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web/doc-rituals-games/index.md

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+---
+title: Documentation of Games and Rituals, Kick off sessions
+author: XPUB & Guest editors 
+
+---
+
+:::::{#documentation-of-game-and-rituals .has-images}
+# Documentation of Games and Rituals, Kick off sessions
+## We are looking at rituals and their overlap with video games as a way to explore "forbidden" or otherwise lost knowledge erased by oppressive systems.
+
+On Rituals and Traditions
+What is a ritual? And tradition? What makes a ritual “ritual” and how does it differ from the traditions? Or are the two the same thing? What do rituals and traditions mean through the lens of culture, location and time? These and other questions we asked ourselves and one another during the first few collaborative sessions of this Special Issue. For hours, we kept talking and reading about the commonalities and differences between the two. There’s a lot to explore! We went down memory lane and shared a lot of memories, childhood recollections, and personal stories. Perhaps, dear reader, you have your thoughts on this too?
+
+But let's enter a parallel universe! 
+
+On Game and Play
+What is a game? And play? What makes a game “game” and how does it differ from the play? Or are the two the same thing? What makes a game? It is the rules, the limitations, or perhaps the wins and losses. Do you really need to win in order to play? Or were you being played? To try to answer some of these questions we read and annotate collectively the chapter "Defining Games" of the book 'Rules of Play - Game Design Fundamentals' by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman. What we discovered was that games and rituals alike are the gateways to alternative ways of relating to Nature, each other and (re)production of life. 
+
+We played together by writing fanfiction and spells, developing rituals, and analysing and creating games together. What emerged as a tangible result from all these discussions is this experimental publication you are holding in your hands right now. We named it Console. 
+
+
+Transition to the weekly rituals:
+Another thing that came out of our first two sessions was the ONE SENTENCE RITUAL. Each week for 6 weeks in a row, we wrote down a ritual of our own and took turns in performing the ritual from the list. Coffee fortune-telling, Hard drive purifications, Collective eating, Sound meditations, and Talking to Worry dolls, made us reflect on the content of the week and on our lives also. 
+
+
+![Candles Tarot Joysticks](Candlestarotjoysticks.png)
+![Cookies Questions Tea.jpeg](Cookies-Questions-Tea.jpeg)
+![Graph](Game-ritual-graph-2.jpeg)
+![Map](map.jpeg)
+:::::

web/fruitual/index.md

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+---
+title: Fruitual (fruit + ritual)
+author: Boyana
+
+---
+
+:::::{#fruitual .has-images}
+# Fruitual
+## text adventre game
+
+Creating a text adventure game is no easy feat, I would say. It takes a lot of time, creativity, and trial and error. But the key to a great game is putting yourself in the player's shoes and making sure there are plenty of fun twists and turns along the way.
+
+For my game, I decided to keep it simple and tell a linear story. I used a web engine called Twine (twinery.org, an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories) to help generate the game's storyline and adapted the script from a Bulgarian fairytale ("The Most Precious Fruit").  But things didn't always go smoothly. When the python script started generating the wrong messages for players who strayed from the script, I tried to find solutions on StackOverflow, but it was all too complicated for me.
+
+In the end, the game took me around 6-7 hours to make, including writing, coding, mapping, editing, and lots of trial-and-error. It was a great learning experience, but it also taught me that game development can be tough if you don't have much coding experience. I had to approach it more from a writer's perspective and figure out the coding later.
+
+I learned that game development is an iterative process, and sometimes your initial ideas might be more complex than what you end up with. It's all part of the journey. Before starting this project, I had no idea text adventure games even existed, but now I'm happy to say I've made one in just a few weeks. Lastly, I would like to express my appreciation for the guidance and support provided by our prototyping tutors in the development of these projects.
+
+("The Most Precious Fruit", https://fairytalez.com/the-most-precious-fruit/)
+
+
+![Twine](twine-map.png)
+:::::

web/spin-wheel/index.html

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ questions.onreadystatechange = function() {
 }
 questions.send();
 
-console.log("hey there");
 function preload(){
     img=loadImage('wheel.svg');
 }
@@ -90,7 +89,8 @@ function draw() {
 
         <div id="wheel"></div>
         <div id="popup">
-            <h1 id="popuptext"></h1>
+            <h3 id="popuptext"></h3>
+            <img src="photo-slide.jpg">
             <button class="close" onclick="closepopup()" > Close</button>
         </div>
     
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ function draw() {
     
 
 <img class="top-left-corner" src="crystals.svg">
+<img class="top-right-corner" src="crystals.svg">
+<img class="bottom-left-corner" src="crystals.svg">
+<img class="bottom-right-corner" src="crystals.svg">
+
 
 
 </body>

web/spin-wheel/list.txt

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-What do I want?
+What do you want?
 Why do you do what you do each day?
 What do you think you’re here for? 
 What are you doing with this day, today?
 What are you searching for?
 What are you looking at?
 Have you learned something new today? This week?
-What filters would you apply?
+What filters would you apply to your mood right now if it was an analogue film frame?
 Is this what you really want to do or it is your way of delaying your realisation? 
-What if you were a pirate?
+What would your day look like if you were a pirate?
 If you could be any animal for a day, which one would you choose and why?
 If you could be any animal for a day, how would you experience the world differently?
 Do you speak horse language? (wild question)
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ If you were a pirate, what obstacles would you face on your journey?
 If you owned a boat, to which destination you would go first and why?
 Think of your favourite food. How does it make you feel when looking at it? And when eating it?
 What is one "yes" that you've been ignoring lately?
-What advice would I give to someone else who is experiencing loss?
+What advice would you give to someone else who is experiencing loss?
-What emotions have I been experiencing lately?
+What emotions have you been experiencing lately?
 How has my relationship with others changed in the last 5 years?
 How have my thoughts and beliefs about life and death changed in the last 5 years?
-What positive memories can I hold on to about a person I’ve lost?
+What positive memories can you hold on to about a person you’ve lost?
 What activities or hobbies bring me comfort in times of grief? 
-How can I take care of myself during this difficult time?
+How can you take care of yourself during difficult times?
 What were the 6 things you wanted to be when you were a kid?
 What is time? How can you describe it?
 What is beauty? How can you describe it?
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Do you sometimes feel like a victim?
 How much sex is normal for you?
 Were your first sexual experiences positive or negative?
 How did you learn about sexuality?
-What are your own personal values around sexuality?
+What are your values around sexuality?
 What losses have you experienced in your life, and how have you coped with them in the past?
 What self-care practices can you incorporate into your daily routine to help you cope with grief?
 What self-care practices can you incorporate into your daily routine to help you cope with anxiety? 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Who do you trust? Why?
 Have you forced yourself to forget something painful?
 What is art for? 
 What are friends for?
-What sort of things have made you envious recently? 
+What sort of things has made you envious recently? 
 What is making you passionate about your life and the world?
 What bothers you (in the world)?
 How would you like to shape this world?
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Which 5 things are you most grateful for?
 How do people see you differently than you see yourself?
 What are the 3 characteristics you hope others see in you?
 Who has qualities you aspire to develop? Who inspires you?
-Whats the one thing you can’t live without? Why?
+What's the one thing you can’t live without? Why?
 What are your core values?
 Are you being true to your values?
 Who or what has helped you on your path?
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ What is your biggest fuck-up?
 What makes you sad?
 What is the most adventurous thing you have ever done?
 What are the things you want to be? Why?
-Whats stopping you from doing the things you should be doing?
+What's stopping you from doing the things you should be doing?
 Which things do you have room for in your life?
 What things do you need to make room for in your life?
 What has been important to you so far in life?
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Where do you go to recharge your batteries?
 When are you at your most productive?
 What’s your favourite book/movie/game? Why?
 Who motivates you most in life?
-What is inspiration to you?
+What is an inspiration to you?
 When do you feel inspired?
 How do you feel when you are inspired?
 In which areas of your life would you like to experience more inspiration, and why?
@@ -158,24 +158,23 @@ What were three situations where you persevered even when the odds were against
 What would you like to experience in your life?
 What is most important to you at this moment?
 What would you like to learn in life?
-What am I not saying “no” to in my life's important areas?
+What are you not saying “no” to in your life's important areas?
 With whom and in what situations do I find it most difficult to say no?
 Do you beat yourselves up after saying “no” to someone or something?
-What do I miss out on due to my inability to assert myself?
+What do you miss out on due to your inability to assert yourself?
-What bodily symptoms have I been overlooking?
+What bodily symptoms have you been overlooking?
 What is the hidden story behind my inability to say no?
 What are the limiting core beliefs you constructed about yourself?
-What must I believe about myself to deny my own needs this way?
+What must you believe about yourself to deny your own needs this way?
 Are you responsible for other people's feelings and experiences?
-Where did I learn these stories about myself?
+Where have you ignored the "yes" that wanted to be said? 
-Where have I ignored the yes that wanted to be said? 
 What desire to play or explore we have ignored or what joys we have denied ourselves?
 What scares you? 
 One question you are afraid to ask? 
 Have you ever been scared of showing someone how much they mean to you?
 Do you feel hard to love?
-Did you really think it would be different this time?
+Did you think it would be different this time?
-Who is the first person you want to share good news with?
+Who is the first person you want to share the good news with?
 Who is the first person you want to share bad news with?
 Who are you avoiding? 
 What’s a compliment you still remember?

web/spin-wheel/style.css

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     top: 0px;
     left: 0px;
     transform: translate(-50%,-50%);
-    width: 50vw;
+    width: 40vw;
     filter: hue-rotate(180deg);
   }
 
+  .top-right-corner {
+    position: fixed;
+    top: 0px;
+    right: 0px;
+    transform: translate(50%,-50%);
+    width: 40vw;
+    filter: hue-rotate(180deg);
+}
+
+  .bottom-left-corner {
+    position: fixed;
+    bottom: 0px;
+    left: 0px;
+    transform: translate(-50%,50%);
+    width: 40vw;
+    filter: hue-rotate(180deg);
+}
+
+  .bottom-right-corner{
+    position: fixed;
+    bottom: 0px;
+    right: 0px;
+    transform: translate(50%,50%);
+    width: 40vw;
+    filter: hue-rotate(180deg);
+}
+
   #wheel{
     text-align: center;
   }
@@ -72,8 +99,9 @@ html {
     position: fixed;
     top: 50%;
     left: 50%;
-    width: 5cm;
+    width: fit-content;
-    height: 5cm;
+    height: fit-content;
+    padding: 5%;
     background-color: azure;
     z-index: 3;
     transform: translate(-50%,-50%);
@@ -83,9 +111,10 @@ html {
   h1{
   position: relative;
   margin-top: 5%;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
   text-align: center;
   font-family: fantasy;
-  font-size:larger;
+  font-size:5em;
   color:antiquewhite;
   }
 
@@ -95,9 +124,18 @@ html {
     color:antiquewhite;
   }
 
+  h3 {
+    text-align: center;
+    font-family: fantasy;
+    color:antiquewhite;
+  }
+  
   p {
     text-align: center;
     font-family: monospace;
     color:antiquewhite;
-    padding: 5%;
+    font-size: 1.2em;
+    padding-right: 15%;
+    padding-left: 15%;
+    padding-bottom: 5%;
   }

web/wheel-doc/index.md

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+---
+title: The Wheel of Fortune
+author: Boyana
+
+---
+
+:::::{#wheel-of-fortune .has-images}
+# The Wheel of Fortune
+## a tool for self-inquiry 
+
+The Wheel of Fortune (not to be mistaken with the tarot card) is a tool for self-inquiry that you, dear reader, can engage in a daily, weekly or any frequency that suits you best. Beware, the game can be played individually or in small groups. 
+
+The main components of the game are a virtual spinning wheel, accessible via this link here https://issue.xpub.nl/20/wheel, a deck of 20 photo slides, a notebook, and a pen(cil) to store the potential insights you might find for yourself. 
+
+To start the exercise, you need to visit the website on their devices and spin the virtual wheel. The Wheel of Fortune spins for quite some time, and then it gives you a random question. Take these questions as an invitation to an explorative conversation with yourself. The list of 404 questions is carefully collected, modified (where needed) and presented to you through a random web generator. Psychotherapists, philosophers, writers, and students from XPUB 2023 are among the authors of this long list of sentences ending with "?".
+
+Another collection that can help you delve deeper into your inner world is a deck of photo slides. Hopefully, these captured memories of other people, paired with a random question on the screen, would evoke new emotions or prompt you to imagine possible futures.
+
+The use of collective resources in this piece highlights the power of collaboration in creating works that encourage people to engage in self-reflection and introspection, making it a valuable addition to any art publication that explores the human experience.
+
+The use of collective resources in this piece highlights the power of collaboration in creating works that encourage people to engage in self-reflection and introspection. As such, it may contribute to any art publication exploring the human experience.
+
+Courtesy to: Casey Horner (https://unsplash.com/@mischievous_penguins)
+
+Excerpt from the 404 Questionnaire:
+What do you want?
+Why do you do what you do each day?
+What do you think you’re here for? 
+What are you doing with this day, today?
+What are you searching for?
+What are you looking at?
+Have you learned something new today? This week?
+What filters would you apply to your mood right now if it was an analogue film frame?
+Is this what you really want to do or it is your way of delaying your realisation? 
+What would your day look like if you were a pirate?
+If you could be any animal for a day, which one would you choose and why?
+If you could be any animal for a day, how would you experience the world differently?
+Do you speak horse language? (wild question)
+If you were Kim, who would that person be? (wild question)
+What does your body need today?
+What does your mind need today?
+What does your soul need today?
+If your life was a treasure hunt, what would you be searching for? 
+What is your personality?
+What would a person that loves you tell you if know you’re suffering?
+If you were in search of a new identity, what clues would you need to find it?
+If you could see the world through the eyes of any animal, which one would you choose and why?
+If you were a pirate, what kind of treasure would you be searching for? 
+If you were a pirate, what obstacles would you face on your journey?
+If you owned a boat, to which destination you would go first and why?
+Think of your favourite food. How does it make you feel when looking at it? And when eating it?
+What is one "yes" that you've been ignoring lately?
+What advice would you give to someone else who is experiencing loss?
+What emotions have you been experiencing lately?
+How has my relationship with others changed in the last 5 years?
+How have my thoughts and beliefs about life and death changed in the last 5 years?
+What positive memories can you hold on to about a person you’ve lost?
+What activities or hobbies bring me comfort in times of grief? 
+How can you take care of yourself during difficult times?
+What were the 6 things you wanted to be when you were a kid?
+What is time? How can you describe it?
+What is beauty? How can you describe it?
+What is happiness? How can you describe it?
+What is love? How can you describe it?
+What is faith? How can you describe it?
+What is hope? How can you describe it? 
+What is fear? How can you describe it?
+What is play? How can you describe it?
+What is a ritual? How can you describe it?
+What is a game? How can you describe it? 
+How does your body feel when you are in pain?
+How does your body feel when you are in love?
+How does your body feel when you are anxious? 
+Do you talk negatively to yourself? 
+Are you mean to yourself? If yes, why? If not, also why? 
+Think of all your past partners. What are some qualities and traits they had in common? 
+Is sex usually the best aspect of a relationship or the worst for you?
+What do your friends say about your partners?
+Did you ever have any kind of unwanted touch from a friend, a partner or a family member? 
+Did you ever have any kind of unwanted touch from a stranger?
+What does sex mean for you?
+How does sex make you feel?
+What words, metaphors or images do you associate with sex?
+What is your attitude towards your body? 
+Do you have any tendencies for self-sabotage, procrastination or self-doubt?
+Have you tried to get advice, help or guidance from professionals?
+Do you sometimes feel like a victim?
+How much sex is normal for you?
+Were your first sexual experiences positive or negative?
+How did you learn about sexuality?
+What are your values around sexuality?
+What losses have you experienced in your life, and how have you coped with them in the past?
+What self-care practices can you incorporate into your daily routine to help you cope with grief?
+What self-care practices can you incorporate into your daily routine to help you cope with anxiety? 
+What new perspectives have you gained about life as a result of loss in the past?
+What triggers your feelings of grief, and how can you manage them when they arise?
+How has your sense of identity been affected by a loss?
+How can you stay connected to someone you lost even though they are no longer physically present?
+What role does forgiveness play in your healing process after experiencing loss?
+What can you do to take care of your physical health during times of grieving?
+How can you create a support network that will help you through difficult times?
+What have your friends taught you about friendship?
+What have your friends taught you about life?
+What have your friends taught you about love?
+What have your parents taught you about friendship?
+What ideas have changed your life?
+What subconscious behaviours are keeping you from the life you want? 
+In which direction has your life expanded in the last five years?
+Are you afraid of being who you truly are?
+Have you adapted to a certain way of thinking? 
+Do you suppress your feelings? 
+Have your thoughts been chosen for you? 
+Who do you trust? Why?
+Have you forced yourself to forget something painful?
+What is art for?  
+
+![Wheel website, work in progress](wheel-wip.png)
+:::::

web/wheel-manual/index.md

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+---
+title: The Wheel of Fortune
+author: Boyana
+
+---
+
+:::::{#wheel-of-fortune .has-images}
+# The Wheel of Fortune - Manual
+## Manual
+
+Console: "Welcome, my dear! This exercise is all about healing, about reconnecting with what is essential and authentic within yourself. By understanding the true nature of our suffering, we can evoke compassion for ourselves as we move through uncomfortable feelings on the path to healing and peace.
+
+Prerequisites: 
+Before you begin, there are a few things you will need. Firstly, you must have a strong intention to commit to this exercise for some time. Secondly, find a quiet room free of distractions, and finally, get a notebook and pen. Handwriting will engage your mind more actively and profoundly, help you connect with yourself, and enable the tracing of your progress over time.
+
+I will be guiding you through a series of carefully selected questions written by different authors, some are well-known, and others will remain unknown. To begin the exercise, spin the Wheel of Fortune located at https://issue.xpub.nl/20/wheel. After a few seconds, a question will appear on the screen. Then, take a photo slide from the deck and try to think of an answer to that question by looking at it and the tiny film simultaneously.
+
+These photo slides are there to help you dive deeper into your inner world. Use them to explore moments in your life that you may not have fully processed or understood. As you reflect on these images and answer the questions, you may gain new insights and perspectives about yourself and your life. 
+
+Enjoy the journey!
+Console"
+
+:::::