ljgames.club v Maribor-u: Betrayal At Club Low

ljgames.club tokrat v sodelovanju z Mednarodnim festivalom računalniške umetnosti gostujemo v Mariboru! V okviru programa MFRU bomo format igranja in diskutiranja iger prinesli na štajersko. Ta bo potekala 3. oktobra ob 19:00 v Kulturnem inkubatorju (Koroška cesta 18, 2000 Maribor), zaradi mednarodne zasedbe pa bo pogovor potekal v angleščini. 

Betreyal at Club Low je ezoteričen cRPG (računalniška igra vlog), ki nas postavi v noge agenta. Podali se bomo skozi underground kulturo zvezne države New Kroy, da rešimo tovariša. A pot skozi lokalno sceno je težka in biti dovolj kul, da nam karkoli uspe je …. težko.

Socialna scena New Kroya bo od igralke zahtevala pošten razmislek o tem v katere sposobnosti investirati svoj virtualen denar. Kuhanje? FIzične sposobnopsti? Brihtnost? Hipsterska scena je kr heva in mogoče bo potreben kakšen restart, a z dobrim zapravljanjem denarja bomo zmagali v metu kock še proti najbolj non-chalant modelom.

Igra spremeni (socialne) interakcije v  zelo osnovno manipulacijo številk: met kocke. Ta kocka ni del sistema, ki poganja igro in se skriva pred igralcem, tudi ni milenjsko minimalističen poskus prikazovanja da je včasih manj več. Je le zelo odkrito ljubeznesko pismo sistemov družabnih iger

Cosmo D, ustvarjalec igre, je bivši čelist, ki je do sedaj izdal 5 iger znotraj istega sveta v katerem se dogaja Club Low. Njegova dela so talilni lonec kultur New Yorka preslikana na digitalno platno računalniških ekranov postavljena pa v lynčevsko atmosfero, ki jo spremljajo funk komadi..

Za aktivno sodelovanje v diskusiji priporočamo, da preigraš demo (45-60 min), ki je brezplačen na steamu in je dostopen za vse operacijske sisteme.

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ljgames.club is hosting a special edition of our meetups in collaboration with IFCA (International Festival of Computer Arts). As a part of their programme we’re bringing the book club for games format to styria. The discussion will hold place on the 3rd of October at 19:00 in the Cultural Incubator (Koroška cesta 18, 2000 Maribor).

Betrayal at Club Low is an esoteric cRPG (computer role-playing game) that places us in the role of an agent. We will venture into the underground culture of the federal state of New Kroy with the aim of rescuing a comrade. But the path through the local scene is challenging, and being cool enough to succeed is... difficult.

The social scene in New Kroy will require player to carefully consider which skills to invest their virtual money in. Cooking? Physical abilities? Intelligence? The hipster scene can be tough, and a reboot may be necessary, but with wise spending, we will win the dice roll even against the most nonchalant models.

The game transforms (social) interactions into a very basic manipulation of numbers: rolling of a dice. This dice is not part of the system that drives the game and is hidden from the player, nor is it a millennial minimalist attempt to show that sometimes less is more. It is simply a very honest love letter to social gaming systems.

Cosmo D, the game's creator, is a former cellist who has released five games set in the same world as Club Low. His works are a melting pot of New York cultures transferred to the digital canvas of computer screens and set in a Lynchian atmosphere accompanied by funk tracks.

To actively participate in the discussion, we recommend playing the demo (45-60 min), which is free on Steam and available for all operating systems.