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IGF 2008 Student Competition Entrant
Poesysteme
School: ENJMIN (Angoulême, Charente France) Game Website: http://poesysteme.free.fr 
Description:
This game is an attempt to mix poetry with Darwinian evolution, and to illustrate the changing lives of words and languages.
The player is asked to add words into the game world, where they will live under natural rather than linguistic rules (reproduction, nourishment and predation). Once added, a word can no longer be controlled directly by the player; he can only modify the environment where this word evolves.
At any time, the player can take a "snapshot" of his game world, in the form of a poem composed of all the words that live there; some he has added himself but many new, unknown words birthed during play.
Upon reading the poem (out loud, preferably) these new words are given a sound and a meaning by the player/reader, who will, maybe, decide to use them in everyday speech...
If you seen any information about Poesysteme that needs to be corrected or updated, contact the IGF Chairman.
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