Programming services for artists / art projects

Hello!

On a case-by-case basis, I'm open to taking on projects related to art, social practice art, and environmental causes.

I specialize in interactive, data-driven programming. What I mean to say is: If you need an artist website, I'm probably not a good fit. But if you wanted to, for example:

  • Create a text-message based game that connects strangers
  • ...or make a light sculpture that can be manipulated from a website
  • ...or build a data repository for collecting local tree health

- you get the idea

Things I might provide:

  • General technical consulting and strategy
  • API development
  • Arduino programming
  • Interactive objects
  • Web applications
  • Database development
  • Game development (low-fi... like text games or interactive non-visual adventures, treasure hunts, etc)
  • Text message / SMS programming
  • ...and I also do writing

Working on a grant or proposal and interested in a technical component? Drop me a line and let's chat.

For samples of my work, check out the projects page




This box is you.

Some adventures can be undertaken name-less. This is not one of them.


Go ahead! it'll be fine...

{{pseudonym}}

Hello {{pseudonym}}!

This is your inventory satchel. Your gathered items, new destinations, and any actions you acquire will all go here. Good luck questing!

(...what is this? Try the help button below)

{{detailTitle}}

Items ({{items.length}} of 18)

  • {{item}}

Destinations ({{destinations.length}} of 5)


Actions ({{actions.length}} of 3)

  

This is a game.

This is a game, built on top of a fairly boring straightforward author's website.

It's part scavenger hunt, part narrative, part fight-scene. The objective, of course, is to fight, and win, against the author.

Items are things you gather. They often look something like this: (←if you've already entered a pseudonym, try clicking on the ambulance...you should see a message 'item added to inventory')

Destinations are places you visit

Actions are things you can do

As you play, new items/destinations/actions will be added to your inventory satchel.

Look for the numbers next to your Items, Destinations,and Actions in order to see how far along you are:
Example
Example number of actions

If you lose the game or wish to become someone else, hit the 'start over' button.

Tip Explore! Many peculiar things are clickable, hidden, or require a certain amount of time to be spent somewhere, or require interaction to work. And as you get deeper into the game, places that were once normal begin to alter.

Fight scene

If you spot any bugs, irregularities, surprises, etc - drop me an email: ben@ideacog.net - thanks for visiting!