Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Doodling - A High School Pass-time/Creative Well

Back in high school, we had little 15-20 minute periods in the middle of the day just before lunch where we'd be given a study hall to do whatever it is we needed/wanted. I had a good friend in my study hall that I'd chat with each time, but every time we'd talk, we'd both realize that we'd be bored. Sure we could work on classwork but come on, that's dumb. One day, I got out a paper and started drawing stick figures fighting each other, and my friend decided to join in. He ended up drawing at the same time as me on the same paper which was fun, but overwhelming, seeing as how we basically created stick figure warfare. 

After about 3 Sessions of this we realized the best way to go about this was to take turns drawing moves, and to have a single rule. Do not manipulate the other persons character. We came up with a name to this game too. Fujinasim. (Foo-jee-nah-sem) Don't ask where it comes from, we just liked it, and we stuck with it. The doodle displayed below is in remembrance to the days where we'd play this game for weeks and weeks on end, coming up with endlessly creative things to attack each other with, sometimes even breaking the 4th wall. This style of gameplay focused a lot on Synchronicity and Spontaneity as your attacks may come out of nowhere and may even be inspired by something your opponent just did. All together it's the most fun and creative game I've ever played on a piece of paper.   


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