Dear Insane Children,
Greetings from sunny Thailand! I’ve been going like crazy since I landed on Sunday night. With help from Aku (former tech lead at Spicy Horse who is on this trip with me), on Monday we prepped the boat for sailing. Tuesday saw us flying from Krabi to Bangkok and meeting with local art outsource company YGGDrazil to discuss how we might work together on Alice: Asylum.
We’re joined on this trip by our friend Sukrit who is helping arrange meetings with local game developers, outsourcers, and government officials who might be interested in supporting our foundation of a new studio and development of Alice: Asylum.
Timed perfectly for this trip, Joey sends along two new Tarot Cards, with one of them being The Chariot. Why is this card so perfect for the trip I’m currently on? Here’s an interpretation of this card from Biddy Tarot:
The Chariot Tarot card shows a brave warrior standing inside a chariot. He wears armour decorated with crescent moons (representing what is coming into being), a tunic with a square (the strength of will) and other alchemical symbols (spiritual transformation). The laurel and star crown signals victory, success and spiritual evolution. Although he appears to be driving the chariot, the charioteer holds no reins – just a wand like the Magician’s – symbolising that he controls through the strength of his will and mind.
The charioteer stands tall – there’s no sitting down for this guy, as he’s all about taking action and moving forward. Above his head is a canopy of six-pointed stars, suggesting his connection to the celestial world and the Divine will. In front of the vehicle sit a black and a white sphinx, representing duality, positive and negative and, at times, opposing forces. Note how the sphinxes are pulling in opposite directions, but the charioteer uses his willpower and sheer resolve to steer the chariot forward in the direction he wants.
Behind the chariot flows a wide river, symbolic of the need to be ‘in flow’ with the rhythm of life while also charging ahead toward your goals and intentions.
Joey also sends along a card for The World.
Now… I’ll leave it to you Tarot experts out there to provide us with a mini-reading of the message contained in these two cards… but from my layman’s understanding it’s quite an interesting coincidence that Joey happened to send The Chariot and The World at the same time while I am in Thailand searching for a new development home.
Do you believe in coincidence? Or perhaps you lean more towards synchronicity?
Let me know in the comments below!
Omri sends along an environment rendering for”GIBS” into which he’s inserted Jennifer’s cute Space Marine. He’s definitely nailed the “DOOM” vibe I was originally thinking we’d include in this new FPS deathmatch game. That cute little Space Marine looks like “Uh, what?!”
And Jennifer sends along a Recycling Rabbit from the GIBS universe. I like the little guy in the dump truck… more “Uh, what?!”
Alright… I have to get ready to travel. We’re heading south from Bangkok to Sriracha today and going to look at potential studio space and housing. But first, off to meet the local government official in charge of Thailand’s digital media strategy!
I hope everyone is happy, healthy, and warm out there. Getting ready for the holidays?
From Thailand with Love (and missing Lulu!),
-American