Vignettes
2016

Vignettes is a subtle video game that takes on the bold task of transposing the long tradition of the still life into interactive media. As a video game Vignettes performs a task that two-dimensional still life can never do: reveal the interconnectedness of apparently different objects through real-time animation and playful manipulation. Unlike conventional still life, Vignettes creates radical relationships between objects that may not have been there before, instead of meditating on the form of a single object alone. In print form however, these relationships are again refocused on the essence of objects in the manner of still life painting, drawing, and photography, revealing that 3D modeling is an extension of these media and that the video game artist can have it both ways. 

Pol Clarissou is a graphist and game developer based in Valenciennes, France. His other credits include noteworthy existential wandering games such as Even the Stars, and Orchids to Dusk: a 2016 Independent Games Festival Nuovo award nominee. He is also a former resident of KO-OP. Vignettes is a collaboration between Clarrisou, Armel Gibson, Pat Ashe, and David Kanaga.

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Kentucky Route Zero
2014

The title Kentucky Route Zero refers to more than a video game. It is more a context for video games, video games that are between other video games, artworks that sometimes are and sometimes are not video games, the negative space that fills gaps between these relationships, and the liminal space at the cusp of video games and everyday life. That context can also be described as a series of stories, a shared context for mystery (rather than puzzles), loss, community, pathos, media art histories, haunted technology, and skeletons. With so many paths within the world of Kentucky Route Zero and so many points of entry it might be hard to know where to start. Simply staring at this iconic cover image for Kentucky Route Zero Act II is as excellent a point of entry (or a point of reflection for those already traveling the Zero) as any.

Cardboard Computer is the collective name of Jake Elliot, Tamas Kemenczy, and Ben Babbit. They are known for their sprawling multi-part video game project Kentucky Route Zero which began in 2013. Other credits include Neighbor, an official selection for 2016 Milan Triennial International Exhibition, and a House in California which was nominated for the 2011 Independent Games Festival Nuovo Award.

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Battle Chef Brigade
2017

Battle Chef Brigade (2017) by Trinket Studios is charming and beguiling. Players fight monsters and use their parts to cook meals in a final competition reminiscent of the television show Iron Chef. Trinket artist Eric Huang drew upon influences Studio Ghibli, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko’s Avatar: the Last Airbender, and Japanese developer Capcom’s fighting games to realize fast-paced, entertaining monster battle sequences. The animation is responsive, quick, and satisfying. The hand-drawn ink and watercolor aesthetics, distilled from rich referents in entertainment media, when combined with a lighthearted dialogue and story, give the game a fun and pleasing look and feel.

Trinket Studios is a Chicago-based independent game studio comprised of Tom Eastman, Eric Huang and Ben Perez.

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