Programmer, hacker, #solarpunk, educator, activist and a wannabe writer fascinated by how technology is portrayed in culture - and how that affects human lives.
Co-author of @SolarpunkPrompts #podcast , exploring realistic stories of our climate future with all their traumas and hopes.
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I am incredibly impressed with the #gameDesign of the #TTRPG #realis , currently being crowdfunded - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crum/realis
It's a diceless game where characters are built with Sentences which become more powerful as they get more specific. The character growth is substractive, not additive. It tell stories of maturing and growing old, too specialized.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXglrfAk4fU is a great essay on that.
If you haven't seen #whyWeFight #TTRPG , Cozy RPG Reviews made a video about it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5N-dnwWC1k
I still have my qualms about violence in #solarpunk games, but it's worth noting.
@boldlyblue thank you for the article! Feel free to use illustrations from https://storySeedLibrary.org/ in the future!
You might also be interested in a counter-reading of Kim Stanley Robinson at https://alxd.org/ministry-for-the-future-review.html
@whitehotaru @moxismo thank you for saying that ;)
I think that the Ministry goes in a good direction, but it does so many things wrong it butchers the message ;_;
Especially about the agency of people of the Global South.
Other authors / designers do the same, like the game Daybreak, specifically designed to be unwinnable if you're not US / EU / China :<
@whitehotaru after you finish, I have a counterpoint: the book is harmful.
As someone deeply interested in Solarpunk and climate fiction in general, I encountered a lot of recommendations of "The Ministry For The Future" by the esteemed science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson (later: KSR). The endorsements came from activists, academics, writers and game designers, programmers and climate entrepreneurs: everyone around me seemed to be impressed with the book. It is said to draw a comprehensive, grim, realistic, and yet still optimistic trajectory of our civilization towards a better, sustainable future past the Climate Catastrophe. The author consulted it with over 40 scientists, activists, and conservationists who made sure that "The Ministry…" presented us with a grounded vision. I started reading it deeply intrigued and hopeful, impressed by the scale and scope of the book, stunned by the rawness of the first chapters. However, as I turned the pages, I quickly stopped in my tracks: I realized that "The Ministry…" is very different to what I assumed it is, to what my friends described when recommending it to me. I struggled to continue, clenching my teeth …
https://storyseedlibrary.org/art/joan_de_art/feeding-community/
Another #solarpunk #illustration piece by Joan De Art: Feeding Community!
On #food , #eating , #nightlife in a better #climate future.
