This may be of particular interest to folks who may be caring for small
children during the pandemic. Baruch/GC faculty member Katherine Behar
writes that “it’s is a fascinating digital project that Dan Lichtman
developed using tools he created for teaching a course on art games at
Baruch. For that reason I was thinking it might also be of interest for
digital pedagogy.”
Best,
Matt
Begin forwarded message:
*From: *Daniel Lichtman <danielp73@gmail.com>
*Subject: **Re: Presentation on Game Project / Game tools from teaching at
Baruch*
*Date: *February 25, 2021 at 3:43:57 PM EST
*To: *Katherine Behar <Katherine.Behar@baruch.cuny.edu>
Hi Katherine,
Here is an invitation to contribute to this project. It would be great if
you can circulate it to whomever you think might be interested!
Best,
Dan
Dear Baruch FPA Faculty,
I’m Daniel Lichtman, Adjunct Professor teaching New Media Art classes at
Baruch. I’m reaching out to invite you to make a (quick!) contribution to a
video game project I’m working on about caring for young children during
the pandemic. The game, called The Raisin Truck Makes Raisins, draws on
sketches, drawings, paintings, photographs, sound recordings and other
ephemera contributed by care-takers from a variety of family, living and
employment situations, as well their children. Through open-ended gameplay
in a series of abstract game environments, the project aims to reflect on a
range of experiences with childcare-in-isolation: busy, beautiful,
frustrating and chaotic, and marked by vulnerability, aggravation and
resilience. This project is based on game development tools that I created
for NMA 3022: Art Games and Virtual Worlds.
Contributions can be fun and informal—I suggest spending up to 5 minutes
gathering and emailing materials. I am looking for any of the following:
photos of sketches, drawings or paintings created by care-taker or child;
sound recordings; photographs; and/or short video clips. I’m interested in
associations and feelings related to childcare rather than images of
children—images can be abstract. I appreciate the personal nature of this
request and I am happy to credit your contribution, or keep it anonymous.
I am also looking for collaborators who would like to compose their own
scenes for this game. This does not require a technical background, but
would involve learning some basic virtual scene design skills! If this is
of interest to you, I would be glad to discuss further.
Thank you for reading, and thank you in advance for any contribution or
involvement in this project!