FIELD NOTES
The blog
Working notes from the lab — methods, craft, theory, and the occasional eulogy for a forgotten genre.
Method
Craft
Theory
Field notes
Why we publish our prompts
Transparency isn’t a disclaimer at the end of the credits. Here’s the research-log format every Ometepe project ships with — and why we keep it open.
Reviving the point-and-click adventure
What a generative art pipeline gives a two-person team — and the seams we deliberately chose to leave visible.
Directing emergent narrative without losing the author
Notes on keeping a human thesis at the center of a system that improvises every time you play it.
Remembering the games that didn’t survive
A running catalog of mechanics and forms that lost popularity — and what they were quietly good at.