Currently travelling across Canada. I was a guest teacher for a class and taught some kids bitsy
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Based in Japan Website - https://farfamahar.github.io/ Games - http://farfama.itch.io Curation - @exhibitplay.com Wishlist TO:RI - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3215280/TORI/
I wrote about Resident Evil 2 Remake in connection with Susan Sontag's essay "Notes on 'Camp'", and playing single player games as a group farfamahar.github.io/blog/i-playe...
I Played Resident Evil 2 Remake
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IGF submissions close this Sunday. Nice seeing transparency about the judging process of games. @moomanibe.bsky.social has some great advice. I also wrote about my process of being an @amazefest.bsky.social award jury member this year for those interested. farfamahar.github.io/blog/what-it...
Aura/Moom@moomanibe.bsky.social · last mo.heyyyyy IGF submissions for this year are open! If you're making a cool indie game I would love it if you would submit it! If you're thinking about it but not sure, I outline some reasons why you might (or might not) in detail here auratriolo.com/blog/2024/09...
Future? No Thanks! IS OUT NOW ON STEAM An open-world comedy adventure about workable utopias, the twilight of patriarchy, revolution, and the horrifying possibility that the younger generations might be right. 💀 Windows + Mac 💀 6+ hours of gameplay 💀 20% off at launch futurenothanks.com
Organizing an event after TGS week. I won't be hosting this time as I will be out of the city, but people from the community have agreed to help out. I'll be curating talks, so stay tuned. If you have a topic you would be interested in sharing (5 min) and you'll be in Tokyo, reach out!
Gæmz Meetup@gaemz.bsky.social · last wk.🗼🦞🛹 Tokyo Gæmz Show aka Meetup #80 🛹🦞🗼 When: 24 Sep 2026 (Thu) 18:30 Where: Near Fudō-mae Station (Info will be sent) Hosted by @farfama.bsky.social Cover art by @thenomi.bsky.social RSVP: luma.com/2lsxoxpp The Tokyo Gæmz Show is coming back! There will be a call for speakers.
wrote a bit about The Light of Our Yearning backloggd.com/u/drinkrust/...
drinkrust's review of The Light Of Our Yearning | Backloggd
in a small village, someone puts their faith to the limit. a meteor shower comes and people are desperate and dying. someone joins the other faithful in a final show of yearning to a blinding beam of ...
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Making a video art art piece within the larger environment art piece that's projected on a basket using a light cookie and render texture. Neat effect.
I updated my website with pages for the 13 exhibitions/performances/screenings, 10 talks, and 6 workshops I have given in the last two years. Contains pictures, videos, descriptions. Basically an archive of everything public I have done. farfamahar.github.io
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I'm kicking off a series of videos for absolute beginners who want to learn programming games. Pico-8 is a fantastic engine for devs who have been at it for 10 years or 10 seconds, so join me and let's make some fun stuff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH9-...
Learn Game Programming in Pico-8 - Total Beginner
YouTube video by davemakes
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been adding new tshirts to the shop! also kinda looking for new gigs. if you have a small commission now or know of some job openings (esp from september), i'd be keen to hear about it! i can edit pics and vids, etc. thenomi-shop.fourthwall.com/en-eur/colle...
i just published a post about my time at @glasgowindiegamesfest.org "When you strip back the commercialism, the urge to “sell”, and with that remove all the predatory behavior capitalism encourages… you are left with something human that creates the groundwork for games to be relevant to everyone."
The groundwork for resilience – musings from The Glasgow Independent Games Festival
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Going to an overnight cliffside rave. The last time I went to a rave I ended up making Dust to Dust. Music is such a big inspiration. Need to experience it live for me to fully appreciate it infinitetears.itch.io/dust-to-dust
Last month I gave a hypertalk at re:publica Berlin about @exhibitplay.com. It's now online. "Thoughtful Human Curation Against Profit Driven Algorithm Fueled Monopolistic Platform" Starts at 32:15. Thanks @amazefest.bsky.social for inviting me to the event
re:publica 26: A MAZE. Hypertalks - 7 knowledge-injections - 5 minutes each
YouTube video by re:publica
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Me every time I dust off my VR headset. Then the head discomfort, nausea, and eye strain kicks in after an hour
Jacob Geller@jacobgeller.com · 3mo agoPlayed about 2.5 hours of games in VR tonight, by which I mean I had a transcendent 15 minutes after an entire evening of setup and troubleshooting
I've probably done over 100 playtests of the 5 minute experience and something that's so fascinating about this is that depending on where you decide to hold your gaze, the visual experience and feeling is radically different
farfama@farfama.bsky.social · 3mo agoexperimenting with extreme dynamic lens distortion mixed with metallics
Do you like weird, poetic, experimental, short-form videogames? Perfect! We're looking for volunteer first readers for the next issue of Game Poems Magazine: forms.gle/woymquRuJJyv... Play a few games, help shape the next issue! Heart.
another project of mine that breaks the compression algorithm. so metal
farfama@farfama.bsky.social · 4mo agoyou know the particle effect goes hard when video compression can't comprehend how to handle it
I also created an itch collection with all the games I mentioned. The full list is available on my site which is linked in the collection itch.io/c/7719853/ex...
farfama@farfama.bsky.social · 3mo agoMy A MAZE. Berlin talk 'Experiential Design' has been uploaded. You can watch it here. I didn't realize how much of it is me giving tons of shoutouts 😅. There's a lot of personal design philosophy in there too. Enjoy youtu.be/fGbs9IcCyjY
My A MAZE. Berlin talk 'Experiential Design' has been uploaded. You can watch it here. I didn't realize how much of it is me giving tons of shoutouts 😅. There's a lot of personal design philosophy in there too. Enjoy youtu.be/fGbs9IcCyjY
A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 - Day 2: Experiential Game Design
YouTube video by A MAZE.
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experimenting with extreme dynamic lens distortion mixed with metallics
Had a chance to play this and many other great games at Dissonance 不穏 last weekend. Visual metaphor & memoir in bitsy form. Also so interesting to recreate a personal game from many years ago with a stronger technical, creative skillset along with a recontextualized life perspective. Remake/Re-view
sam | リノ 🥊 Tokyo Game Show@rinoaskyes.bsky.social · 3mo ago🖼️ I exhibited my first game at Dissonance 不穏! I remade the game from scratch for this event, worked with Matsurika LLC for the Japanese localisation and made an interactive sheet for people to write what their favourite train station is 🚆
「人間はなぜ「不穏」を恐れながらも、「不穏」に惹かれるのか？ 不穏なゲームをプレイして、その答えを探してください。」 TAMAインディゲーム展覧会Dissonance 6月20日21日（土日）開催 パルテノン多摩 @futurala.bsky.social @thisisdotiris.bsky.social dissonance.tokyo
Dissonance | TAMA インディーゲーム展覧会
東京都多摩市のニュータウンで開催される、不穏なインディゲームに特化した展覧会。照明を抑えた静かな空間で、アート志向のゲーム作品をじっくり鑑賞・試遊できる体験型イベントです。
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"Enter a world of games that resist comfort" Sat June 20 13:00–19:00, 19:30~ Panel Discussion Sun June 21 11:00–17:00 I will be showing a Japanese version of SOLASTALGIA this Saturday and Sunday in Tokyo. Also at 7pm on Sat, me and Sivani will give a live reading and noise performance of the game.
.iris - A Passing in the Night@thisisdotiris.bsky.social · 5mo agoForgot to announce here that we are showing "A Passing in the Night" at "Dissonance: Unrest" in June with some very cool & weird games (we're co-organizing the event as well!) DATES 6/20~21 LOCATION Parthenon Tama, Tokyo PRE-SALE TICKET ¥300 WEBSITE dissonance.tokyo
Check it out. Also comes with King-Spooner's Creative and Experimental Practices. Twenty two activity sheets that encourage creativity, experimentation and idea. I did a lot of them a few years ago and it was a big inspiration boost
Jack King-Spooner@king-spooner.bsky.social · 3mo agoCheck out this wonderful bundle of my work. This is a great way to get a fabulous deal and support my practice. itch.io/s/188008/jac...
They dropped a new Ohtani for this English school poster. He ditched the suit, put on a backwards cap, and shrunk his hand? Something feels off. Calling Ohtani image expert @dragonwasabipotato.bsky.social
