//hello world
So Iām going to be making a couple things this summer for research, funsies, and other skunkworks projects. Hereās the list right now:
a secret video game distributed in fragments on USB keys
a short love game about crushes and things
oh yes, I suppose Iām making another ARG but NO SPOILERS HERE
But the two big ones that will get blogged here a lot are both custom hardware.
First, a mini arcade cabinet sourced mostly from retrobuiltgamesĀ hardware that weāre building ourselves like crazy people.Ā
Itās going to be a PICO-8 machine that will likely become a repository for lots of small jammed games from students and cool indie friends who are into restriction-based design challenges.
annnnnd
something that Martzi and I are calling anĀ āstory-based arcade machineā that will be a primary text and clip-art interface but with these key features:
a barcode reader
a thermal printer
some buttons
a radial encoder
a dark/light photo sensor
at least one other hidden input built into the custom 3D-printed enclosure
So Iām bad at keeping journals or logs, but Iāve been persuaded to keep a dev diary for this. And probably there will be lots of guests on this. Or who knows. Maybe this will be it. Though unlikely. Itās 5pm on a Friday and Iāve got energy drink, electronics, and some wood. Here we go.
