[game_preservation] Arty Games

[Devin Monnens]

Andrew,
Thank you for the info! The last arty game I played was a 'Today I
Die'-esque ludic poem about a guy walking and thinking about his girlfriend
who dumped him. Sadly, I can't remember the name!! I also still have the
Steam indie games collection to play through.

I am designing a course on game art (or videogames as art, rather), so these
will come in handy.

-Devin

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


> Thought this was a little bit interesting:

> http://www.stfj.net/art/2009/loselose/ - although as a technophile I'd

> play it only in a VM of course, heh ;)

>

> There was also This Is The Only Level -

> http://armorgames.com/play/4309/this-is-the-only-level - which I'm sure

> you've seen, same kind of parody (or in fact, here, a little more of a

> design lesson) as Achievement Unlocked.

>

> Anyone got any recent arty-like games (not just assuming anything by

> calling them this, but I hope you know what I mean). I've got a few in my

> backlog to play (Dear Esther and Korsakovia, Gravity Bone), once I feel like

> playing them, but I'm always looking for more.

>

> As for how this relates to game history - well, frankly the quality varies

> but they're interesting, and usually free, which is great, especially since

> they can teach a mechanic or develop or parody it so well. :) Good for

> teaching, for sure.

>

> Andrew

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