talk about off the map competition by stella wisdom
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The “Off the Map” Competition
Stella Wisdom, Curator, Digital Research, @miss_wisdom
http://gamecity.org/alices-adventures-off-the-map/
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De Montfort University, Leicester, Game Art department, Rosslyn Chapel
(2012) using the CryEngine
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Off the Map competition for 2013
Three sub themes:
• Stonehenge, including a proposed plan to
rebuild Stonehenge
• Pyramids at Giza
• 17th Century London, including a survey map
made months after the Great Fire of 1666
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David Loggan, Prospect of Stonehenge from the west / south. London, c.
1680. Engraving. Maps K.Top 43.58-a
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Ordnance Survey, Stonehenge: Trilithons (B and C) from the South West
London, 1867. Photograph. 10351.i.2
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J. Malton (after Inigo Jones), Stone-Henge Restored… London, 1796.
Engraving.
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Edward William Lane, ‘Two plans of the vicinity around the Pyramids,’ 1825-8
Add.MS 34088.
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David Roberts, The Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza, London, 1837.
Lithograph.
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C.J. Visscher, London , 1616 (detail) Maps C.5.a.6
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John Leake, An exact surveigh of the streets lanes and churches contained within the
ruines of the City of London, 1667. Maps Crace port 2.58
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2013 winning team: Pudding Lane Productions from De Montfort
University, Leicester who created an interpretation of 17th Century London
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2013 winning team: Pudding Lane Productions from De Montfort
University, Leicester who created an interpretation of 17th Century London
http://puddinglanedmuga.blogspot.co.uk/
http://youtu.be/SPY-hr-8-M0 (Flythrough starts at 0:50)
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Off the Map competition for 2014
Gothic theme, tie-in with the Library's exhibition
Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination
3 October 2014 - 20 January 2015
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imagination
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Why now?
• 250th anniversary of The Castle of Otranto
• Other Gothic exhibitions/seasons
• New Library audience
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Gothic beyond the exhibition
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Off the Map 2014 Competition
Three sub themes:
• Fonthill Abbey, home of William Beckford, author of
Vathek
• Edgar Allan Poe’s Masque of the Red Death
• Whitby and its association with Bram Stoker’s novel
Dracula
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Image from Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, John Rutter, 1823
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Image from Delineations of
Fonthill and its Abbey, John
Rutter, 1823
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Harry Clarke illustration for
Edgar Allan Poe’s short story,
The Masque of the Red Death
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View of the coast by Whitby, Francis Jukes, 1804
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Harbours on the East Coast of England. (Whitby Harbour.) [Admiralty Chart], 1895
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Off the Map student teams visit the British Library April 2014
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British Library overview video showing flythroughs of winning
entries (http://youtu.be/NzzQLaltmVA)
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2014 winning team: Gothulus Rift from University of South Wales who
created a Fonthill Abbey inspired game called Nix
Blog: http://nixgamedevblog.blogspot.co.uk/
YouTube flythrough: http://youtu.be/8ESieZO4VHw
“Nix is an exploration game set within an alternate Fonthill Abbey which is
built in CryEngine 3, utilising the Oculus Rift for a unique underwater
experience in a warped environment.”
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2nd place: The Flying Buttress Productions from De Montfort University
http://www.theflyingbuttress.co.uk/
http://youtu.be/W134d-0k_2o
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3rd place: Team Shady Agents, also from the University of South Wales
Their game is called “Beneath The Crimson Moon”
http://youtu.be/aIkialb-uCE
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New for 2015
“Alice’s Adventures Off the Map” …
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:British_Library_-
_Off_the_Map_Alice_Collection?uselang=en-gb
Launched 8th December 2014