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http://nimk.nl/eng/artist-in-residence-call-for-proposals
Idea dump
- Text adventure games could represent a nice way to approach some more
challenging subjects in a way which is quick to implement and prototype, could provide an interestingly jarring clash with expectations of social gaming.
- Another idea for the AiR is just to pitch some critical/creative use of
people's information on facebook. Maybe take it all out of context, or make a really scary sounding app that doesn't actually read any information.
- Combination of the 2 above: text based, viral game that shows the user what application developers/3rd parties have access to (mirror mirror on the wall), or one that creates perfect virtual friends (like tamagotchi meets dating site= datagotchi ;).
- Farmville plays on social obligations and actually all the stuff that makes ppl join facebook in the first place (as mentioned in http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/content/cultivated-play-farmville), it would be interesting to play with this (horrible) idea of “being someone elses crop”.
Outline of the concept underlying the work
(200 words max)
General outline of the scope of the final work
(200 words max – please include visual sketches).
Outline of the research and development plan
(250 words max)
Motivation for why you would like to work in the context of this particular residency as well as an overview of your interest in the technologies mentioned above
(250 words max)
Indication of your planning divided between the three labs
i.e. what would you like to develop where
The residency period is 6 months, there are 3 locations. We need to list our main tasks, and see where they could be developed (not for 2 months on location of course, none of us has time to travel more than 1 or 2 weeks at a time). Depending on eventual plan, but generally speaking → add remove etc!
- research on content
- development of platform/base structure
- development of content/script/story
- implementation of features/story/script
- finalisation of application
- testing & fixing
- documentation of project, process, etc.
Up-to-date CV including links to previous work
Please send your submission to call@nimk.nl Deadline for submission is Friday 23 April 2010.