User:Thijshijsijsjss/Human Parser/Forked Dialogues/Session 1 - Revision history

Thijshijsijsjss: Fix typo

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	The (adapted) plan for the session:		The (adapted) plan for the session:
	# <b>~~Introductiory~~ conversation and reading the [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Archival_Oceans\|Archival Oceans zine]]</b><br>This is a zine I made with [[User:Anita!\|Anita]] last year, in reaction to our CYOA radio play [[The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_an_Active_Archive\| The Hitchhiker's Guide to an Active Archive]]. With three editions, each associated with a different role, a short story is told about the difficulty of language. Gradually, the words of the other roles become unreadable. This presents an interesting dynamic when performing the story together. When is the other finished with their lines? Who will talk next?<br>I think this will serve as a nice icebreaker to hear each other's voices and to introduce some themes of the session.		# <b>Introductory conversation and reading the [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Archival_Oceans\|Archival Oceans zine]]</b><br>This is a zine I made with [[User:Anita!\|Anita]] last year, in reaction to our CYOA radio play [[The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_an_Active_Archive\| The Hitchhiker's Guide to an Active Archive]]. With three editions, each associated with a different role, a short story is told about the difficulty of language. Gradually, the words of the other roles become unreadable. This presents an interesting dynamic when performing the story together. When is the other finished with their lines? Who will talk next?<br>I think this will serve as a nice icebreaker to hear each other's voices and to introduce some themes of the session.
	# <b>Playing [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Gossamery/The_Hobbit_(1982)\|The Hobbit (1982)]] together</b><br>Playing a text-adventure together raises some questions: how will the typer behave? Will conversations emerge about what to do? Will it be less tedious to try out commands? More tedious? And many more. This game in particular poses a challenge for a group of players: it is time-based, every 30-or-so seconds, a <tt>wait</tt> command is automatically run. The group will need to handle this. I will provide the game's manual.		# <b>Playing [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Gossamery/The_Hobbit_(1982)\|The Hobbit (1982)]] together</b><br>Playing a text-adventure together raises some questions: how will the typer behave? Will conversations emerge about what to do? Will it be less tedious to try out commands? More tedious? And many more. This game in particular poses a challenge for a group of players: it is time-based, every 30-or-so seconds, a <tt>wait</tt> command is automatically run. The group will need to handle this. I will provide the game's manual.
	# <b>Playing my demo asymmetrically (the main playtest, I will be a spectator for this)</b><br>I have made a small text-adventure that is meant to be played asymmetrically: only one player is allowed to see and interact with the screen, while not being allowed to see the manual the others are using. The demo contains a virtual copy of the testing location. Crucially, this demo is not solely virtual: halfway through, the manual-players will need to interact with the physical location (without being explicitly instructed to do so). At this point, the game will turn from a cooperative to a competitive one.		# <b>Playing my demo asymmetrically (the main playtest, I will be a spectator for this)</b><br>I have made a small text-adventure that is meant to be played asymmetrically: only one player is allowed to see and interact with the screen, while not being allowed to see the manual the others are using. The demo contains a virtual copy of the testing location. Crucially, this demo is not solely virtual: halfway through, the manual-players will need to interact with the physical location (without being explicitly instructed to do so). At this point, the game will turn from a cooperative to a competitive one.

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2025-02-21T11:05:57Z

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	'''FORKED DIALOGUES #1'''		'''FORKED DIALOGUES #1'''
	Exploring interactive-fiction as a plurality		Exploring interactive fiction as a plurality

	* Thursday December 12		* Thursday December 12

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			[still digesting and processing feedback...]

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	==Plans and Preparations==		==Plans and Preparations==
			Now that ''Human Parser'' has had some time to marinate in my mind, I notice an itch for performativity. A playtesting session by itself could scratch that itch, maybe, but for this session I am particularly interested in different ways the CYOA structure can accomodate 'a plural experience'. I deliberately avoid the term 'multiplayer' here, which to me comes with preformed ideas of what the social dynamics between participants will look like. As a descriptor, it is game-centric, not a player-experience-centric. 'Plural', instead, seems to entail not just a plurality of participants, but also a plurality of activities and meanings. Therefore I hope it's able to better capture the wide idea of play these sessions can allow for.

			Typically, interactive fiction aims to increase agency. However, in the light of this 'plural experience', I want to focus on activities in which this agency is disrupted or shared.

	The (adapted) plan for the session:		The (adapted) plan for the session:
	# Introductiory conversation and reading the [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Archival_Oceans\|Archival Oceans zine]] as an icebreaker and ~~thematic introduction~~		# <b>Introductiory conversation and reading the [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Archival_Oceans\|Archival Oceans zine]]</b><br>This is a zine I made with [[User:Anita!\|Anita]] last year, in reaction to our CYOA radio play [[The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_an_Active_Archive\| The Hitchhiker's Guide to an Active Archive]]. With three editions, each associated with a different role, a short story is told about the difficulty of language. Gradually, the words of the other roles become unreadable. This presents an interesting dynamic when performing the story together. When is the other finished with their lines? Who will talk next?<br>I think this will serve as a nice icebreaker to hear each other's voices and to introduce some themes of the session.
	# Playing [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Gossamery/The_Hobbit_(1982)\|The Hobbit (1982)]] together		# <b>Playing [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Gossamery/The_Hobbit_(1982)\|The Hobbit (1982)]] together</b><br>Playing a text-adventure together raises some questions: how will the typer behave? Will conversations emerge about what to do? Will it be less tedious to try out commands? More tedious? And many more. This game in particular poses a challenge for a group of players: it is time-based, every 30-or-so seconds, a <tt>wait</tt> command is automatically run. The group will need to handle this. I will provide the game's manual.
	# Playing my demo asymmetrically (the main playtest, I will be a spectator for this)		# <b>Playing my demo asymmetrically (the main playtest, I will be a spectator for this)</b><br>I have made a small text-adventure that is meant to be played asymmetrically: only one player is allowed to see and interact with the screen, while not being allowed to see the manual the others are using. The demo contains a virtual copy of the testing location. Crucially, this demo is not solely virtual: halfway through, the manual-players will need to interact with the physical location (without being explicitly instructed to do so). At this point, the game will turn from a cooperative to a competitive one.
	# A feedback conversation (potentially aided by StoryCubes (a non-linear storytelling device in their own right))		# <b>A feedback conversation (potentially aided by StoryCubes (a non-linear storytelling device in their own right))</b><br>Though there is option for feedback after each activity, I want to end with a dedicated timeslot for feedback.

	==Reflections and Feedback==		==Reflections and Feedback==

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	Interested but can't make it? Still send me a DM! Then I will make sure to contact you for future sessions! :) As this session is with such a small group, I might try to do another session right after the first, if there's enough interest		Interested but can't make it? Still send me a DM! Then I will make sure to contact you for future sessions! :) As this session is with such a small group, I might try to do another session right after the first, if there's enough interest

			==Plans and Preparations==
	The (adapted) plan for the session:		The (adapted) plan for the session:
	# Introductiory conversation and reading the [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Archival_Oceans\|Archival Oceans zine]] as an icebreaker and thematic introduction		# Introductiory conversation and reading the [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Archival_Oceans\|Archival Oceans zine]] as an icebreaker and thematic introduction
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	# A feedback conversation (potentially aided by StoryCubes (a non-linear storytelling device in their own right))		# A feedback conversation (potentially aided by StoryCubes (a non-linear storytelling device in their own right))

			==Reflections and Feedback==
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Thijshijsijsjss: Update schedule

2024-12-13T13:05:52Z

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	Interested but can't make it? Still send me a DM! Then I will make sure to contact you for future sessions! :) As this session is with such a small group, I might try to do another session right after the first, if there's enough interest		Interested but can't make it? Still send me a DM! Then I will make sure to contact you for future sessions! :) As this session is with such a small group, I might try to do another session right after the first, if there's enough interest

	~~Schedule-ish~~:		The (adapted) plan for the session:
	* Walk-in, conversation ~~about what to expect from this session, what your experiences with text-adventures are, etc. (30 minutes)~~		# Introductiory conversation and reading the [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Archival_Oceans\|Archival Oceans zine]] as an icebreaker and thematic introduction
	* Reading Archival Oceans ~~Zine~~ as an icebreaker and thematic introduction (~~10 minutes~~)		# Playing [[User:Thijshijsijsjss/Gossamery/The_Hobbit_(1982)\|The Hobbit (1982)]] together
	* Playing a text-adventure together (~~30 minutes~~)		# Playing my demo asymmetrically (the main playtest, I will be a spectator for this)
	* Playering a asymmetric text-adventure (~~40 minutes) <-- this is~~ the main ~~playtesting thing~~		# A feedback conversation (potentially aided by StoryCubes (a non-linear storytelling device in their own right))
	* Ending with a conversation (aided by ~~storycubes?~~) ~~(remaining time~~)

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	* Walk-in, conversation about what to expect from this session, what your experiences with text-adventures are, etc. (30 minutes)		* Walk-in, conversation about what to expect from this session, what your experiences with text-adventures are, etc. (30 minutes)
	* Reading Archival Oceans Zine as an icebreaker and thematic introduction(10 minutes)		* Reading Archival Oceans Zine as an icebreaker and thematic introduction (10 minutes)
	* Playing a text-adventure together (30 minutes)		* Playing a text-adventure together (30 minutes)
	* Playering a asymmetric text-adventure (40 minutes) <-- this is the main playtesting thing		* Playering a asymmetric text-adventure (40 minutes) <-- this is the main playtesting thing

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	* Playering a asymmetric text-adventure (40 minutes) <-- this is the main playtesting thing		* Playering a asymmetric text-adventure (40 minutes) <-- this is the main playtesting thing
	* Ending with a conversation (aided by storycubes?) (remaining time)		* Ending with a conversation (aided by storycubes?) (remaining time)

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2024-12-12T14:05:36Z

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	Schedule-ish:		Schedule-ish:
	* Walk-in (30 minutes)		* Walk-in, conversation about what to expect from this session, what your experiences with text-adventures are, etc. (30 minutes)
	* Archival Oceans Zine (10 minutes)		* Reading Archival Oceans Zine as an icebreaker and thematic introduction(10 minutes)
	* Playing a ~~T.A.~~ together (30 minutes)		* Playing a text-adventure together (30 minutes)
	* Playering a asymmetric ~~T.A.~~ (40 minutes) <-- this is the main playtesting thing		* Playering a asymmetric text-adventure (40 minutes) <-- this is the main playtesting thing
	* Ending with a ~~coversation~~ (aided by storycubes?)		* Ending with a conversation (aided by storycubes?) (remaining time)

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