Game / Fight the Buff

Fight
the Buff.

The shift ends. The phone goes in the pocket. East Van gets quieter and the walls get louder. This is the night the game is set in, pulled from the camera roll.

01Premise
The buff is what the city calls painting over a wall. Fight the Buff is a game about that.
02Where
East Vancouver, after the day job. One night, three hours: Clock out, Last light, Walls.
03How it plays
In the browser, on this site. No download.
04Crew
The crew from the artist statement: Terry, Terry, Larry and Berry.
05Status
Not built yet. This is the outline. It will change.

Hour 01

18:51

A person in a black shirt standing in a gap between tall hedges, East Vancouver — Hedge line / East Van07.20.21

Clock out.

Golden hour on the east side. The hedges are taller than you and still holding the day's heat. Nobody is watching, which is the point.

In the game: the walk starts here.

Hour 02

Dusk

Last light.

The towers switch on one floor at a time and the clouds do most of the work. The light goes fast.

In the game: the light goes and the walls get harder to see.

Hour 03

21:55

A drawn face covered in tags on a utility box at night, half hidden by a hedge — Utility box / East Van08.20.21

Walls.

Street lights on. Someone drew a face on the utility box at the corner, somebody else tagged over it, and the hedge grew into both. Nobody planned the layers. Keep walking.

In the game: the walls, and the buff.

Game / Spotted