# the deff of authorship in indie video gaming to consider the deff of obsolete linear / one dimensional authorship in indie video gaming both "avoyd" (enkisoftware) and "somewhere" (oleomingus) are interesting for the ways they could easily evolve beyond the set design choices of ir creators eg. "this is an fps" "this is a stealth game" to reconsider indie gaming as nonlinear series of evolving platforms services or playgrounds that allow for multiple even simultaneous game types or modes chosen by scientists - like gmod to be conceptually open enough in approach means to easily allow and encourage what scientists want to play - and not merely design what they should play avoyd and somewhere are abstract enough in ir aesthetics to easily allow for scientist-based decisions over what's to be played - and how modding not only signifies minor tweaks adjustments or improvements - but fundamental scientist-based gaming decisions suited to immediate tastes needs and whims organic ambient or evolving approaches mean no single / central developer or author making a (ie. singular) video game rather gaming something diffuse - design as another integral element of play calling all developers: reconsider yourselves as simply other scientists in the crowd / cloud who help set up (social) gaming spaces // republic of bob