{"id":39,"date":"2024-01-16T14:11:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T14:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/interactivity\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:56:23","slug":"reading-invisible-cities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/interactivity\/reading-invisible-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading: Invisible Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/interactivity\/files\/2024\/01\/Invisible-Cities.pdf\">Invisible Cities PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Invisible Cities is a 1972 book by Italian writer Italo Calvino. It is structured in short chapters describing 55 imaginary cities, relating to various philosophical themes, and influenced by semiotics, post-modernism, and folk tales.<\/p>\n<p>Read at least 10 chapters from Invisible Cities and pick one to adapt into a game.<br \/>\nFeel free to read non linearly, randomly or by following certain thematic groups or chapters.<br \/>\nFor the purpose of this assignment you can also skip the intermissions in italics (the dialogues between Kublai Khan, and Marco Polo).<\/p>\n<p>When you find a city that intrigues you, make an illustration inspired by it.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind this is just a starting point, a way to think about worldbuilding and environments beyond established genres and character-driven storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>You are free to adapt it as loosely as you can! 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It is structured in short chapters describing 55 imaginary cities, relating to various philosophical themes, and influenced by semiotics, post-modernism, and folk tales. Read at least 10 chapters from Invisible Cities and pick one to adapt into a game. 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