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--- redleaf_funware_proposal [2010-04-20 23:29] – aymeric
+++ redleaf_funware_proposal [2010-04-21 07:30] – aymeric
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 [[http://nimk.nl/eng/artist-in-residence-call-for-proposals]]
-===== Idea dump=====
+===== Braindump =====
+==== Issues ====
+  * what is wrong with fb?:
+     * social organization defined by oversimplified algorithms
+     * no anonymous use (you break the EULA if you give false information)
+     * applications are used to harvest data, panem et circenses
+     * the GUI to friendship is biased (ignore? -> ignore a database request or ignore a human being?) -> force people to collect friends
+     * the privacy settings is a fail/fail case, fail 1: the system is geared towards enabling the sharing of information as much as possible, including via authorized third party app, fail 2: you do not protect your privacy, eerything i still owned and tracked by fb, in fact you can only hide parts of your activity t other users.
+     * ppl have no clue how it works, they are lured into a fake freedom of speech ending up vomiting on fb and showing their tits and balls, not realizing they are seriously damaging their real social and professional network.
+==== how can we express that in a game? ====
   * Text adventure games could represent a nice way to approach some more challenging subjects in a way which is quick to implement and prototype,
 could provide an interestingly jarring clash with expectations of social gaming.
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   * Players can be banned from game if they loose (loose needs to be defined), it's possible to come back by making a donation to the EFF or something similar.
   * your friends are spoofed by bots (Eliza effect is always fun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect), the game could also be you being stalked by bots if the API allows the control of profiles.
-  * grey box: reveal underlying social software manipulation and control
+  * you are encouraged to spot and report fake profiles http://failbook.com/2010/04/04/peoples-desperation-for-facebook-games-terrifies-me/#comment-21817
-  * sick game where you are encouraged to spot and report fake profiles http://failbook.com/2010/04/04/peoples-desperation-for-facebook-games-terrifies-me/#comment-21817
+  * If everything is text based but involves many-to-many connections between players and bots/game-engine it could be nice to visualize the network in pseudo-RT (fluxus?) would be nice as an install to show the scale and current activities of the game
+  * bring anonymity back in communication, if the game is a multiplayer text based adventure you do not know who is who and who is human/bot.
+  * If we need to create a story, reading some Kaczynski could be inspiring to set the mood :)
+  * a player needs to collect the more data as possible on everyone and can sacrifice his friends for extra life, artefacts, bonuses
+  * implement a blowfish app in fb or as firefox plugin to allow encrypted communications
 ===== Outline of the concept underlying the work =====
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 Random points:
- * Reveal underlying apparatus and risks of centralized and proprietary data-mining driven social software
+  * Reveal underlying apparatus and risks of centralized and proprietary data-mining driven social software
- * Reverse engineer the black box by the mean of gaming
+  * Reverse engineer the black box by the mean of gaming
- * Spread positive ideas using mass media channel VS remain in secure niche of specialist and already convinced communities
+  * Spread positive ideas using mass media channel VS remain in secure niche of specialist and already convinced communities
- * Viral and Spreadable ideas are not for marketing but powerful vector to share knowledge and ideas
+  * Viral and Spreadable ideas are not for marketing but powerful vector to share knowledge and ideas
 ===== General outline of the scope of the final work =====
 (200 words max – please include visual sketches).
+Visual sketches for a txt based game, wich UI is fb would be pointless... but could be faked I supposed, as in a mock-up.
 ===== Outline of the research and development plan =====
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 I think the most technical parts should be developed "at" piksel, finalizing (testing, fixing and documenting results) could be done "at" BALTAN, content development/research and process documentation could be done "at" nimk??? With "at" I mean mostly remotely but with a visit of one of us related to that part of the project, to have some exchange and feedback from the 3 locations. FIXME seems practical and logical to me, but perhaps it is not ;)
+We could pitch that we work in a distributed fashion (which is true) with sprints, in that case 3 sprints of a week long each, one in each location?
 ===== Up-to-date CV including links to previous work =====