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Ekphrasis is a concept from ancient Greece (loved a bloody good concept) that describes the act of creative writing inspired by a work of art. Is the Ryanair Boeing 737 safety manual art? Well, Johnson A Plane Man did some expression with it, so I’d say yes. It’s a short browser. Itchy game A man named Johnson chronicles his life and times, his love for yellow life jackets, his sense of incarceration (despite the large numbers that could easily be found), and such liberating joys that can only be found in Yellow Slides.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to be able to do interactive things using just the phone in my pocket, and I think this game is really fun for me because of that,” said developer Bregen Hackett AKA Hyfinet. Kat Brewster has previously written some beautiful words about the hyphenate game. Vitreous And other Bitsy horrors In this piece How the engine lends itself to lo-fi spokes. You can find the common bits of the hyphen over here.
There may be something sublime about how finding inspiration in mass-produced, utilitarian imagery speaks to the zeitgeist, but I think Hackett primarily wanted to do something fun on a long plane ride. I spend a lot of time listing the ever-increasing facial expressions that free gin and tonics bring me, so this seems more effective.
But I’m very interested in how the mind naturally jumps to narrate images, inanimate or otherwise written, and how the comic joy of subverting metaphorical meanings feels like a very primitive and very instinctive game. Here is a very small example of this. “There is no such thing as an invincible trumpet, my friend.” Signs. Reminds me a bit of Joe Richardson. Adventure games Using it as Renaissance art Four last things. And then there is The pedestrian – A puzzle game that lets you play as a public sign.
