A City, In Darkness city doesn’t really deteriorate gradually when you stop playing. Nothing can happen when the Wii is off. When you start the game, the software checks a timestamp in your savefile to see when you last played. The Adversary’s damage is prorated based on how long you’ve been away.
So, what if I were to just walk away from the game and never come back? My city would stay clean and productive forever. That sure sounds like a win condition. What does it say about my goals that I keep coming back to the game, deliberately fucking everything up so I can have some mindless fun refilling the potholes?
It’d be quite a thing to have a village of indie games makers. Anyone up for it?
EMF 2012 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
About the Event
Electromagnetic Field 2012 is a three-day camping festival in the UK for people with an inquisitive
mind and an interest in science, engineering, DIY, technology, arts, or crafts. It will be a cross
between a tech conference and a music festival, with talks and workshops on a wide range of
subjects. A great opportunity to meet like-minded people, to learn, to teach, to play, and have a
drink with a stranger. A festival for anyone interested in 3D printing, DIYBio, textiles, electronics,
Internet culture, music hacking, space, lockpicking, homebrewing, computer security, robots, UAVs,
mind hacking, radio, and pretty much anything else you can think of... in a field!
http://www.emfcamp.org
Talks
A 1h presentation about a topic in science, engineering, DIY, technology, arts, or crafts. The
allocated time includes Q&A, setup, and teardown.
Workshops
A 1h, 2h, or 3h workshop involving practices in science, engineering, DIY, technology, arts, or
crafts. The allocated time includes setup and teardown.
We hope to have enough desk space and chairs for everyone, but details are yet to be determined.
If you prefer to hold open-ended workshops then we encourage you to start or join a village: see
below for details.
Performances
Musical performances, DJ sets, artistic performances, general evening entertainment, ...
We will provide a stage area in a tent and a basic PA.
Villages
Villages are dedicated camping areas for particular groups, with shared access to power and
Internet. You can form a village for your local hackerspace, art form, project, or any other
community. This makes it easier for people to get to know each other and encourages collaboration
while at the festival, be it for cooking sessions or to build ambitious installations.
Villages are not planned through our submissions system. Instead you can register your village
here:
http://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/Villages
You may also be interested in our mailing list and IRC channel:
http://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/Contact
Venue Details
EMF 2012 is a camping festival in a field. The venue is Pineham Park, near Milton Keynes in the
UK.
We plan to have two event tents with an audience capacity of about 100 each, both with access to
power and Internet, each with a projector, and at least one of the tents will have a PA for larger
presentations. We also aim to have camp-wide wifi, and ethernet ports in key locations.
We will attempt to stream the talks and performances and publish the recordings after the event.
Budget and Travel expenses
The EMF camp is a non-profit event produced entirely by volunteers, and speakers are not paid.
Unfortunately we can not subsidise your entry ticket, and we do not have a travel budget for
contributors either; due to the nature of the event we expect that everyone pays. We may be able
to make a few very rare exceptions, but don't count on it.
Dates and Deadlines
The deadline for submission is Friday 29 June 2012, 23:59 UTC. Notification of acceptance will be
sent by e-mail as early as possible, but on Friday 13 July 2012 the latest.
Electromagnetic Field 2012 is held between Friday 31 August and Sunday 2 September 2012.
Submissions
All proposals for talks, workshops and performances must be submitted online using our
submission system at http://pentabarf.emfcamp.org/submission/EMF2012. Please follow the
instructions, and state if you have special requirements besides the basics mentioned there. If you
have any questions regarding your submission you can contact us at events@emfcamp.org
“The thing is, when you lay out a story like a jigsaw and expect someone else to put it together, you’re making it easy for them to spot the holes in it.”
