Eight+, the result of the last Play09 Game Lab, will be presented on the gamescom (18.-22.08.2010, Cologne) at the Creative Gaming booth. From the last exhibition at the AMAZE.Interact Festival the game was again completely redesigned and will now be shown as Eight++.
Eight+ a synaesthetic-user-generatedcontent-post-new-rave-multiplayer-shooter in 2D.
Eight+ is an anarchic mix of rhythm, action, sounds and visuals provoking the conventions of standardized content and feedback loops in computer games. In this multiplayer game, players shoot at objects drawn live by other players. The longer they interact, the more distortion emerges. The borders between parties blur as ever more content is created and destroyed. The installation explores the social behaviors of groups as well as the limits of game design.
Eight+ is is developed by Jonas Hansen, Thomas Hawranke, Karin Lingnau, Marek Plichta, Jakob Penca and Lasse Scherffig.
August 16th-19th, 2010, Cologne
PLATINE festival showcases electronic media ranging from art to alternative forms of gaming. The works are shown in local pubs and offices in Cologne Ehrenfeld. Among the works shown are CollecTic and Thumbs Down by Jonas Hansen.
Web: http://www.platine-cologne.de
Hyperkult is an annual workshop/symposium on computer science, culture and society at Leuphana University Lüneburg. This year's theme is "Mobiles - You Are Now Here". The Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) participates with a talk/performance entitled "Context Aware Devices - Context Aware Users" presenting artistic strategies for mobile devices and data spaces. The presentation is given by Jonas Hansen, Thomas Hawranke and ...
The Book "Code und Material: Exkursionen ins Undingliche" published by Springer Wien/New York and editied by Georg Trogemann covers scientific and art projects of Lab3, Laboratory for Experimental Computer Science. Included are projects and texts by Paidia Institute founding members Thomas Hawranke, Karin Lingnau, Lasse Scherffig and Susanna Schoenberg.
http://interface.khm.de/index.php/news/new-book-code-und-material/
The workshop Point&Click generated a number of projects that deal with adventure games and online and offline worlds. The projects take the form of experiments, games and interventions. They are presented at the computer game conference "Next Level" on April, 20th-21st. In addition, a reader featuring the projects is in print. It can be obtained at the conference, a PDF can be found at: http://pixelsix.net/pointclick/
The KHM, Academy of Media Arts hosts a workshop by Aram Bartholl dealing with adventure games and public space. The workshop is organized by Jonas Hansen and Lasse Scherffig, its results will be presented at the upcoming computer gaming conference "Next Level".
Eight+ is an user-generated-content-post-new-rave-multiplayer-shooter, that we developed at the play09 game lab in Potsdam last december. Now it will be shown at the Amaze Interact Festival at Club Transmediale 10 from January 29th till Februari 6th 2010.
Four members of the Paidia Institute are taking part at this year GameLab at Play09.
Play09 is a festival about the creative use of games and gaming technologies. From 3rd till 5th of December there will be an exhibition, workshops, presentations and a lab with six media artists in Potsdam/Berlin. For a detailed overview of the program have a look at play09.de.
