2026, feb 13 - the branch medium

[droqen]

- a branching structure

- this, that

- making it interesting by adding something to all states regardless of their place in the structure: an act of escape, an act of ignoring. why do this?

- making it anything by adding something without utilizing the structure

- flattening the structure, flatgames, kinetic novels

- a branching structure, a non-branching structure

- where the structure could branch but doesn't

- where the structure couldn't branch but does

- choices (artistic)

- choices

[droqen]

- many paths interwoven

- literal paths

- imagined paths

- unreal paths nonetheless experienced

- is a game all of these paths?

- no but yes

- consider the weapon's design: a retina scan, a fuel injector

- which weaponmaker takes responsibility? we are all part of the world

- many paths interwoven

[droqen]

superpositions

- states, variables, values,

- models, understandings,

- motivations, desires

[droqen]

astronaut

[droqen]

i am not you, now, but i could have been, could still be.