A MAZE.: Are you a wild heart? If yes, what makes you think you’re a wild heart?
N.P: Cause I (almost) never choose a project for money.
N.P-O: Hum… not sure I understand what a “wild heart” is, but it’s attractive so the answer is yes.
D.B: Hell yeah ! That’s what my mom tells me all the time.
A MAZE.: What message(s) are you sending out with your works?
Jai Bunnag: FINIFUGU's Games almost always engage the idea that mobile entertainment is something that brings us together and is a lens that allows us to engage with different layers of our daily lives.
A MAZE.: If there is something wrong in the field of games / playful media, what would you fix first?
Daniël Haazen: The internet is going in a direction where copyright rules are getting stronger. I prefer an internet where everyone can use each other's work to make their own, as long as it's fair use. This counts for games as well. I hope
A MAZE.: Why did you start making games or playful media works?
David Martin: Because it seemed like the most complete art form, potentially encompassing all the strength of the others in it.
A MAZE.: What message(s) are you sending out with your works?
Andreas Wangler: That games as a media is only at the start of a fantastic development - and that games can bring people together and create true emotions.
A MAZE.: What message(s) are you sending out with your works?
Nils Deneken: Make love, not war. Oh, and also: take care of our planet, it’s only borrowed.
A MAZE.: How do you see interactive arts in 10 years from now? In 2030! Tell us your vision.
Gabriel: In 2030, VR is still not a thing, Itch.io has become a giant mass media and entertainment conglomerate and we are still releasing games people think we made on drugs.
Jira Trello: I hope (and imagine) all work created in the same medium of game engines is not constrained to one context.
A MAZE.: Where can we find this in your work?
Maria: I suppose it is an outcome of the whole influence and sometimes a few more specific references (not so often).
Andreas: I hope it is somewhere there. If I could just name one would be “transitions”.
A MAZE.: What message(s) are you sending out with your works?
Elizabeth LaPensée: I hope to draw attention to issues such as the climate crisis; the impact of colonization on Indigenous communities…
