{"id":1407,"date":"2014-12-09T07:36:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T07:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2020-04-29T20:57:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T20:57:24","slug":"conference-project-post-1-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=1407","title":{"rendered":"Games from Nothing: Conference Project Post #1 \u2014 Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eclipse began with our first black and white exercise, after we had begun to read Chip Kidd. \u00a0It was almost entirely influenced by my want to use negative and positive space heavily within a game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sketch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1409 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sketch-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"Eclipse 1st Sketch\" width=\"500\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sketch-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sketch-934x1024.jpg 934w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sketch-624x684.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my first entry for\u00a0it in my sketchbook. \u00a0At first I thought it&#8217;d include multiple shapes, and perhaps a time or size limit.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the beginning the game was very simple.<\/p>\n<p>You play the circle on an otherwise empty screen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Start.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1412 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Start-300x171.png\" alt=\"Original Start\" width=\"502\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Start-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Start-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Start-624x356.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Start.png 1277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a smaller circle, camouflaged by the background, roaming around semi-randomly. \u00a0The only parts of the roamer you can see are those overlapping with your circle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Capture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1413 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Capture-300x171.png\" alt=\"Original First Capture\" width=\"500\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Capture-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Capture-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Capture-624x356.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Capture.png 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you manage to envelop the circle, your old circle expands to become the background, and you become what used to be the roamer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1415 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion-300x170.png\" alt=\"Original First Expansion\" width=\"501\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion-624x355.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion.png 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion-Continued.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1414 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion-Continued-300x170.png\" alt=\"Original First Expansion Continued\" width=\"501\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion-Continued-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion-Continued-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion-Continued-624x355.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-First-Expansion-Continued.png 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, as the circles become smaller, it becomes exceedingly difficult to find the roamer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Tiny.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1417 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Tiny-300x171.png\" alt=\"Original Tiny\" width=\"498\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Tiny-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Tiny-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Tiny-624x357.png 624w, https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Original-Tiny.png 1270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that is where I ended my first draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eclipse began with our first black and white exercise, after we had begun to read Chip Kidd. \u00a0It was almost entirely influenced by my want to use negative and positive space heavily within a game. 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