• 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.

• Another idea for the AiR is just to pitch some critical/creative use of

people's information on facebook. Maybe take it all out of context, or make a really scary sounding app that doesn't actually read any information.

• Combination of the 2 above: text based, viral game that shows the user what application developers/3rd parties have access to (mirror mirror on the wall), or one that creates perfect virtual friends (like tamagotchi meets dating site= datagotchi ;).
• Farmville plays on social obligations and actually all the stuff that makes ppl join facebook in the first place (as mentioned in http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/content/cultivated-play-farmville), it would be interesting to play with this (horrible) idea of “being someone elses crop”.

(200 words max)

(200 words max – please include visual sketches).

(250 words max)

(250 words max)

i.e. what would you like to develop where

The residency period is 6 months, there are 3 locations. We need to list our main tasks, and see where they could be developed (not for 2 months on location of course, none of us has time to travel more than 1 or 2 weeks at a time). Depending on eventual plan, but generally speaking → add remove etc!

• research on content
• development of platform/base structure
• development of content/script/story
• implementation of features/story/script
• finalisation of application
• testing & fixing
• documentation of project, process, etc.

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. seems practical and logical to me, but perhaps it is not ;)

Please send your submission to call@nimk.nl Deadline for submission is Friday 23 April 2010.