Finally our report from AdventureX for @adventuretreff.bsky.social is online. Was incredibly happy to see it's back, and it's back so strong. www.adventure-treff.de/features/176... #advxconf @adventurex.bsky.social
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Photo Panelists at AdventureX
You are about to die dark room slide
Dominic Armato
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That's the end of AdventureX for this year. It was great to catch up with everyone, meet new people, learn new things and play some games.
#advx25 #advxconf #adventurex
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Alasdair Beckett-King (and Sally Beaumont) on the comedy writing panel
Dave McCabe (and Adam Riches) on the same panel
Alasdair Beckett-King: If my face looks familiar, it's because of the Judeo-Christian tradition
Dave McCabe: If my face looks familiar, it's because I'm Alasdair after he's let himself go #AdvXConf
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Anyone following me for the #AdvXConf skloots, this gives me a nice excuse to plug the podcast I produce, the most recent episode of which contains BOTH Stephen King and Richard Bachman podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Far too fast fit me to liveskoot AND listen to but I'll quote this:
"Why is it easier to imagine the end of the fuckin' world than the end of capitalism?" #AdvXConf
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Now it's Anthony Johnston with "How to Get Autocorrect to Ruin Your Surname Forever From Now On", no not really it's "Just One More Level" - how to make your readers or players want to keep going #AdvXConf
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Rahul Gandhi speaking
Now talking contract law. Not going to live post this one. But so glad these kinds of topics have been covered. #advx25 #advxconf
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The Delicate Art of Making Depressing Games Ataista Pene Carbines and Finsent Maurih
Ataista Pene Carbines and Finsent Maurih
Now back to talks. A talk about dealing with more sensitive topics.
#advx25 #advxconf
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(I'm gonna reluctantly sit out the next talk or two as I was borderline overloaded by the end of yesterday #AdvXConf)
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Playing some games. Mind Diver has an interesting mechanic where you need to restore missimg memories.
store.steampowered.com/app/2259330/...
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Massive manic face on the screen on stage
John Robertson performing The Dark Room at AdventureX
Me next to John Robertson making grimaces
What's better than @robbotron.bsky.social's cult comedy show The Dark Room? It's The Dark Room with a BSL interpreter! #AdvX25 #AdvXConf
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Honey, I’m home!
Back home from @adventurex.bsky.social.
Met lots of people, missed a few. Standard #AdvXConf. 😋
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A slide from the introduction to John Robertson's DARK ROOM with the text YOU ARE ABOUT TO DIE and a drawing of John grinning in spiky shoulderpads in white on black
Ayy it's time for THE DARK ROOM #AdvXConf
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Now, "What's going wrong with women's dialogue in video games" by Steph Re nick and Seán Roberts #AdvXConf
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Wait I didn't tag it again, #AdvXConf
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Introduces the Threepwood Method for working through I'm impostor syndrome, inspired by "your favourite pirate and mine, Guybrush Threepwood". WWGTD?
Confession: He's not my favourite pirate, because I've never played Monkey Island. I'm a complete fraud. #AdvXConf
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Slide showing David Bowie with a Time-Cube-esque graph showing that Bowie's death in 2016 corresponds exactly to the point when everything became awful
Armato: Famous impostor syndrome havers include Maya Angelou, Einstein, and David Bowie, "whose very existence is now credited with holding the fabric of the universe together" #AdvXConf
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Voice actor and apparently food critic Dominic Armato next to a side showing a pixelly screenshot from Monkey Island showing a moonlit sea
Now: Dominic Armato, voice of Guybrush Threepwood from Monkey Island on impostor syndrome. Introduced by ABK as "a man who can hold his breath underwater for ten minutes" #AdvXConf
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I don't think I hashtug this thread: #AdventureX #AdvXConf
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Kathryn: AI is a massive ballache. (2 out of 2 speakers, in talks on different subfields, have made a point of saying this so far 🤖🔨✊) #AdvXConf
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Jon Ingold standing near a projection screen with the title of his talk: "Always Be Trading Up, Laddie"
First talk is Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co of @inkle.co with... whatever this is?? It'll be good, he always is #AdvXConf
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"Asocial Giraffe" by Quailbutton. On my first playthrough a man made small talk to me in a lift and I exploded. So much truth told with a simple slice of everyday life #AdvXConf
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Breakfast found but not allowed to wait in the building (I'm early because you can either get to London very early or slightly late, & there's a cafeteria full of empty tables) so I guess I live outside in the drizzle for the next few hours?? #AdvXConf
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#AdvXConf off to a fine start with a breakfast that has unwinnable states
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I'll be at #advxconf #adventurex this weekend, come say hello 👋
I've also got two games on the AdventureX Steam event - Dialogue: A Writer's Story is on sale (a rare occurrence) and Elemental Flow has a public demo (3 hours of Solarpunk conversation RPG)!
store.steampowered.com/curator/3513...
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Me (white guy, glasses, dark hair in messy bun, black mask, grey greatcoat, orange paisley scarf) in front of the LSU Hub building with an AdventureX standee in the background
I'm here & looking for breakfast #AdvXConf
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Doing my AdventureX prep! Business cards all done. Last moment shopping, done! All that's left is to pack.
If you're looking to hire a writer/narrative designer and want to catch up over the weekend, then please drop me a message.
#advxconf #advx25 #adventurex
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