# Dancing Stars Slingshot
> [!INFO] Mind Weapon
> **Teacher**: Kim Nutter
> **Application**: [[NEPOBJEDIVI/GAME DESIGN/Thoughtcrimes|Thoughtcrimes]]
> **Tool**: Autodesk Maya
> ![[Slingshot.gif]]
> **Concept**: A "Death Star" (Star Wars) destroys planets. A "[[NEPOBJEDIVI/NARRATIVE/Characters/Dancing Stars|Dancing Star]]" (Nietzsche F.) destroys [[NEPOBJEDIVI/GAME DESIGN/Game Design List|toy worlds]] (any game is a toy world with its rules, physics, biases, epistemologies, etc.). To slingshot a dancing stars is similar to making a critical argument that undermines some theory, i.e. a conceptual universe.
### Process
![[DESIGNS/Thoughcrimes/DS_Slingshot/Slingshot_Ontographic.png]]
## Reference
| **Anatomy** | **Up and front** | **Animal Crossing** |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| ![[ATTACHMENTS/REFS/SlingshotAnatomy.png]] | ![[DS_Slingshot/Pasted image 20250215175625.png]] | ![[DS_Slingshot/Pasted image 20250215175908.png]] |
| **Handle** = wood | **Rubber** = rubber | **Star** = metal |
| ![[ATTACHMENTS/fine_grained_wood_col_4k.jpg]] | ![[ATTACHMENTS/rubberized_track_diff_4k.jpg]] | ![[ATTACHMENTS/rusty_metal_03_diff_4k.jpg]] |
![[NEPOBJEDIVI/DS.borders]]