{"id":8709,"date":"2017-09-29T00:23:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T00:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=8709"},"modified":"2017-10-02T14:10:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:10:08","slug":"pinceaux-ampoules-et-engrenages-brushes-bulbs-and-gears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/09\/29\/pinceaux-ampoules-et-engrenages-brushes-bulbs-and-gears\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinceaux, ampoules et engrenages
Brushes, Bulbs and Gears<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Il y a un ou deux ans, j\u2019avais reproch\u00e9<\/a> \u00e0 certains d\u2019utiliser le terme de \u00ab\u00a0test\u00a0\u00bb pour d\u00e9signer des critiques de jeux. Je pensais que ce n\u2019\u00e9tait qu\u2019une faute de fran\u00e7ais; les r\u00e9actions auxquelles je me suis heurt\u00e9 ont montr\u00e9 que le probl\u00e8me \u00e9tait plus s\u00e9rieux et plus inqui\u00e9tant, et relevait de la m\u00eame vision technicienne du jeu, absurde parce que r\u00e9ductrice, \u00e0 laquelle le jeu video est enfin et p\u00e9niblement en train d’\u00e9chapper.
\nJe me trouve aujourd\u2019hui un peu face au m\u00eame probl\u00e8me en voyant les couvertures de beaucoup de jeux publi\u00e9s ces derniers mois. Lorsque les jeux sont abondamment et joliment illustr\u00e9s, ce qui est de plus en plus fr\u00e9quent, auteur et illustrateur sont de plus en plus souvent cit\u00e9s sur la boite de jeu de mani\u00e8re similaire, ce qui est tr\u00e8s bien. Une habitude venue de la bande dessin\u00e9e est en train de s\u2019installer, qui consiste \u00e0 indiquer le r\u00f4le de chacun par une petite ic\u00f4ne. Pourquoi pas, mais le diable est dans les d\u00e9tails.<\/p>\n

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Pour les illustrateurs, l\u2019ic\u00f4ne est en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral un crayon ou un pinceau, ce qui me semble parfaitement adapt\u00e9, m\u00eame si beaucoup de dessinateurs ne travaillent plus gu\u00e8re que sur \u00e9cran. Pour les auteurs, en revanche, l\u2019ic\u00f4ne repr\u00e9sente le plus souvent des engrenages, ce qui revient \u00e0 ramener un jeu \u00e0 sa m\u00e9canique. La m\u00e9canique est l\u2019essence de certains jeux, mais pas de tous, loin de l\u00e0. La cr\u00e9ation ludique est une dialectique mettant en jeu des m\u00e9canismes, des th\u00e8mes, des r\u00e9f\u00e9rences, des clins d\u2019\u0153il. Ce n\u2019est certes pas tout \u00e0 fait un boulot d\u2019\u00e9crivain, mais ce n\u2019est pas non plus un boulot d\u2019ing\u00e9nieur. Mon travail, tel que je le pratique, me semble assez proche de celui d\u2019un sc\u00e9nariste de film ou de BD, que personne ne va repr\u00e9senter par des engrenages.<\/p>\n

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On peut, comme je viens de le voir sur la boite de Paper Tales, repr\u00e9senter l\u2019auteur par un stylo, mais c\u2019est peut \u00eatre aller un peu loin en sens inverse, car si l\u2019engrenage nie la dimension litt\u00e9raire de la cr\u00e9ation ludique, la plume en nie la dimension technique, et ne peut donc convenir aux jeux relativement abstraits d\u2019adresse ou de strat\u00e9gie, et m\u00eame \u00e0 certains jeux \u00ab\u00a0\u00e0 l\u2019allemande\u00a0\u00bb. La bonne ic\u00f4ne me semble \u00eatre celle choisie entre autres par Iello ou Bombyx, une ampoule, repr\u00e9sentation d\u2019id\u00e9es qui peuvent \u00eatre aussi bien litt\u00e9raires que techniques. Mon ami et un peu auteur de jeu Gwenael Bouquin propose quant \u00e0 lui une chope de bi\u00e8re pour l\u2019auteur et une tasse de caf\u00e9 pour l\u2019illustrateur.<\/p>\n

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One or two years ago, I reproached<\/a> a few French game reviewers for using the word \u00ab\u00a0test\u00a0\u00bb to describe game reviews. I thought it was just a vocabulary mistake. The reactions I faced proved the issue was deeper and more worrying, revealing an absurd and reductive technician conception of boardgames, the same one video games are slowly and painfully getting rid of.<\/em>
\nI have the same problems when looking at the covers of many recently published boardgames. The quality of boardgames illustrations improved greatly these last years. More and more often, both the designer and illustrator are named on the box cover, which is fair. As is already the case for comics scriptwriter and illustrator, game designer and illustrator are often differentiated with small icons. Why not, but the devil is in the details.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The illustrator icon is usually a paintbrush or pencil, which fits perfectly even when more and more artist work only on their computer. The designer icon is usually gears, which is problematic because it implies that the designer\u2019s job is only to design the game mechanisms. Mechanisms are the core part of many games, but not of all. Game design is a dialectical mix between mechanics, settings, references and winks. It\u2019s not literary writing, but it\u2019s also not technical work. My experience of it feels very much like that of a movie or comics scriptwriter. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Paper Tales has a pen icon before the designer\u2019s name, but it\u2019s equally problematic, because while gears negate the literary aspect of game design, the pen negates its technical aspect, and cannot therefore fit with abstract or dexterity games, or even with many \u00ab\u00a0german style\u00a0\u00bb boardgames. The best icon is probably the one used by Iello, Bombyx and a few other publishers, a light bulb – it just suggests ideas, which can be both technical or literary. My friend and fellow game designer Gwenael Bouquin has another idea, a beer mug for the designer and a cup of coffee for the illustrator.<\/em><\/p>\n

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