Thread by @Conaw

The folks at @RoamBounties have been having all together too much fun

It is time we entered the fray

For the next 3 months, we'll announce a new challenge every two weeks, for each challenge we'll distribute $10,000 to those whose public work pushes the frontier the farthest.

I'll announce the first challenge in the next 48 hours.

If you choose to play - share your ideas, progress, videos, and examples with the #RoamGames hashtag.

And know, these games are not a competition - per se...

Our hope is they will be a spectacle, a jam session

To that end, we will be judging not just on the work you put forward - but how the [[Intermediate Packets]] you share along the way inspire others -- how you help to grow the commons, and inspire others in the #roamcult faithful.. what others build on your foundation....

We're in the opening act, the very beginning of a new way of thinking, learning, building together.

The frontier is vast and wild and unmapped.

It's the perfect time to run boldly in the wrong direction.

If we learn from one another, we might just figure out where we are.

If you're somewhat confused about what these #RoamGames actually are - or how they work -- don't worry, my teammates at @RoamResearch had no idea what I was talking about either, and they learned about this the same time you did.

Such is the tax for flowery language.

I'll be a bit more clear.

The #RoamGames will include a mix of technical, design, and editorial challenges.

For some, you may want to team up with other Roamans and combine your skills.

Every 2 weeks we'll look through #RoamGames tweets, and distribute a fresh 10k.

What will the challenges look like specifically?

If I told you now, I'd have to start the clock.

Also - to be honest... I don't know either.

I'm making this up as I go.

I can give you some suggestions of ideas and skills you may want to brush up on now though...

First - I would look at the ideas that @worrydream put forward here, and consider the kinds of "Context Sensitive Information Graphics" that do not yet exist, but perhaps could, and perhaps should.

worrydream.com/MagicInk/

I would also consider playing with the new #[[.class-tags]]

Any tag you add that starts with a . will add the class of that page to the block

roamresearch.com/#/app/help/pag…

I highly recommend "Reinventing Discovery" from @michael_nielsen

Unfortunately and Ironically I could not find it on LibGen or SciHub though

https://twitter.com/patel0phone/status/1352829120154132480?s=20

I would probably also look into some of the absolutely wild things that folks in #roamcult have already done with roam42.com and roamjs.com

Look at Smart Blocks - and the wild integrations particularly

https://twitter.com/RoamBounties/status/1346704074511679488?s=20

This S**t is 🍌

B. A. N. A. N. A. S.

https://twitter.com/cococ_rr/status/1352804029320065025?s=20