April Soetarman
@aprilsoetarman.bsky.social
artist, writer // sometimes known as Weird Side Projects
🚧 Currently building Working Artist Board Game, a board game about being a working artist under capitalism
AprilSoetarman.com
instagram.com/aprilsoetarman
🚧 Currently building Working Artist Board Game, a board game about being a working artist under capitalism
AprilSoetarman.com
instagram.com/aprilsoetarman
I'm teaching my favorite class at SFPC again, come join!
Join us for Narrative Constellations, a class for artists and writers interested in exploring storytelling and choice across different mediums through creative writing, interactive narratives, and game design.
Apply by Nov 17: sfpc.study/sessions/win...
Apply by Nov 17: sfpc.study/sessions/win...
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I'm teaching my favorite class at SFPC again, come join!
Reposted by April Soetarman
How do you find the “right” form for your interactive story?
@aprilsoetarman.bsky.social's talk explored how adapting a story across different mediums, from Twine to Zoom to guerrilla physical installation, has its own unique advantages & challenges.
#GDoCExpo2025 #gamedev
@aprilsoetarman.bsky.social's talk explored how adapting a story across different mediums, from Twine to Zoom to guerrilla physical installation, has its own unique advantages & challenges.
#GDoCExpo2025 #gamedev
September 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
How do you find the “right” form for your interactive story?
@aprilsoetarman.bsky.social's talk explored how adapting a story across different mediums, from Twine to Zoom to guerrilla physical installation, has its own unique advantages & challenges.
#GDoCExpo2025 #gamedev
@aprilsoetarman.bsky.social's talk explored how adapting a story across different mediums, from Twine to Zoom to guerrilla physical installation, has its own unique advantages & challenges.
#GDoCExpo2025 #gamedev
Next Wednesday as part of Game Devs of Color Expo!
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
Interdisciplinary artist and designer April Soetarman will go into the development of The End of the Day, an award-winning interactive narrative that started as a solo RPG & turned into a deeply hopeful public audio installation.
#gamedev #GDoCExpo2025
Interdisciplinary artist and designer April Soetarman will go into the development of The End of the Day, an award-winning interactive narrative that started as a solo RPG & turned into a deeply hopeful public audio installation.
#gamedev #GDoCExpo2025
September 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Next Wednesday as part of Game Devs of Color Expo!
Reposted by April Soetarman
Join us at the Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday, September 6 for NewGame+, an interactive showcase and pop-up electronic cafe! Play and explore games made by students (11-6pm) & learn more in our panel discussion (3-4:15pm).
movingimage.org/event/new-ga...
movingimage.org/event/new-ga...
August 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Join us at the Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday, September 6 for NewGame+, an interactive showcase and pop-up electronic cafe! Play and explore games made by students (11-6pm) & learn more in our panel discussion (3-4:15pm).
movingimage.org/event/new-ga...
movingimage.org/event/new-ga...
I'm so excited to be speaking at the Game Devs of Color Expo next month!
⭐ "From Digital to Physical: Adapting a solo RPG into an IRL installation"
I'll talk about developing The End of the Day (2020-23), my solo RPG turned public audio installation that can only be played at sunset.
#GDOCExpo2025
⭐ "From Digital to Physical: Adapting a solo RPG into an IRL installation"
I'll talk about developing The End of the Day (2020-23), my solo RPG turned public audio installation that can only be played at sunset.
#GDOCExpo2025
August 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I'm so excited to be speaking at the Game Devs of Color Expo next month!
⭐ "From Digital to Physical: Adapting a solo RPG into an IRL installation"
I'll talk about developing The End of the Day (2020-23), my solo RPG turned public audio installation that can only be played at sunset.
#GDOCExpo2025
⭐ "From Digital to Physical: Adapting a solo RPG into an IRL installation"
I'll talk about developing The End of the Day (2020-23), my solo RPG turned public audio installation that can only be played at sunset.
#GDOCExpo2025
I’m excited to be speaking at the (now rescheduled) Next Stage Immersive Summit, Aug 1-3, 2025 in Pasadena, CA! 🌟 I'll be on a panel with other independent creators on how to create meaningful audience experiences.
👋 immersiveexperience.org/the-next-stage-2025
@immersiveexperience.org #NextStage25
👋 immersiveexperience.org/the-next-stage-2025
@immersiveexperience.org #NextStage25
June 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I’m excited to be speaking at the (now rescheduled) Next Stage Immersive Summit, Aug 1-3, 2025 in Pasadena, CA! 🌟 I'll be on a panel with other independent creators on how to create meaningful audience experiences.
👋 immersiveexperience.org/the-next-stage-2025
@immersiveexperience.org #NextStage25
👋 immersiveexperience.org/the-next-stage-2025
@immersiveexperience.org #NextStage25
We've been getting a lot of press, so the sale is extended until June 21, 2025! 🎉
Street signs with encouraging messages, stickers, postcards, Unfinished Projects Release Forms, and more!
Street signs with encouraging messages, stickers, postcards, Unfinished Projects Release Forms, and more!
🌟 I'm celebrating 10 years of my street art practice, Weird Side Projects, with a special 10th Anniversary Sale!
👉 shop open until May 31, 2025: shop.weirdsideprojects.com
I'm releasing new designs plus bringing back previous signs, stickers, postcards, and more (all based on IRL installs)!
🧵
👉 shop open until May 31, 2025: shop.weirdsideprojects.com
I'm releasing new designs plus bringing back previous signs, stickers, postcards, and more (all based on IRL installs)!
🧵
Weird Side Projects Store
Online shop for WeirdSideProjects.com art. The shop will be open until May 31, 2025 to celebrate the 10th anniversary!
shop.weirdsideprojects.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We've been getting a lot of press, so the sale is extended until June 21, 2025! 🎉
Street signs with encouraging messages, stickers, postcards, Unfinished Projects Release Forms, and more!
Street signs with encouraging messages, stickers, postcards, Unfinished Projects Release Forms, and more!
Thanks to @boingboing.net for the shout-out on the Unfinished Projects Release Forms!
boingboing.net/2025/05/21/o...
(P.S. They're still on sale at shop.weirdsideprojects.com until June 15th)
boingboing.net/2025/05/21/o...
(P.S. They're still on sale at shop.weirdsideprojects.com until June 15th)
Official-looking release forms for unfinished projects
The Unfinished Projects Release Forms booklet provides slips (and carbon copies, for your or others' records) permitting one to emotionally let go of an incomplete project. [via Matt Round] Have…
boingboing.net
June 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thanks to @boingboing.net for the shout-out on the Unfinished Projects Release Forms!
boingboing.net/2025/05/21/o...
(P.S. They're still on sale at shop.weirdsideprojects.com until June 15th)
boingboing.net/2025/05/21/o...
(P.S. They're still on sale at shop.weirdsideprojects.com until June 15th)
Reposted by April Soetarman
If you're looking for an absolutely brutal gift for a creative person: shop.weirdsideprojects.com/product/unfi...
Unfinished Projects Release Forms booklet
The Unfinished Projects Release Form - a permission slip for emotionally letting go of a project you won't finish. Have you ever worked on a...
shop.weirdsideprojects.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you're looking for an absolutely brutal gift for a creative person: shop.weirdsideprojects.com/product/unfi...
Reposted by April Soetarman
A Kickstarter campaign, a recipe, a cease & desist letter, a review, an Airbnb listing, a changelog, a series of calendar invites... what other shapes can a story take?
Lee Beckwith shares about the 2nd iteration of Narrative Constellations, taught by April Soetarman: sfpc.study/blog/stories...
Lee Beckwith shares about the 2nd iteration of Narrative Constellations, taught by April Soetarman: sfpc.study/blog/stories...
May 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A Kickstarter campaign, a recipe, a cease & desist letter, a review, an Airbnb listing, a changelog, a series of calendar invites... what other shapes can a story take?
Lee Beckwith shares about the 2nd iteration of Narrative Constellations, taught by April Soetarman: sfpc.study/blog/stories...
Lee Beckwith shares about the 2nd iteration of Narrative Constellations, taught by April Soetarman: sfpc.study/blog/stories...
🌟 I'm celebrating 10 years of my street art practice, Weird Side Projects, with a special 10th Anniversary Sale!
👉 shop open until May 31, 2025: shop.weirdsideprojects.com
I'm releasing new designs plus bringing back previous signs, stickers, postcards, and more (all based on IRL installs)!
🧵
👉 shop open until May 31, 2025: shop.weirdsideprojects.com
I'm releasing new designs plus bringing back previous signs, stickers, postcards, and more (all based on IRL installs)!
🧵
Weird Side Projects Store
Online shop for WeirdSideProjects.com art. The shop will be open until May 31, 2025 to celebrate the 10th anniversary!
shop.weirdsideprojects.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
🌟 I'm celebrating 10 years of my street art practice, Weird Side Projects, with a special 10th Anniversary Sale!
👉 shop open until May 31, 2025: shop.weirdsideprojects.com
I'm releasing new designs plus bringing back previous signs, stickers, postcards, and more (all based on IRL installs)!
🧵
👉 shop open until May 31, 2025: shop.weirdsideprojects.com
I'm releasing new designs plus bringing back previous signs, stickers, postcards, and more (all based on IRL installs)!
🧵
I'm selling the Unfinished Projects Release Forms again as part of my Weird Side Projects 10th Anniversary sale!
Shop open until May 31, 2025: shop.weirdsideprojects.com
Shop open until May 31, 2025: shop.weirdsideprojects.com
April Soeterman has created the Unfinished Projects Release Form, a “permission slip for letting go of a project you won’t finish.”
www.instagram.com/p/C2jceLvuocF
“Keep the top form. Destroy the bottom form. You are now free.”
www.instagram.com/p/C2jceLvuocF
“Keep the top form. Destroy the bottom form. You are now free.”
April Soetarman on Instagram: "📝 Introducing the Unfinished Projects Release Form - a permission ...
aprilsoetarman on January 25, 2024: "📝 Introducing the Unfinished Projects Release Form - a permission slip for letting go.
Have y..."
www.instagram.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'm selling the Unfinished Projects Release Forms again as part of my Weird Side Projects 10th Anniversary sale!
Shop open until May 31, 2025: shop.weirdsideprojects.com
Shop open until May 31, 2025: shop.weirdsideprojects.com
hi it's my favorite month!
April 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
hi it's my favorite month!