All Blog Posts Tagged 'ntw05' (36)

Margaret Robertson: game design, the importance of games and The Beach in Prestatyn



Recently Margaret Robertson joined us for some game development sessions on The Beach.



She's equally happy with digital, consoles, mobile, offline and online gaming. To us she has taken the role of wise gamerturg* along with her colleagues Alex and Holly at… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on July 16, 2010 at 1:30 — No Comments

The Beach: meet Charlie and TJ online now

Welcome to The Beach!



The event in Prestatyn takes place at the end of July (details).



But the story has already begun online...



Your friendly guides to the dramatic world are the characters of Charlie and TJ.



They maintain their own Facebook profiles where you can keep an eye on their exploits.



Meet the character: Charlie… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on July 12, 2010 at 9:00 — No Comments

Come and meet your guides to The Beach - Charlie and TJ



It is my pleasure to introduce:



Charlie Prestatyn



and



TJ Salford



They are the irrepressible and charming (each in their own way) characters who will guide you around The Beach.



Come and befriend them.



You might become a part of their respective worlds, if you're open to the… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on July 3, 2010 at 12:00 — No Comments

YOU could be a winner too!

So, the games have begun!



I put up a challenge last week to all in the community- how to explain the game of Tetris in a dramatic script. We had some great suggestions and our lucky winner was Mick Greenway! A bottle of red is on it's way to him.



Here's the link if you want to have a read-…



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Added by Bethan Marlow on June 30, 2010 at 5:17 — 1 Comment

Game Testing in Prestatyn

As you can see its great fun! You'll get the chance to test out ideas for the show and meet our team of staff and volunteers.



If you want to get involved we are game testing on the 28/29/30 June, 6pm-8pm. Meet us on the seafront outside Cafe Cymru. If you can, let us know you are coming by contacting us at thebeach@nationaltheatrewales.org, otherwise just turn up!…



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Added by Devinda De Silva on June 26, 2010 at 0:25 — No Comments

Welcome to Prestatyn

NTW05 is getting near and so we thought we'd introduce you to the people that we've met along the way.


Thank you very much to Carolina Vasquez for editing it all…
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Added by Bethan Marlow on June 22, 2010 at 21:45 — No Comments

Rather splendid game testing in Prestatyn this week - all welcome!

THIS WEEK. If can get to the beach at Prestatyn and you're over 14 (whether that's just about or by a sizeable margin...) you are very welcome to pop along and meet us to play some games.



June 2010

Sunday 13th starts 6PM

Monday 14th starts 6PM

Tuesday 15th starts 6PM



If not we are also testing games at the end of June too. Details are in the flyer above.… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on June 12, 2010 at 14:38 — No Comments

Play Eurovision Bingo

Eurovision Bingo is a game I found on the web. You need: people, a television set, paper and pens. (Some gin might help too.)

Added by Carl Morris on May 29, 2010 at 1:00 — No Comments

Gaming meets theatre... Play tests and game development in Prestatyn



Gaming meets theatre... Or is it vice-versa?



GDD



At the moment Rhiannon, Bethan and I are working on refinements to our game design document, which is the definitive guide to everything that can happen in the course of The Beach game.



The game design document - or GDD - is like a script I suppose because there are… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on May 26, 2010 at 5:00 — No Comments

Google celebrates Pacman today - and you can play

Google are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the classic game Pacman today.



You can play it too. Amazing. Go to google.com and click Insert Coin. Eat the pills. You need to avoid the ghosties but you can eat them if you've taken a power pill.



As a budding game designer, try and figure out the algorithm - the "recipe" if you like - which is guiding the… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on May 21, 2010 at 4:00 — No Comments

Weird and possibly controversial mobile game of the moment - Blowtooth

There is a lot of experimentation in pervasive mobile gaming right now.



There's still a certain novelty and the long-term appeal of games that rely heavily on this is uncertain. Witness the mobile game Foursquare, which could just be viewed as a ploy to get people to gather valuable geodata for free.



If you're looking for something a little more edgy, have a look at Blowtooth:…



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Added by Carl Morris on May 13, 2010 at 9:00 — No Comments

A glimpse of Prestatyn Parish Church and graveyard





This short video gives a glimpse of Prestatyn Parish Church (also called Christchurch) and its graveyard.



Among the graves are those of shipwrecked mariners and six choirboys who drowned in a tragic accident in 1868.



Our exploration of Prestatyn last weekend forms part of our research for The Beach, ntw05 happening this July… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on May 1, 2010 at 3:30 — No Comments

Play Hell Tetris



I hope your week has been better than this!



You can attempt Hell Tetris here.



It's an interesting contribution to the art and science of game design. A bit like Les Dawson's contributions to piano playing maybe.



Image from… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on April 9, 2010 at 7:54 — No Comments

Pit, Cranium Wow and Understanding Games



Still playing stacks of games. Here are two fun table-top games.



Pit

Why is this fun game not more widely known? A fast-paced game of trading cards which represent stocks like wheat, flax and barley. You need about…

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Added by Carl Morris on February 24, 2010 at 7:30 — 1 Comment

Call to Arms! TAKE PART IN DOCKERS RUN – A UNIQUE SOCIAL GAMING EXPERIMENT The Government of Trade has pillaged the world, forcing the Dockers to work in their underground world of smoke filled, poll…

Call to Arms! TAKE PART IN DOCKERS RUN – A UNIQUE SOCIAL GAMING EXPERIMENT



The Government of Trade has pillaged the world, forcing the Dockers to work in their underground world of smoke filled, polluted tunnels, sealed underneath a building @ latitude: 51.463526; longitude: 3.163412.



But some have…
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Added by Rhys Miles Thomas on February 18, 2010 at 6:03 — No Comments

Impress your friends, torment your enemies. (How to design a game)

The fifth NTW production is called The Beach and has the tag ntw05.



Story of the production so far: we went location spotting and summoned that July feeling at 11 different north Wales beaches. (It was December.) We also did… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on February 9, 2010 at 5:00 — 1 Comment

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