A very different video for People Make Games, but one I very much enjoyed. I'm still trying to process my feelings. Jerry's process is strangely moving to me in a way that I just can't fully put...
A very different video for People Make Games, but one I very much enjoyed. I'm still trying to process my feelings. Jerry's process is strangely moving to me in a way that I just can't fully put into words. Perhaps, joyful in a way, and quite beautifully chaotic, but also saddening (the impermanence of his world). The background story, simple in premise, helps worldbuild, and what we see in the video is quite different than the last full layout (zoomed) of it.
I think the impermanence is a feature of it, an opportunity to start fresh but with some history. Quite often we treat existing art as untouchable, and the void is a systematic way of breaking...
but also saddening (the impermanence of his world).
I think the impermanence is a feature of it, an opportunity to start fresh but with some history. Quite often we treat existing art as untouchable, and the void is a systematic way of breaking that barrier. We already see that to an extent in his work already with all of the layering he's already doing. The void feels like an extension of that, but with opportunity for a completely fresh start integrated into the world. We see that with the void city, and the new lore (love that he learned that term) that came with it.
With that in mind, I think laying out the full map showed just how much had been consumed by void, and I suspect he'll be changing the deck to reduce the amount of void in the future. And that's part of the process.
I absolutely agree with you that it's a feature of it, and I think it was a wise, and beautiful choice for his world. One that somewhat mirrors our own world, and the impermanence of everything...
I absolutely agree with you that it's a feature of it, and I think it was a wise, and beautiful choice for his world. One that somewhat mirrors our own world, and the impermanence of everything here. It's just somehow melancholic to me as a viewer. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that though. If it makes you feel emotions, I think the artist has done incredible work to make you feel a certain way. It's, again, deeply touching in the strangest, but also most amazing way (especially knowing a little about the process behind how and why each piece has changed).
I suspect you're right though, that the deck will shift a little bit to compensate for the amount of void there.
I was so excited to see that title hoping it would be Jerry's Map. I've tried some JerryMapping of my own, but it's mostly been more like his "original" style of more-realistic cartography. Maybe...
I was so excited to see that title hoping it would be Jerry's Map. I've tried some JerryMapping of my own, but it's mostly been more like his "original" style of more-realistic cartography.
Maybe I should try that out again, it could be fun.
I agree with a statement in the video: the real achievement here isn't the map, it's the ruleset that produced it. I'd be very interested to see a full scan of that rules notebook and the deck of...
I agree with a statement in the video: the real achievement here isn't the map, it's the ruleset that produced it. I'd be very interested to see a full scan of that rules notebook and the deck of cards he's using.
And the companion video on Nebula that shows more behind the scenes.
And since if people already have Nebula they probably want to watch the main video there also, here is the link
https://nebula.tv/videos/people-make-games-the-man-whos-spent-a-lifetime-making-one-giant-map/
A very different video for People Make Games, but one I very much enjoyed. I'm still trying to process my feelings. Jerry's process is strangely moving to me in a way that I just can't fully put into words. Perhaps, joyful in a way, and quite beautifully chaotic, but also saddening (the impermanence of his world). The background story, simple in premise, helps worldbuild, and what we see in the video is quite different than the last full layout (zoomed) of it.
I think the impermanence is a feature of it, an opportunity to start fresh but with some history. Quite often we treat existing art as untouchable, and the void is a systematic way of breaking that barrier. We already see that to an extent in his work already with all of the layering he's already doing. The void feels like an extension of that, but with opportunity for a completely fresh start integrated into the world. We see that with the void city, and the new lore (love that he learned that term) that came with it.
With that in mind, I think laying out the full map showed just how much had been consumed by void, and I suspect he'll be changing the deck to reduce the amount of void in the future. And that's part of the process.
I absolutely agree with you that it's a feature of it, and I think it was a wise, and beautiful choice for his world. One that somewhat mirrors our own world, and the impermanence of everything here. It's just somehow melancholic to me as a viewer. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that though. If it makes you feel emotions, I think the artist has done incredible work to make you feel a certain way. It's, again, deeply touching in the strangest, but also most amazing way (especially knowing a little about the process behind how and why each piece has changed).
I suspect you're right though, that the deck will shift a little bit to compensate for the amount of void there.
Wow, yeah. The world is much bloodier and more eaten by the void than it was 12 years ago.
I was so excited to see that title hoping it would be Jerry's Map. I've tried some JerryMapping of my own, but it's mostly been more like his "original" style of more-realistic cartography.
Maybe I should try that out again, it could be fun.
I agree with a statement in the video: the real achievement here isn't the map, it's the ruleset that produced it. I'd be very interested to see a full scan of that rules notebook and the deck of cards he's using.
Thank you so much for sharing, I had never heard of that and it made me cry