“S can stand for a whole variety of things…” Pietro Righi Riva, creator of Mirrormoon EP, proposes in the 7DFPS keynote. He’s referring to the “myth” that the ‘S’ in FPS (typically, first-person shooter) stands for “shooter,” and only that. “…like First Person Shopping, or First Person Snokelling.
The mission that fuels 7DFPS (7 Day First Person Shooter) is one that desires to see what else can be achieved with the first-person shooter format. For most of its existence, the first-person shooter has been restricted to shooting aliens, or Nazis, or another terrifying or despised Other. This is