I just discovered Jerry's Map and I'm completely fascinated, I loved the idea, the deck, the complexity, and specially the map. I'm a geographer and I love map making, for those of you that started a project similar to Jerry's, how did you started? I would love some tips and tricks.
Hello, I am yet another person that saw and was inspired by the People Make Games video. Rather than make a card deck ruleset, though, I wanted to challenge myself to try multimedia/collage in a way I haven't really messed with since art school, years ago. Once I have enough panels, if I end up with enough, I may introduce more 'ordered' randomness with a deck, but right now I'm following the feeling, mostly, instead of the more gameified part of the map generation.
I've never done formal cartography or even more than dabbled in technical/architectural drawing, but I'm enjoying a project I'm essentially just doing for me. It's nice! I didn't want to post until I had at least 9 of these suckers and I hit my goal more easily than I thought I would. It's been a tremendous amount of fun so far, and really relaxing, even if I never get better at mapping, at least I'm finally using art supplies that have been sitting around for years!
I've been on this sub for a few months (ever since the people make games episode), and I've been seeing these scans of sections of the map. I'm curious, when the scan is complete, will their be a complete version of the map?
First Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/JerryMapping/s/Dx7I9S0bcV
I am continuing to work on my 'Jerrycraft' village in Minecraft. I have really been enjoying the deck concept for inspiration, finding ways to make the builds interesting within the constraints has been very fun. I have built 21 map squares/buildings so far.
I am very excited about the Copper house (slide 9) Copper can oxidize in the game so the house will slowly shift from bright copper to a darker green color. Feels very in keeping with the changing nature of the town.
I also continue to fiddle with ideas on how to make the underground part of the village better. Originally all were directly connected to the surface but that resulted in annoying design constraints. I have now built tunnels below all the roads and connected underground buildings to those instead. I am toying with the idea of hollowing out all the space between underground buildings, but that would be a massive undertaking.
Jerry's Map at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport (@flygrford) in Grand Rapids, MI is now ready to be explored! To celebrate this occasion, we've posted the video produced by AVES Films (www.avesfilms.com) to my Youtube to give context for the project. https://youtu.be/bpN7DvgD-l8
The installation is outside of the security checkpoint, so all are welcome to enjoy the work, without the need to purchase an airline ticket.
To view Jerry's Map, drive to the Gerald R. Ford International Airport (5500 44th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI) and park in short term parking. Walk across the street into the terminal then turn left and follow signs to car rental. You will be directed to an escalator or elevator to the 2nd floor where a car rental skybridge will take you to the CONRAC and Jerry's map!
Unfortunately there is no public parking in the CONRAC so viewing the piece will require parking in the airport's short term lot and a bit of walking.
Thank you to everyone involved in bringing this project to life!
Photo Credit: Bryan Esler @bryaneslerphoto
Following up on my post from 3 weeks ago, I've continued to make cards in a collage style. I have strayed almost entirely from the idea of 'side quests' and am now making them just because it's fun and therapeutic. I bought a stack of old magazines from Half Price Books and am having a blast chopping up images and words to make encouraging and thought provoking messages or calls to action.
A big part of my process is letting the cards "make themselves"; I try to find words and images from the same article and make interesting phrases by reordering the words. I try not to cut the words up into individual letters, but instead let the phrasing in the magazine become the verbiage I use on the card. Sometimes I find that I cut an image out, and the image on the back is even cooler; I use that one, because it feels like fate wanted that image to exist in that way. I am usually a very analytical and intentional person and it has been kind of exciting to give up control and let things unfold.
I was inspired by u/rhodelzrd 's post here to make a few 'metadeck' cards, like their "scrying" card (draw three, choose one, shuffle) and so I think in my next batch of cards, I'll handwrite the text and make some that introduce some needed structure and more explicit instructions for things I'd actually like to see in the deck.