Will The Man Get Frog (tuxdb.com)

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Will The Man Get Frog is a semi-random writing game in which you compose haikus (japanese short poems) in a cute and soothing atmosphere. Carefully crafted constraints will help you be creative regardless of your writing skills. The minimal design gives you space to focus, explore and express yourself. No achievements, no scoring, no leaderboard. It's about you and the words spending quality time together.
A game session can take from 5 minutes to... well, hours. It all depends on how carried away you get. Sometimes you just want a little distraction, and sometimes it gets more introspective. Both are great ways to enjoy the game!

Pick words!	Compose!	Enjoy and Share!

FEATURES

Thousands of words to choose from!
Four beautiful pixel art backgrounds available, one per season!
An Inspiring chip-tune soundtrack made by the talented c.diffin!
Gif recording system: share your art with the world!
Streamer-friendly! Ask your viewers for advice, or have a writing workshop all together!
Asynchronous multiplayer-ish! "Shared Game" mode allows players to compose with the same word set using a clever password system. Get together, play and compare your works, or play by yourself, send your friends a poem and wait for theirs!
... That's it, really. It's a small game.

Ok, my poem is ready. What do I win?

Well, you win… a .gif of your creation, to use however you see fit!
Maybe you'll be so proud that you'll post it on every social media.
Maybe it'll remind you of a loved one. Why not send it like a digital postcard?
Maybe it'll be personal, so you'll simply keep it close. As a souvenir.
Maybe it won't make much sense. That's okay, things don't always have to make sense.
Maybe you just won't like it. That's okay too, writing is hard. You can try again later.
Point is, I can't tell what you'll get out of it.
But it's probably worth exploring!

Haiku workshop results

Hey everyone!

Thank you all for your participation in the first haiku workshop! It was awesome to discover your creations. And congratulations for making a haiku and putting it out there! It's not as easy as it looks.

Here's an exhaustive selection of the pieces that were made for the workshop:
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A few things to take away from these productions:

Snails have a strong roaring tendancy, and even madly roaring in the worst cases.
Some snails are hairy and need shaving. Some don't. But only the mad snail has the ability to shave things, namely here the sky of gold (love this by the way)
Some words have been more inspiring than others. "mad" and "roar" have been the most used, on the other end, "prize" was never used.
All in all, the worlds depicted are a bit bleak, as themes of fear and madness are prevalent, and living beings in it cope by roaring a lot. The absence of trust also comes a few times, source of doubt and interrogation. Not sure I'd like to live there.
Fall and spring backgrounds were mostly used, summer and winter deemed particularly snail-unworthy. Fall being the snail season it kinda makes sense, but I'm pretty sure there's plenty to be told about winter and summer snails too. Maybe we can explore that some other time.
"Snail" really was a tricky kigo! As it has no other possible meaning, it constraints quite a bit what you can evoke with it. It's really fun but also it's harder to make significant variations. I'll try to pick an easier one next time.

That's it for a quick analysis, but I'm sure there's still a lot to be said!
Don't hesitate to comment with your thoughts, and also let me know if you want another workshop or if you have any suggestions concerning this kind of event.

Thanks and see you soon,
MarechalBanane

[ 2024-03-01 14:39:31 CET ] [Original Post]