{"id":35136,"date":"2024-08-06T16:55:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handiwork.games\/?page_id=35136"},"modified":"2024-08-06T16:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:55:43","slug":"making-maskwitches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/handiwork.games\/making-maskwitches","title":{"rendered":"Making Maskwitches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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In 2022, artist and writer Jon Hodgson wrote and published a game called Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland. It was, in part, an experiment exploring the capabilities of an early version of so-called \u201cAI\u201d image generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later that same year, he decided to stop using AI entirely, having grown increasingly uncomfortable with the way machine learning systems revealed their nature and application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, Jon decided to make an ambitious new edition with entirely new, handmade artwork involving props, models, sets, and a smoke machine. The \u201cRedux\u201d edition is out now in PDF, with print copies currently shipping from Handiwork Games.

The book Making Maskwitches<\/strong> presents a collection of the artist\u2019s essays and accounts around the making of this new edition, lavishly illustrated with behind the scenes photographs.

It is available now in PDF, and a print version is available to pre-order on the Handiwork Games web store. The print edition is at print now.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Praise for Maskwitches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA game that feels like a conjuring \u2013 a curious and compelling artefact. It is strange in the best possible way, a genuine work of art from the prose to the mechanics to art.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gareth Hanrahan<\/strong><\/a>, author of The Black Iron Legacy Series, The Lands Of The Firstborn Trilogy, The Eyes Of The Stone Thief, The Darkening Of Mirkwood<\/strong>

\u201cMaskwitches was one of the most immersive, emotional and dramatic games I ever ran.\u201d \u2013 Royston Harwood, Maskwitches playtester<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more about Maskwitches<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Making Maskwitches in PDF<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Pre-order the Making Maskwitches print book and the get PDF free<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In 2022, artist and writer Jon Hodgson wrote and published a game called Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland. It was, in part, an experiment exploring the capabilities of an early version of so-called \u201cAI\u201d image generation. Later that same year, he decided to stop using AI entirely, having grown increasingly uncomfortable with the way machine learning … <\/p>\n

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