Confoederatio Ludens

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We are conducting a multi-perspective and transdisciplinary research into the hitherto little-researched history of video games conceived and developed in Switzerland.

Together with 20 colleagues from #HKB, #ZHdK, #UniBE and #UNIL, we will regularly report on our findings and doings, as well as results of our @snsf_ch funded Sinergia research project.

Websitehttp://chludens.ch
Bloghttps://chludens.hypotheses.org
#Repost #FromTheBlog 📖 Can a strategy game still provide the same excitement and fun 40 years later? You can find the answer in Beat Suter’s blog post, “Galactic Empires for Networks (GEn): A Swiss Multiplayer Game (1984–2000)“. Read more here. ➡️ http://chludens.hypotheses.org/date/2024/11
Hast du Lust, mehr über Schweizer Videospiele zu lernen und die Informationen gleich auf #wikipedia und #wikidata zu bringen? Zusammen mit der Unibibliothek Zürich, @chludens und @WikimediaCH freuen wir uns auf ein spannendes #biblioweekend Event am 28. März - komm doch vorbei!
Hier geht's zur Anmeldung:
https://veranstaltungen.ub.uzh.ch/angebot/details/64866?angebotTitel=wiki-play&modulId=6114
/ Wiki & Play

🎙️👾 PODCAST TIME: In our second episode, host Eugen Pfister @Eugen_pfister talks with his colleague Prof. Yannick Rochat @yrochat. Together, they discuss the game studies scene in Switzerland and previous networking efforts, which ultimately led to ever closer cooperation in our Sinergia project. Check it Out ➡️ https://letscast.fm/sites/ch-ludens-dd690e3b/episode/talking-with-yannick-rochat-unil
#Repost #FromTheBlog 📖 „Bridging Disciplines: Reflections on ReAnimate Summer School and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Digital Game Studies.“ In June 2024, the ReAnimate Summer School in Montréal brought together a diverse group of scholars and practitioners from all over the world to explore the intersections of digital game history, criticism, and development. Read the full article on our blog ➡️
https://chludens.hypotheses.org/3110
#Repost #FromTheBlog 📖 In June 2024, a delegation from the Confoederatio Ludens project visited the Museum of Communication depot in Schwarzenburg, particularly to explore its computer hardware collections. Read the full article here. ➡️ https://chludens.hypotheses.org/2823
Behold, CH Ludens the Podast is here! 🎙️👾 In this premiere episode, hosts @Eugen_pfister and Arno Görgen present the project ‘Confederatio Ludens’. They explain the interdisciplinary collaboration, the project's goals and the significance of digital gaming culture for the digitisation of (Swiss) society. ➡️ https://letscast.fm/sites/ch-ludens-dd690e3b/episode/what-is-confoederatio-ludens

25 years ago I discovered #JavaScript and have built dozens of #web apps since. These days, as a retired #Media #Engineering professor, I still enjoy the little #game I coded back then. Love #Mahjongg Solitaire? Go ahead.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/mahjongg/

#gaming #games #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame @chludens

„Back from the Dead: Re-Animating Viruses of the Floppy Disk Era.“ How a piece of hardware from our GameLab in Bern kept a group of hackers busy at HUGOCON 2025 with a 40-year-old virus, and inspired a new dating method ➡️ https://gamelab.hypotheses.org/280
Back from the Dead: Re-Animating Viruses of the Floppy Disk Era

While the final week of the year usually finds the public preoccupied with the quiet digestion of holiday feasts, the global hacker community prepares for its annual pilgrimage. For decades, the Chaos Communication Congress (CCC) in Germany has served as the epicenter of European hacker culture. However, as the event’s popularity has surged, securing a … Back from the Dead: Re-Animating Viruses of the Floppy Disk Era weiterlesen

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#Repost #FromTheBlog 📖 This week: *The case study of the game ’Ball Raider’* by Aurelia Brandenburg, Adrian Demleitner, Arno Görgen, Addrich Mauch, and Eugen Pfister. Full article here ➡️ https://chludens.hypotheses.org/2685
Our #SwissGameOfTheWeek 🕹️👾 is "Ilyad", a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up game from Ubisoft released in 1989. The game features large sprites, and the aim is to defeat enemies while controlling a spaceship. Have you heard of it? ➡️ https://stage.chludens.ch/games/ilyad/