I loved this game! The unassuming little tortoise on the cover guards a beautifully evocative playspace -- I ended up telling a story about human knowledge and conflict that genuinely moved me. I particularly liked working with the prompts that were just images. Often I didn't come up with the same event as in the full prompt, but I liked having that latitude to interpret.
If you'd like more notes, let me know! And let me know how you'd like to receive your cup of coffee! (I can be reached at this username + gmail.)
Absolutely. I thought the tortoise was a wonderful shorthand for a particular relationship to history, one that feels very familiar -- late, confused, missing the important moment, trying to catch up -- it's me. I'm the tortoise.
Playing the game was a great way to meditate on history; I couldn't help but try to build through-lines, theories about human behaviour, from my tortoise perspective. What events seemed to formed patterns? Which patterns made me despair and which made me hope?
I found the lists of events well-crafted. I like that the game could easily be adapted by switching out the lists of historical events (okay, not easily -- making the lists must have been a lot of work!) -- but one could create modules for particular histories, for example -- I can see it being a really interesting teaching tool for thinking about perspectives on history.
That was also my one question -- thinking about the kind of default perspective of the tortoise. For example, the Panama Canal's construction was pretty contentious / calamitous for some people -- could there be ways to build evocations different / varying perspectives on history into the prompts? (Even something as simple as the waters being troubled rather than smooth)?
It's a lovely thoughtful game and a great thinking tool. Thank you for making it for the jam!
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A winner!
I loved this game! The unassuming little tortoise on the cover guards a beautifully evocative playspace -- I ended up telling a story about human knowledge and conflict that genuinely moved me. I particularly liked working with the prompts that were just images. Often I didn't come up with the same event as in the full prompt, but I liked having that latitude to interpret.
If you'd like more notes, let me know! And let me know how you'd like to receive your cup of coffee! (I can be reached at this username + gmail.)
I'd love your notes!
I'm super glad you like it! I've never won anything like this before, would "purchasing" the game through name your price work?
Thank you so much, again I'm super happy you like it-I had a lot of fun making it!
>would "purchasing" the game through name your price work?
Good idea! I'll do that. I'll pay in American to cover any site fees.
>I'd love your notes!
Awesome -- where's the best place to post / send them?
Would you like to post them here?
That would be fine with me :)
Absolutely. I thought the tortoise was a wonderful shorthand for a particular relationship to history, one that feels very familiar -- late, confused, missing the important moment, trying to catch up -- it's me. I'm the tortoise.
Playing the game was a great way to meditate on history; I couldn't help but try to build through-lines, theories about human behaviour, from my tortoise perspective. What events seemed to formed patterns? Which patterns made me despair and which made me hope?
I found the lists of events well-crafted. I like that the game could easily be adapted by switching out the lists of historical events (okay, not easily -- making the lists must have been a lot of work!) -- but one could create modules for particular histories, for example -- I can see it being a really interesting teaching tool for thinking about perspectives on history.
That was also my one question -- thinking about the kind of default perspective of the tortoise. For example, the Panama Canal's construction was pretty contentious / calamitous for some people -- could there be ways to build evocations different / varying perspectives on history into the prompts? (Even something as simple as the waters being troubled rather than smooth)?
It's a lovely thoughtful game and a great thinking tool. Thank you for making it for the jam!