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A modern interpretation/homage to John Cage's Reunion (a specially prepared chess set with electronics and photoresistors so that it plays ambient experimental music that changes as the pieces are moved and the game progresses), using the game Mancala, Backgammon or Hexapawn
https://johncage.org/reunion/

Maybe fun to implement this with something like a text version of Mancala. Iwari (mancala) is one of the games listed in 101 BASIC Computer Games
https://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=6

John Cage :: The John Cage Trust :: Reunion

The official site for information about the life and works of John Cage, administered by the John Cage Trust.
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2. a roguelike played using an electronic sewing machine. The idea is that as you play a roguelike each time you go down one level in the 'dungeon' it stitches together that level. Eventually you die and it will sew your tombstone and maybe list some stats. This comes out as a patch you can add to your shirt or sews directly on shirt and you can forever commemorate that great/poor/terrible run on your clothing.

One potential software would be to script InkStitch. https://inkstitch.org/tutorials/embroidery-machine/

Self-Made Embroidery Machine (Running on G-Code)

An Inkscape extension for designing machine embroidery patterns.
Ink/Stitch
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3. a zine of new type-in programs, with an emphasis on mini games, art, demos. Each submission would have 2 pages total (of a "half fold zine"), and need to look ok printed in black and white for easy photocopy. an emphasis on handmade. great languages: p5js, lua/love/pico8, forth, etc

inspiration: "10print", Taper literary magazine, BASIC Computer Games.
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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega
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I've been thinking recently about this:

Imagine a zine where each page is a grid paper, and at the bottom, an "initial state", and then a set of rules to do on each cell to reveal a picture. Could be done with just 2-3 colored pencil.

The paper machine could have a handful of register or a stack. It could do L-System operations, or cellular automata type things.

Paper demoscene

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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega
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if it's kept general enough, it could even be used to share games playable on Go boards, for example.

Instead of filling in cells with colors, maybe people could use two types of tokens, like: "cut rings of carrots and parsnips to play the game"

http://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/phutball.html

XXIIVV — phutball

wiki.xxiivv.com
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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega
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woah! those are cool, this should be up on your website!

Is it alright if I make a page on my wiki about this? will credit of course. Do you have any more photos(higher-res would nice)

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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega
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@sejo cheers! I'd love a zine where it's all collections of these little paper games on a grid of a given size.
@sejo
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Devine Lu Linvega
Devine Lu Linvega
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@sejo Amazing 😀 thank you
@sejo

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