alanna okun

not here much anymore // i write books and make games and knit objects

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@margaretglin let's def do it! hit me up at the email in the post!

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not long ago, i left my 12-year-long journalism career to go to grad school for game design, coding, electronics, and fabrication; here are some of the things i made there

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@BrontBhangra it's insane, selling them is how i'm paying my august rent lmaoooo

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wrote a bit about what i've been up to since graduation here https://t.co/uKrb32kk6s

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here's me talking about the process behind my knitting / knitted game! https://t.co/t0tbv6F3qH

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i made a game about knitting (and hand-knitted an arcade console to put it in) for my graduate thesis

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.@alanna made a game about knitting and hand-knit the arcade console shell for it.

You can play Loose Ends here: https://t.co/2bDgVU6SAD

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@alanna Idk is this info is interesting to you but the old NES had an add-on to knit nintendo characters

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@chaykak My Whole Deal

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@null_nullspace i used sanwa for the base and then replaced the button caps + threaded insert!

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i made a game about knitting (and hand-knitted an arcade console to put it in) for my graduate thesis

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@jamescrugnale @roseopossum i learned to build arcade cabinets from the owner of wonderville!

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@Caesar_X I'm planning to apply!

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@elielliellie it's running on a mac mini (from like 2019 lol) so pretty robust! but definitely a construction challenge vis a vis the cabinet itself

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@itseieio tysm my friend!!!

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@kickingkeys ty pal, right back at you !

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check out the game demo on desktop here! https://t.co/iD0z4AFvtm

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i handmade pretty much everything in the house, including all of the working electronics; i have many, many opinions about DIY dollhouse wiring now

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i made a game set in a dollhouse, a sort of IRL point-and-click meets miniature escape room!

you navigate using a magnifying glass that illuminates points of interest, and the goal is to unlock the attic + restore power to the rest of the house, discovering its many secrets

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excited to share my most involved work yet, 2+ years in progress!

Computing Shrines are site-specific sculptures that co-opt our devices to foster local connection in everyday places. Each shrine connects visitors to a communal website to exchange small intimacies among visitors

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i wrote about my first year of grad school, and building my first arcade game from scratch https://t.co/ISLtTfqn9r