can you elaborate on what you mean with medium and the different kinds of mediums you use?

Hi Clara, which game are you most proud of, and why?

thank you very much for your elaborate and clear response

Thank you for asking.

When I talk about the medium, I mean the physical (e.g. playing cards), digital (e.g. web video) or conceptual (e.g. game) form a story or artwork takes.

Game is a medium that combines many different aspects of other, more one-dimensional mediums: A digital game, for example, can include visuals, text (storytelling), music, and interactivity. Learn more about this special status of games (within the spectrum of different mediums) and the personal connection one can develop with a medium in this blog post.

When talking about the games, I sometimes make the connection between an artistic medium and a medium in the esoterical sense, as referring to people that channel spirits and communicate with the dead. Read more about this way of looking at game as a mediator in this and this post.

To avoid confusion with mass media (the technologies created to communicate news and information to a large audience), I use the plural 'mediums'.

Artistic mediums used here include the following:

• Text (e.g. The Interactive Story, The Hermann Story)

• Visuals - sketches, paintings, digital drawings, photography (e.g. The Conversation, The Hermann Story)

• Visuals plus sound (in the playtest videos)

• physical game pieces such as boards, cards, dice (e.g. The Beermat Game, The Instrument)

• and, of course, game.

I hope I could help! 🙂