Chronicles of Skin is about propaganda.

Actually, it’s about everyday mythology.

Actually, it’s about hate. Read more on Chronicles of Skin – Why all the art? Part 3

I am fascinated by the act of collaboration, and collective creativity.

As twins, myself and my brother used to invent games using pencils and paper. We didn’t have a ZX-Spectrum or an Atari, so we tried making computer games with paper. We called them Computer Games On Paper. Imagine a sheet of paper like this:

On the top you’d have your different weapons, ammunition (shown as boxes), health points (the heart), and so on. The bit underneath, with all the silly doodles, would make up the bad guys for the level. You would draw your stick man on a tiny, torn piece of paper, and move him around the level, trying to avoid or overcome the obstacles.

The other player would take the role of the computer, trying to kill you, and making fair judgements whether or not you could be attacked by the enemies. When you shot someone, you’d flip a piece of paper (one side marked hit, the other marked miss—with certain weapons you could flip it a few times, like the grenade). When enemies shot you, it worked the same way. As you progressed through the level, you’d both draw shooty lines and explosions (and make all the noises).

In the end, it might look like this:

In a way, that’s where Chronicles of Skin began. Why not try this with your kid and tell me how you get on?

• 5 days to go for Stories / Doodles/ War. http://t.co/xsEz9xDP #
• Spiced walnut and butterscotch cake with a cuppa coffee in a café-cum-florist. Peace and wooden floorboards. #
• I love Dungeon World. I might go on about it on my blog for a while. Just warnin’ ya. #
• Thank you washing machine, for making me feel manly. I have installed and uninstalled you, and did so through mantuition. #
• 62 hours. It’ll all be over soon. Sniff, sniff. http://t.co/xsEz9xDP #
• How do I turn 4700 words without examples into 4700 words with examples? #
• Wow!! We have our 100th contributor to #ChroniclesofSkin !! Awesome! #
• There’s 21 hours left to support a storytelling, doodling card game. #chroniclesofskin http://t.co/X99kmGUO #
• IndiGoGo’s top five coolest projects. Nice. http://t.co/hnht5lbc #
• Speaking of… it’s bedtime, for me and my own indieGoGo project. In 9 hours, I’ll be on my way to work, and it will all be over. Goodnight! #
• You made it happen for Chronicles of Skin http://t.co/HO9bNOnB $5,569!!! #
• Dexter season 2: With 50% more acting. Groan. #

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