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\u00a0 \u00a0First Miguel amazed us all with his scroll game modification epic The Kraken Dreams<\/em> which had the player assume the role of a giant floating squid that appeared to be attacking a quaint European village, or at least devouring its starry night-time vista.\u00a0 <\/span>The squid would grow as it consumed the sky\u2019s stars but it had to watch out for the many floating Zeppelins for bump into them, much to the dismay of the horrified captains, would send the ships crashing to the ground and also decrease the size and health of the squid.\u00a0 <\/span>The squid had a nice little animation to it as it gingerly floated up and down in the sky. The group felt it would be fun to get to eat increasingly large objects as the squid grew to ungainly proportions.<\/p>\n ***************************************************************************************************<\/p>\n Next up was Jim\u2019s very funny take on the scroll game which saw the first incarnation of Plastico Baggara, the revolutionary trash-heap hoping red wind-bag\u2026 the point being to get the bag to high enough\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ground that it can intercept the seagull (a bags natural enemy of course) to asphyxiate it\u2026\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>it was pretty satisfying to watch the poor bird drop like a stone when hit. We talked about ways to make it a bit more challenging, such as having the seagull\u2019s droppings be a potential hazard, as too many poops in the bag could weigh it down too much to keep it airborne. Jim also revealed a former Scratch project that got banned. Apparently baby\u2019s first bowel movement, nursing breasts and creepy teddy bears with bloody knives don\u2019t bode well in the Scratch community\u2026 good to know.<\/p>\n ***************************************************************************************************<\/p>\n Jason showed us a few very unfinished attempts at a Scratch modification which included a Pong mod of a devastated city containing a monster defending itself from a UFO attacker, which used photos of a toy and a smoke detector respectively and a photo from an installation of Jason\u2019s of a cardboard city in ruins as the background. \u00a0<\/span>He also showed an attempt at a mod of the RPG template which had an artsy dude waking up late in the day in his messy studio apartment to then scavenge the street looking for trash to make art with, another version of the RPG was started with two artist characters reuniting after having \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>engaged in a performance project where one slept for 30 years while the other stayed awake to create much art.<\/p>\n *******************************************************************************************************<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/nomediakings.org\/artsygames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/kraken-title1.jpg\" "\\"kraken-title1\\"")
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