luka
"Finished, it's finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished." - Clov in Endgame by Samuel Beckett
"bad is more interesting than good / the purpose of gameplay is to hide secrets /
make games u wish 2 see on the dreamcast" - Arcane Kids Manife$to
"Videogames are software. Software can be anything." - Michaël Samyn, Not a manifesto
luka*s friedland [---/luka/they]
"start following game developers on twitter because you're attracted to them" - Genderphage Games,
How 2 Make Things When you Don't Believe In anything
i don't use twitter/x (for reasons), and i'm not using my instagram accounts anymore (for reasons), but one may find me here:
itch.io | spatial.io | YouTube (for game stuff) | YouTube (for literature, performance + video art)
~ 🎀(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ i don't make products or "content", i make art ♥🎀 ~
3 OF MY THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
Das virtuell-digitale Theater ist möglich. / The virtual-digital theatre is possible.
dedicated to the theatre of automata
Simulation
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a short 19th century cave exploration feat. some quotes, performances and machines
Simulation
TECHDEMOS;GAME JAM GAMES;SUBMISSIONS
my submissions & game jam games
a visual snow globe toy & a first-person puzzle game
Simulation
eine unvollständige scherbenliste
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an advent calendar filled with theatrical tableaus
Simulation
you don't know which game to make? now you can bake a game instead!
Simulation
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a mysterious monolith appeared in a theatre
Simulation
10 collected dreams & the hub that i traverse everyday when falling asleep
Simulation
an explorable meta space, retro escape room, point-and-click nostalgia
Adventure
a short 19th century cave exploration feat. some quotes, performances and machines
Simulation
Floating things, fading memories, stored in objects, buried in space.
Simulation
a short poetry experience / walking simulator on art, media and struggles
Simulation
Du hast endlich eine schöne Wohnung gefunden. Der Haken: Für dich allein ist sie zu teuer.
Simulation
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Eine kurze Poetry Experience um zerfallende Portraits, Tage und Räume.
Simulation
literary games & poetry games, interactive text experiences
"artifacts that employ letters artistically, kinetically [...] as part of a digital Gesamtkunstwerk " - Astrid Ensslin, Literary Gaming
there actually is a swastika in the basement and i really don’t know how to remove it
Simulation
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a poetic performative text/book on m*n, obsession-compulsion, capitalism & more feat. memes, videos & animal images
Scheerbart-inspired environments for fulldome, experiments
Simulation
a manifesto/rant about ableism and aesthetics
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eine unvollständige scherbenliste
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a dis_ability affirming manifesto to wait for the downfall of capitalism to
Run in browser
you don't know which game to make? now you can bake a game instead!
Simulation
Play in browser
Vielleicht ist der Literaturbetrieb wie ein verwinkelter Gebäudekomplex voller Sackgassen und Umwege.
Simulation
a short poetry experience / walking simulator on art, media and struggles
Simulation
Eine kurze Poetry Experience um zerfallende Portraits, Tage und Räume.
Simulation
Auf dieser Badtour können Sie Bäder und Entwürfe erleben. Wie ist das Lichtdesign, wie das Ambiente?
Simulation
Jetzt können Sie selbst mit Ihren Kindern einen Matschtisch für Zuhause bauen.
Simulation
· the canon of my little game ideas ·
little game ideas not specifically developed for game jam submissions etc; and thus: maybe more precise poetology
there actually is a swastika in the basement and i really don’t know how to remove it
Simulation
Play in browser
dedicated to the theatre of automata
Simulation
Play in browser
a poetic performative text/book on m*n, obsession-compulsion, capitalism & more feat. memes, videos & animal images
appreciating Unity's default skybox 50 times
Simulation
Play in browser
a manifesto/rant about ableism and aesthetics
Run in browser
Vielleicht ist der Literaturbetrieb wie ein verwinkelter Gebäudekomplex voller Sackgassen und Umwege.
Simulation
-TOWARDS A VIRTUAL/DIGITAL THEATRE-
iterations on theatricality, performances & theatre in 3-dimensional virtual spaces
Das virtuell-digitale Theater ist möglich. / The virtual-digital theatre is possible.
dedicated to the theatre of automata
Simulation
Play in browser
Scheerbart-inspired environments for fulldome, experiments
Simulation
an advent calendar filled with theatrical tableaus
Simulation
a mysterious monolith appeared in a theatre
Simulation
eine digitale theatertextadaption feat. die tod und das mädchen
Simulation
a short 19th century cave exploration feat. some quotes, performances and machines
Simulation
Auf dieser Badtour können Sie Bäder und Entwürfe erleben. Wie ist das Lichtdesign, wie das Ambiente?
Simulation
Jetzt können Sie selbst mit Ihren Kindern einen Matschtisch für Zuhause bauen.
Simulation
📚BOOKS📚
Das virtuell-digitale Theater ist möglich. / The virtual-digital theatre is possible.
a poetic performative text/book on m*n, obsession-compulsion, capitalism & more feat. memes, videos & animal images
RICHTUNGSLEGUNG - a series of poetic video game essays
a series of 360-degree video essays + interactive video game versions
trailer for RICHTUNGSLEGUNG, a series of poetic video game essays
Simulation
sǝɯɐɓ-ɐʇǝɯ
games about games (about gaming (about games (about gaming (about games))))
a manifesto/rant about ableism and aesthetics
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you don't know which game to make? now you can bake a game instead!
Simulation
Play in browser
☁️relaxation tools☁️
in case of anger issues
appreciating Unity's default skybox 50 times
Simulation
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🎰virtual toys & automata🎰
little virtual-digital toys, and also automata
dedicated to the theatre of automata
Simulation
Play in browser
a visual snow globe toy & a first-person puzzle game
Simulation
appreciating Unity's default skybox 50 times
Simulation
Play in browser
a gambler, an eerie bar and an arcade machine
Platformer
🏛️virtual exhibition spaces🏛️
Scheerbart-inspired environments for fulldome, experiments
Simulation
💸💸💸💸💸💸
💸 a trilogy of conceptual artworks on money 💸
a short DLC for GRATISMENTALITÄT
part 1 of a conceptual trilogy on money
lifeimitatesartimitateslife
there actually is a swastika in the basement and i really don’t know how to remove it
Simulation
Play in browser
Auf dieser Badtour können Sie Bäder und Entwürfe erleben. Wie ist das Lichtdesign, wie das Ambiente?
Simulation
Jetzt können Sie selbst mit Ihren Kindern einen Matschtisch für Zuhause bauen.
Simulation
I will not write another autobiographic text. I will not wr-
no more autobiographic writing no more autobiographic writing no more autobiographic writing no more autobiographic writ-
a poetic performative text/book on m*n, obsession-compulsion, capitalism & more feat. memes, videos & animal images
a manifesto/rant about ableism and aesthetics
Run in browser
eine unvollständige scherbenliste
Run in browser
Vielleicht ist der Literaturbetrieb wie ein verwinkelter Gebäudekomplex voller Sackgassen und Umwege.
Simulation
a short poetry experience / walking simulator on art, media and struggles
Simulation
Eine kurze Poetry Experience um zerfallende Portraits, Tage und Räume.
Simulation
:::::JUST ME TRYING NEW TOOLS FOR THE FIRST TIME:::::
these are some projects created using new tools for the first time :3
OTᕼEᖇ ᔕᕼOᖇT E᙭ᑭEᖇIᗰEᑎTᔕ
and may a tree grow from you
Simulation
🔷🔴🟨 LUKA AM BAUHAUS 🟨🔴🔷
things i did (related to courses) while studying at bauhaus university weimar
Das virtuell-digitale Theater ist möglich. / The virtual-digital theatre is possible.
Scheerbart-inspired environments for fulldome, experiments
Simulation
soundtrack of the game Ballad of a Gambler on the Run
a gambler, an eerie bar and an arcade machine
Platformer
trailer for RICHTUNGSLEGUNG, a series of poetic video game essays
Simulation
and may a tree grow from you
Simulation
WILLKOMMEN IM BAD VON MORGEN. // STATE 12, Hildesheim 2020
part of a digital theatre project i did with nicole collignon for the state of the art hildesheim 2020
Auf dieser Badtour können Sie Bäder und Entwürfe erleben. Wie ist das Lichtdesign, wie das Ambiente?
Simulation
Jetzt können Sie selbst mit Ihren Kindern einen Matschtisch für Zuhause bauen.
Simulation
as known from my academic writing 🏛️📜🖋️
some of the games & things that I’ve written about or mentioned/referenced in my academic texts
Archive made to remember Black Trans people. We will never be erased again.
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Your roommate Leaves. You’re left to face the outside world alone, it's difficult when you have autism.
Adventure
You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade in this open-world adventure.
Adventure
(NEW: remastered in 2018!) first person shower game about giving a hunk a helping hand
Simulation
Journey to a hillside hotel brimming with odd characters, old secrets and head-nodding music.
Adventure
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
Adventure