Russians launched a satellite with 5 geckos to observe their mating cycles in space. After an orbit or two Russians lost connection with them. Then they reestablished it again and relaxed. Unfortunately, when the satellite landed scientists found a flaw in the insulation and 5 frozen geckos.
True story, by the way.
Now think. How would you tell the story? Which medium, what would be the focal point, who would be the hero?
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Following that first lecture, participants then had to write their own little text game in the scripting language ink with the prompt “They were never alive”. And being fascinated by these geckos I chose this small example of the pdf as a starter for my game!
“Space Geckos in the Sky” then became a lesson for me about scope, as I never finished it because it grew to be rather complicated and at some point I didn’t know how to finish it. Till now it stayed unfinished but I had loads of fun while writing and so the parts that I actually wrote work quite well.
