Hello Giacomo, I can write something for you today but it’s not going to be the description of the game 
, on that we will start working on August and it’s going to take sometimes before we have a solid design. I can add in some previous experience of games that I designed for schools like this one Would that work?
Matteo, I think @giacomo.pinaffo means a concept, not a description of the game play. Something like
Playful Futures investigates how coastal communities might respond to rising sea levels caused by global warming. It does so in an immersive, participatory way, through a LARP (Live Action Role Play) with a science fictional setting. The LARP involves citizens, mostly young. What makes this exercise participatory science is that the LARP is treated as the field for a digital ethnographic study. The latter’s research question asks how citizens relate to rising sea levels (with despair? in a fighting spirit? as an opportunity for renewal?), what are their priorities, and which strategies they deploy (for example, cooperative vs. competitive).
Maybe this will also need the word “online” and an explanation of what a LARP is.
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Yes, what Alberto wrote is enough, just add where needed a bit more details to ensure the text can be understood by someone not too much into the “gaming” world and an idea of time schedule… in this way the festival team can better think about if and how to integrate this in their activities with schools. If in Italian would be great, otherwise no problem, I’ll translate it.
Best,
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So, we had a meeting with FDCM and Horcynus Orca to discuss how we will participate to the festival. The balancing act is to make sure we can do our thing, while still adding something to the Messina festival, and using it to recruit participants to Witness.
By their request, I produced a note in Italian to help them coordinate with the schools and the local uni, which are to be partners in this. It requests a bit of help from @nadia, @ivan, @matteo_uguzzoni, and possibly @hugi and @yudhanjaya. Can you have a look and flag anything irrealistic or just wrong? Automated translation should work, but feel free to ask Ivan or myself.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tiNnF_Wo7yQe5LADnzHWlkmMT4iGmEsJNg6Ws98Uyuc/edit?usp=sharing
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@hugi we have been struggling to find suitable accommodation. In the end, the best I could find is this villa. It seems great, but it’s in between Messina Center and Torre Faro (the first is 10Km away, the second 6), so within walking distance of really neither, unless you are Noemi. We’ll need bikes, or a car.
But we need a reservation for Yudha, can you reserve already? We can always cancel for free until September 20th.
Calling @hugi and everyone. Since the reservation is needed for Yudha’s visa, I just made it using the company card. Cancellation will stay free for another two months.
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Got it, and thanks. ER can simply invoice Blivande.
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Ok, great. We will do that. I’ìll just wait for the confirmation from Maria that all is well.
Updates and a first calendar of the Residency:
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after a long back and forth between the Italian embassy, local agencies and Ministry of Foreign Affairs urging the Embassy, @yudhanjaya will most probably NOT be able to join in this issue of the residency because we live in a world with no borders and getting a visa is a piece of cake these days
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He will be present online in the worldbuilding sessions
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FdCM is preparing the workshops with three high schools in Messina. Their specialisations are artistic, technical and psyco-social.
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FdCM will prepare the installment of Witness in the immersive interactive room in their gallery
SCHOOLS
The idea is to include the kids (approx 90) in a process of co-creation based in the world of Witness, where their competences are put together in a design process on three fronts (eg. graphic, characters, story).
The goal of their participation is to come to a draft of their segment of Witness.
This is something we need to discuss and decide.
Concrete examples: starting from the images or wiki entries of the characters, they develop It further into a… story, new character to be included in the lore, new economic aspects, sceneries or illustrations, design patterns.
Michela is a teacher in one of these schools and her images/influence can be a great prompt for a workshop like that.
Important moments:
- 7 October - Introductory workshop with the schools (ER present - Alberto and I present the project in italian, Yudha possibly connects online)
- 10 October - second schools’ workshop - working session (ER not needed)
- 14 October - final schools’ session - presentation of the works / discussion with Yudhanjaya (online)
RESIDENCY - IMMERSIVE ROOM - LARP
- working with Yudha online will require some time management between the sessions together and working solo
- we have to decide if and how to include a LARP session or two in this
to does:
- we need to organise a meeting with FdCM and their tech stuff to understand the specs of the immersive room and the needs to create the interactive panel - the estimate for the final delivery is in months
- (upon their request) we need to organise a meeting to introduce Yudha to FdCM’s social and economic structure as one of the possible models to be used in the novel/witnesspedia etc
By Friday we need to send a small programme and a (longer) abstract with the goals and the materials we would like to work with to allow them to organise the thing with the schools
@giacomo.pinaffo did I forget anything?
ping @nadia, @hugi, @yudhanjaya, @matteo_uguzzoni and @alberto in particular
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Thank you Ivan,
I’ve added directly in your text my remarks, in blue.
Best,
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guys, as an update to what I wrote yesterday, we have been informed that Emirates / Fly Dubai has cancelled the flight of Yudha, so we don’t need to take any decision on that…
Thanks for the update…we are testing two design for the LARP in these weeks, both have some character creation (very light indeed). Not sure as this can interact with the world-building session that I imagine being more in depth.
Other informations that maybe can help placing the LARP somewhere in the program: right now the games are 2/2.30h long and can accommodate 6 players each session. (here more info about it)
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Just a quick update from me:
Some things have changed so I will only be able to fly to Sicily on the 7th. However, given that the school programme will be in Italian, I wouldn’t be able to contribute much to that anyway.
For the rest of the week, how do you think we should structure our time? Apart from the 7th, 10th and 14th - is anything else planned?
Not really. Yudha and I will have to do a lot of work online. I am still on holiday, but am appointing Ivan to lead the expedition. Will speak to him today.
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Hello,
ticket booking time and deciding on some points.
Starting from @hugi’s question into a broader range: a part from the 3 dates above, we have to organise the daily work during the residency, which will consist of daily briefings and a lot of “lab” work in between.
We will have to establish and somewhat adapt to @yudhanjaya’s time and needs - power shortages being a daily practice in Colombo, lately.
One major question is when should we (ER) sit together with @giacomo.pinaffo, Gaetano and their crew to discuss the funding possibilities for Witness and in general, how to develop the collaboration.
I propose 8 October for this meeting - it would give us a good starting point and some time for reflection during the stay in the place.
It also combines the dates of presence - in particular for @giacomo.pinaffo , @hugi and @nadia.
Tickets - Giacomo, what would you suggest?
- Flight to Catania, train to Messina
- Flight to Naples, boat/train to Messina
- Other solutions?
@nadia, we could fly together on the 6th
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ok, can you book for us both?
I defer on this. I will be there the entire period, so you are welcome to use my time as you see fit.
Dear all,
as for the our meeting, as said I won’t be in Messina from the 5th to the 9th of October, due to the kick off meeting of a LIFE project we lead. The first availability is for monday the 10th at 4PM, and we can have dinner together later.
As for the trip from Catania to Messina, the easiest way is the bus, leaving directly from the airport to the Messina train station:
Otherwise there’s also the train, from CATANIA FONTANAROSSA to MESSINA CENTRALE, but you have to walk 1km (or wait for the free bus doing the round trip from the airport to the train station):
Ciao,
Hello y’all, I wanted to revive the opportunity to play-test the games that we are working on for Playful Futures - Coeso in the next weeks in Sicily.
The games are 2 hours long + 20 minutes of debrief, 6 players max for game.
Do you think that there will be time to do that? Thanks!
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Yes, Matteo, my undertanding is that is one of the activities planned already.
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