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Tell interactive stories by designing game worlds with artist Jae Lew.
4 hours total // $26 or $17 with any VIVO Producer Membership (+GST), computers and software provided
One extended subsidy available for this workshop:
https://forms.gle/jyFpyNy65TgWafE6A
Prerequisite: Participants must bring a one-paragraph description outlining an idea for a game. Participants will use their description as a starting point for exercises undertaken during the workshop. The description can detail the theme of the game, the objective, or other information the could be useful in beginning to create the game. General computer literacy (e.g., saving files, facility with a mouse and keyboard) is also required.
Want to build your own role-playing game? Fascinated by video game worlds and characters, and want to try creating them yourself? This beginner workshop starts you on your journey.
You'll be introduced to Bitsy and Twine, two open source tools that are easy to grasp and let you dive deep into the capacity of computer games as a storytelling medium.
You'll explore:
And you'll work through these challenges with other participants.
By the end of the workshop, you will output a game in HTML format, which can be played on any web browser.
And then, project your game for all to play at VIVO's annual party fundraiser -- BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer). Contact info@vivomediaarts.com for more info. All are welcome to participate, and it's free!
Computer and software included.
Bring a USB memory stick or other external storage device if you want to take home your game. Or you can simply email it to yourself.
Intro to Game Making Samples:
VIVO is located in the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples in a warehouse space at 2625 Kaslo Street south of East Broadway at the end of E 10th. Transit line 9 stops at Kaslo Street on Broadway. From the bus stop, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight decline. The closest skytrain station is Renfrew Station, which is three blocks south-east of VIVO and has an elevator. From there, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight incline. There is parking available at VIVO, including wheelchair access parking. There is a bike rack at the entrance. The front entrance leads indoors to a set of 7 stairs to the lobby.
A wheelchair ramp is located at the west side of the main entrance. The ramp has two runs: the first run is 20 feet long, and the second run is 26 feet. The ramp is 60 inches wide. The slope is 1:12. The ramp itself is concrete and has handrails on both sides. There is an outward swinging door (34 inch width) at the top of the ramp leading to a vestibule. A second outward swinging door (33 inch width) opens into the exhibition space. Buzzers and intercoms are located at both doors to notify staff during regular office hours or events to unlock the doors. Once unlocked, visitors can use automatic operators to open the doors.
There are two all-gender washrooms. One has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The other is a single room with a urinal and is wheelchair accessible: the door is 33 inches wide and inward swinging, without automation. The toilet has 11 inch clearance on the left side and a handrail.
To reach the bathrooms from the studio, exit through the double doors and proceed straight through the lobby and down the hall . Turn left, and the two bathrooms will be on your right side. The closest one has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The far bathroom is accessible.
Jae Lew is an media artist and filmmaker currently residing in so-called Vancouver, BC (Unceded Coast Salish Territories). Their practice is situated at a place of visibility and invisibility; their work deals with spirituality, disability, gender and the absurdity of the constructs in which we live under. Jae is the founder of EMO (Experimental Media Outsiders) Collective, an experimental media and analog filmmaking artist collective. They are currently completing a degree in New Media and Sound Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
