It All Flows Somewhere

"Welcome, esteemed guests, to this, the planning meeting for our newly founded neighbourhood! You are the planning committee for the community, and before you is a map of the area."

HOW TO PLAY

Player one: up down left right arrows to move
M key to place a trail behind you
N key to change the trail symbol

Player two: W A S D keys to move
V key to place a trail behind you
N key to change the trail symbol
Q key to teleport to Player One

Space bar: party button

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A little more... It All Flows Somewhere is a map-making game and poetry zine, to explore communal growth and utopian planning. This version of the game, and the map created, was made at part of the National Poetry Library's Poetry Day, held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 26/10/24. The game is an archive of ten neighbourhoods created by groups (playing architects, landscape designers and civic planners) of five to ten people, each over the course of roughly 90 minutes. Through as series of poetic and mark-making prompts each group uncovered the topography of the land and worked with it to build a vibrant living town. They then worked together to chart the history and culture of the area. 

Following the workshop, the maps were rapidly translated into a digital world that participants and other visitors could explore.