next meetup Sunday, January 19

[Mike Spivey]

The next meetup of the Seattle IF group will be Sunday, January 19, from 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. in Room 409 of Thompson Hall at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma.  It's the same place we met last time.

The plan is to play Matt Wigdahl's Aotearoa.  It's the ten-year anniversary of this game, which won IFComp 2010 and seven XYZZY awards - including Best Game.

Hope to see you there!

[Gene Michael Stover]

Hello everyone.  I missed the previous one due to a family problem, but I'm looking forward to the get-together this coming January 19.

I'll see yall there.

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[Lance Campbell]

I will be out of town that weekend but I will see you all at the next meeting.

On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 1:21 PM Mike Spivey <mike.z...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Paxton]

I'll be there! I'll also repost this to the Seattle Indies Discord in case other locals are interested. If anyone here hasn't joined the Seattle Indies Discord it's a great communication space for all kinds of games: https://discord.gg/KTvcr6T

[Greg Frost]

Here are my notes from the meeting today.

Attendees:
Mike Spivey
Greg Frost
Gene Stover
Seth Paxton
Paul Malolepsy

2:00 Introductions
2-4:45 Played Matt Wigdahl's Aotearoa.
4:45 Adjourn

[Greg Frost]

Here are the Māori words that we encountered in the game during our play through today. Definitions are based on those from the dictionary at https://maoridictionary.co.nz/

Aotearoa — north island; New Zealand

tama — son; boy; nephew

taniwha — powerful creature; monster; something awesome; [dinosaur]

toa — warrior; brave man; expert

māhunga wai — idiot; forgetful person

āwhā — storm; gale; heavy rain

i pai ai — (interjection) fortunately; thank goodness

kauri — a type of large tree

kāpia — kauri gum; resin

tēnā koe — hello (to one person); thank you

wairua — spirit; soul

āniwaniwa — rainbow; halo

[Mike Spivey]

And here are the save game files from our play of Aotearoa yesterday, in case anyone who was there wants to continue from where we left off.  When we stopped we had scored 7/12 points.

Mike

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[Lance Campbell]

So, what's the consensus? What did you guys think of the game? Haven't played it myself. Would love to hear the scoop.

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[Mike Spivey]

I thought Aotearoa was quite good. It's really well-implemented and has an interesting story.  It's maybe a little on the easy side, but it still kept me engaged for the 2.5 hours we played it during the meetup.  I can see why it won IFComp and the XYZZY Best Game award.  I have yet to go back and finish it, but I plan to do so.

Mike

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[Gene Michael Stover]

The syntax highlighting was a nice feature.

I think the "your terp should be able to display wonky characters" requirement was an unnecessary & annoying burden.

Story was good & straightforward, though.  Narrative was good in that it was evocative without being too wordy.

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