‘Growing Worlds” An abridged Presentation on Games Writing and Adaptation by Joe Velikovsky
(Note: the first half of the podcast contains loopback echo due to technical issues)
In this abridged (20 out of 35 mins) presentation at a LAMP Insight ‘Growing Worlds - Games Adaptation Seminar’  Joe looks specifically at the practical side of games design and [...]

Previously highlighted on the LAMP site here The Thursday’s Fictions cross-media jamboree continues on and has been put into the Atom finals awards 2008 as Best Multimodal Production (other 3 entries below).
Award Recipients - Names: Richard James Allen, Gary Hayes, and Karen Pearlman
Award Recipients - Organisations: The Physical TV Company, AFTRS LAMP (The Australian Film [...]

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LAMP Lab: Marysville, Victoria, February 2008
Title: Catalyst - ABC, NSW
Tagline: Science that Excites and makes a difference
Project Description: ABC TV’s prime-time science magazine program broadcast on ABC 1 and 2 increases its reach to younger viewers via Ruben ‘The Surfing Scientist’ and provides depth and stickiness to existing viewers through it’s collaborative social network Fatherhood [...]

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LAMP Lab: Marysville, Victoria, February 2008
Title: Touched by the road toll - NSW
Project Description: In Australia there are five deaths on our roads every day. ??????Touched by the road toll?????? is an online social network for all those affected by road trauma. Behind every fatality there are a thousand stories. This online sanctuary provides a [...]

LAMP Lab: Marysville, Victoria, February 2008
Title: podscape - NZ
Tagline: You’re in the band

Project Description: Social virtual world networking where ‘Your in the Band’, a revolutionary new way to interact with friends and strangers alike. Patent pending.
Target Media: Web, Virtual World, Mobile, Locative

Team Members:

Chris White - Creator/Producer
Kentaro Yarrada - Designer

Guardian Mentor/s: Catherine Gleeson
Copyright: 2008 [...]

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A mini ARG (Alternate Reality Game) with virtual world parallel components as part of the 8th LAMP residential in Marysville, Victoria Australia.
We have been running LAMP residential workshops for nearly 3 years now and on the first day we normally run a team bond/building game. The last eight have been 2+ hour long location puzzles, [...]

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LAMP Lab: Marysville, Victoria, February 2008
Title: The Land of a Thousand Legends - NSW
Tagline: Doragon Taido!
Project Description: The Land of a Thousand Legends is a fully integrated cross media project For 6 to 9 years olds incorporating television, online, mobile and real-world play. Based on the TV series Master Raindrop, it’s an interactive adventure where [...]

The next residential is LAMP’s first official international event with three teams from New Zealand and four from Australia. The intensive week of development will be held at Marysville in Victoria from 24-29 February 2008, is part sponsored by the New Zealand Screen Council and is the eighth live-in development lab that LAMP has conducted [...]

Don’t Just Sit Around this Christmas Holidays -
the next LAMP residential is just around the corner
Have you got what it takes to apply?
We are looking for six to eight professional teams with groundbreaking new media ideas to attend our leading R&D production lab from Feb 24 -29, 2008.
Facilitated by the AFTRS, the Laboratory for Advanced [...]

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Title: Wild Ark - VIC
Tagline: Alice in Wonderland meets Noah’s Ark: A journey through the wild habitats of the globe that begins in the palm of your hand and inspires you to act!
Project Description: Wild Ark is a multi-platform wildlife experience that transcends the zoo walls. At the zoo, kids set out on the Wild [...]