Handy Vandal's Almanac

Very cool — I love it:

Inspired by Dutch artist M.C. Escher, Devil’s Tuning Fork (DTF) challenges players to rescue children whose spirits are trapped in a lightless – and sightless – 3D world. Created by a 15-student development team in DePaul University’s Game Dev program, the free PC game was developed in less than five months, with students working nights and weekends in the University’s development and animation labs.

In DTF, creative graphics and immersive sound design turn the typical first-person shooter upside down. Instead of shooting their way though the map, players must navigate a dream-like maze guided only by the sound waves emitted by the Devil’s Tuning Fork. The game has players “see” through a simulation of the echolocation perception used by dolphins and bats, a mind-bending twist on the FPS genre.

- Gamer’s Daily News

Marte at Random Tower of Games has initiated a collaborative game design project, and announced an open call for participants.

Main idea is to open a collaborative-platformer-design to everyone wants to partecipate. After some toughts (and great comments by Giovanni, thanks a lot!), i’ll start this collaborative effort.

Using Mind42, a powerful mindmap editor (i’ll open editing to everyone wants to partecipate) i’ll try to design a platformer.. with YOUR help

- Marte @ Random Tower of Games

Update: Online Mindmap – 3.

To participate, follow the above links to Random Tower of Games and leave a comment.

I admire collaborative projects, and wish Marte the best of luck.