The picture above is one of the reasons I carry a pencil case full of sharpies around with me. It was a miserable day on Brighton Beach. We’d been hoping to play Ninja with a bunch of people in the sunshine, but instead were greeted with drizzle and wind. Basically, it sucked until we made our own fun. Being sat down, messing around with an artist underlined an important thing to me: Aesthetics really matter.

Nat is a co-founder of Honeyslug, and is also an artist and animator. She hasn’t told me exactly what’s happening during this session, but I know it’ll be a game design workshop involving stones.