cut & stick neighbourhoods

The inaugural map created in the Cut & Stick Neighbourhoods workshop. A map-making / place-making collage and poetry game. First played at Voidspace Live (09/06/24).

This is the archive of the three neighbourhoods created, and the histories of the people who live there. Some objects can be moved around.  Click on the game window to get it started.

HOW TO PLAY

Player one: up down left right arrows to move, L key to hold objects

Player two: WASD to move, V key to hold objects

The camera follows player one. If you're playing together, you'll need to navigate the world together too.

Y key = party button

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A little more...
Through a series of creative games over 90 minutes, three groups of players (playing architects, landscape designers and civic planners) devised a new neighbourhood each. They uncovered the topography of the land and worked with it to build a vibrant living town. Then through some poetic prompts they charted the history and culture of the area. Finally, in civic celebration, they visited each others neighbourhoods, and presented gifts representative of their hometowns.

Following the workshop, the maps were rapidly translated into a digital world that other audiences can explore. A selection of the gifts given in the workshop can be moved around so that new players can leave gifts in neighbourhoods they resonate with too. (For Voidspace Live, the physical pieces became a digital game within 45 minutes to give other participants in the building a chance to explore the world.)