{"id":1958,"date":"2014-05-28T15:16:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T13:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2014-05-28T15:21:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T13:21:02","slug":"high-tech-low-tech-authenticity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/2014\/05\/28\/high-tech-low-tech-authenticity\/","title":{"rendered":"New paper: High-tech Low-tech Authenticity: The Creation of Independent Style at the Independent Games Festival."},"content":{"rendered":"

I have posted a new paper,\u00a0High-tech Low-tech Authenticity: The Creation of Independent Style at the Independent Games Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In which I study the history of visual style in Independent Games. I\u00a0look particularly at the Grand Prize winners of the Independent Games Festival (IGF) from 2000-2014.\u00a0I argue that what I call Independent Style<\/em> is a “representation of a representation”, using contemporary technology to emulate earlier, simpler types of representation. Examples include pixel style graphics, games made with crayons, paper, paint etc…<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the 2000-2004 winners do not look like\u00a0the style we would associate with Independent Games today. Consider Tread Marks, winner at the first IGF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nScreenshot<\/strong><\/td>\nVisual style<\/strong><\/td>\nTheme \/ gameplay<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nTread Marks<\/em><\/td>\n\"8\"<\/td>\n3d<\/td>\nTank battle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

It is then from\u00a02005 (with\u00a0Gish<\/em>) and on that the\u00a0Independent Style we have come to know begins\u00a0to dominate the IGF.\u00a0In the paper I argue that this coincides with an increased focus on non-physical distribution as well as self-publishing.<\/p>\n

I also claim that this Independent Style (which is the style by which we recognize independent games) is meant to signal that a small-budget production is small-budget by choice<\/em> and that small-budget development has a particular authenticity and honesty.<\/p>\n

And I also discuss the Arts and Crafts movement, texture settings in Unity, locavore food, Jeff Koons and fake wood.<\/p>\n

All comments are welcome!<\/p>\n

The paper was presented at the recent Foundations of Digital Games conference.
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I have posted a new paper,\u00a0High-tech Low-tech Authenticity: The Creation of Independent Style at the Independent Games Festival. In which I study the history of visual style in Independent Games. I\u00a0look particularly at the Grand Prize winners of the Independent Games Festival (IGF) from 2000-2014.\u00a0I argue that what I call Independent Style is a “representation … Continue reading “New paper: High-tech Low-tech Authenticity: The Creation of Independent Style at the Independent Games Festival.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","category-my_publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}