Hello Celebration!
“Sadly, the emoji cocktail bar [at Roguelike Celebration 2020] isn't available on any of the public proximity chat platforms—yet, anyway.”
Gretchen McCulloch, "A Mission to Make Virtual Parties Actually Fun", WIRED
I joined the organizing team in 2020, and wore many hats - front end developer and room designer for our custom social space, Streamyard A/V management, and generalized keeper of spreadsheets and organization.
The Registration Desk, in Solarized Dark
An ASCII map - you only could communicate with others in the same room as you.
The Theater, with embedded Twitch stream and live captioning.
The Swag Table, with items to pick up, including a cute puppy!
A modal with a bored Octopode begging to 'take your color', a minigame in the space.