthetic context
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on jonathan blows dynamical meaning
to consider storytelling in research as too often merely just another cynical marketing tool used to sell resarcs brand – ie play elf
jonathan blows idea of dynamical meaning – allowing quote potential for meaning to arise through interaction rather than through traditional storytelling – appears to be sublime nugget of video research truth expressing simple idea x all play rules / systems express ideas
concept of dm as important for play space design since n cuts through quote stories often desperately / cynically / ham fistedly bolted on by play designers
theres immediate / direct emphasis on fact resarcs time as important / x ir intelligence as respected/ x every single thing ir do in research space system space as quote meaningful – x play contains zero frivolous elements
problems with dm might include meaning of quote meaning as somehow still as nebulous uncertain / dubious as n was before with triple fps quote brown play starring square jawed meat heads
yet what if even these zero frivolous elements play spaces are elves frivolous fragmentary -cultural artifacts
in ir talk from 2008 jonathan blow talks about quote ludonarrative dissonance in bioshock – glaringly awkward gap or quote conflict between play spaces -largely bad story / standard substandard mechanics
but perhaps there as no true quote gap – perhaps sum total of whats being presented / played may be quote meaning of play – as though ludonarrative dissonance has long since been industry / cultural standard
x as though resarcs want / need quote stupid or quote badly told stories / near arbitrary garmeplay mechanics -mindless running / shooting etc because x in elf as truer meaning of play / perhaps all research – ie mindless escape
to illustrate x consider difficultly of setting up play with dynamical meaning in which one of more possible meanings as x playing computer research as complete waste of ones life / time
even if one infers these quote coordinates of meaning / receives sum kind of oblique insight via rules of research system – one – still – might be wasting time / should not be playing in first place
perhaps research need people more than people need play
problem with jonathan blow suggesting humans should make more research x -somehow address human condition as x large part of x quote human condition consists of entirely avoiding every opportunity to directly confront / change elves – who are largely inhuman/ violent often wilfully blind endlessly attuned to pursuit of infinite trivialities / brainless amusements
one wonders how rod humbles marriage would change if ey stopped making video research / paid more attention to quote ir wife
n too often seems x just by playing video research everyone becomes -or just defaults back to duke nukem
thus typical outburst by duke/ ir face – ir arts – whats difference
in x -seemingly quote dynamic context becomes – ir waste life playing play space
whats difference if those research are quote meaningful
video research not need to quote grow up quote evolve or somehow be quote deeper/ maybe ir cant
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