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Institute for Manufactured Futures @ifmf.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Canopy Archive is a collab between IFMF and the Des Moines & Dragons podcast collective, using indie roleplaying games to tell stories of a future other than the one being imagined for us. Visionary Fiction in the ttrpg/actual play/nerdom space.

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Institute for Manufactured Futures @ifmf.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Thrilled to see this. We need more and more stories envisioning more and more liberated futures. Check it out! And while the next Canopy Archive project isn't a fit for this, it is deeply inspired by a chapter in @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and @genderhorizon.com's book - stay tuned later this year!

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Central Michigan University Press @cmichpress.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This is so cool! Check it out and listen for Dog Eat Dog as part of the world building!

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Institute for Manufactured Futures @ifmf.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

players as game designers are imaginative ones not material ones, but the material world is constantly remade through acts of collective fantasy. To imagine remaking the world is not a revolution, but it is a spark." - Meghna Jayanth | 2/2

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Institute for Manufactured Futures @ifmf.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

"It is easier to remake the structures of capitalism-colonialism inside the world of a game than it is to remake the real world — and that is exactly why we should do it MORE and OFTEN. The video game worlds we design are worlds of fantasy, the transformations we make and share with our | 1/2

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Institute for Manufactured Futures @ifmf.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Our collab with DSM&D on 235 bloom (and upcoming content for Canopy Archive!) has us thinking more about how games tell stories. Stumbled upon this keynote by @meghna.bsky.social (narrative designer on the videogame Sable, among others) from a few years ago. It's enlightening!: tinyurl.com/5ykdzbcb

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White Protagonism and Imperial Pleasures in Game Design #DIGRA21

So is it even possible to make a video game that resists capitalism-colonialism?

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Dice Kapital @dicekapital.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Some of these episodes run on my game ECOPUNK! And others on lots of other cool systems! Incredible! Tune in!

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Institute for Manufactured Futures @ifmf.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Collab w/Des Moines & Dragons, featuring work by Des Moines-born or -based artists @maddyfusco.bsky.social, Goatfoam, and LIPING VONG + indie games by @dicekapital.bsky.social, @leylinepress.bsky.social, @everest.bsky.social, Kyle Serafin, and @thoughtfulemoji.bsky.social/ @cmichpress.bsky.social!

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Institute for Manufactured Futures @ifmf.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Through a handful of indie rpgs, '235 bloom' explores the invasion of the Des Moines metro by plutocratic ideologues, following the stories of Emil, an Emergency Services Cooperative worker in over his head in the Civil Resistance, and Baz, a hotshot BE-TLE pilot returning to his childhood home.

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Institute for Manufactured Futures @ifmf.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

'Canopy Archive: 235 bloom' is out now! Episodes 1-3 available on all major podcast platforms. Episodes 4-16 release throughout the day tomorrow, May 15, 2026. This is a land of suburban agri-jungles, community-scale 3D printers, and up-to-two-story-tall battery-powered mecha in 2089 Des Moines.

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Institute for Manufactured Futures @ifmf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

235 bloom - the premiere series of Canopy Archive, a collaboration between Des Moines & Dragons and The Institute for Manufactured Futures - is a work of speculative fiction taking place in Des Moines, Iowa, in the year 2089. Come celebrate the launch of something new with us! @therookroom.com

235 Bloom
Release Party
May 15 at 7pm
Rook Room Game Lounge & Cafe
300 SW 5th St, Des Moines, IA

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