Because of this, I decided that the work I created would take the form of a video game. Specifically, since we were supposed to appropriate another work for this assignment, I decided to take a game and re-purpose it to communicate the my ideas. I decided that the core, recognizable parts of the game would be intact so that it appears to just be the original work. However, much like how other artists like Warhol tweaked their art slightly to make it their own, I did the same, using the game's mechanics as the medium to communicate the ideas.  As for the piece of art I decided to appropriate, I decided on Space Invaders, due its simplistic graphics and premise.

Process

The first thing I needed to figure out what game mechanics I was going to use in order to make something interesting and subversive. At first, I had wanted to include a dialog system and create a Space Invaders game where you could see what the Invaders and thinking/saying as you fight them. This is inspired a bit by how other games give their enemy characters some personality and depth through dialogue.