Bill Graner

I've never seen this done before. My friend Jim made (discovered?) a board game, and he's financing its publication through pre-orders via KickStarter.com.

If this works, it'll be a wake up call to all of us who've traditionally assumed we were shut out of professional creativity due to the complications of money. Plus, it's a great Christmas gift. :)

Also, the game's KickStarter site itself is full of interesting reading, and a fun video! Nicely done, Jim.

Check it out here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1883736289/the-gentlemen-of-the-south-sandwiche-islands

As if that weren't enough, Henry Jenkins posted about the game on his blog! http://www.henryjenkins.org/

-Bill

The Museum did not hold up so well upon a second visit. That is, I missed the thrill of confusion that I'd first experienced in that space, and felt a nostalgia for the unhinging of certain categorizations of truth and falsehood which had marked my first encounter with the space. Now I was in on the joke, having had time to reflect upon and research the experience, and I found myself in the role of the tour guide, showing my friend around on her first walk through the wonders of Jurassic Technology.

Continue reading "The Museum of Jurassic Technology as Scripted Space" »

I now have a quasi-professional website at www.bgraner.com!

That is all.

-B

Does this make sense?

THE PROCESS OF CRITICAL THOUGHT
1. Define the subject, Dissociate from the subject
2. Consider (fictional?) alternatives
3. Form an opinion
4. Communicate that opinion

If you can get someone to do #s 1 and 2, they're pretty well along...

-B

I created a glove controller using three bend sensors, and hooked it up to a digital Processing puppet via Arduino.

Continue reading "Digital Puppet and Physical Controller" »

This is some example code for communicating between Arduino and processing. It just reads a digital input pin, then changes a Processing window background color to match the input. You can use this with a switch, for instance.

-Bill

Continue reading "Example Code for Communicating From Arduino to Processing" »

Hi everybody!

Here's my proposal for Advanced Game Design. We'll be pitching it on April 15! Thoughts? Interest?

Thanks,
Bill

Here is a representation of Robert Coover's Briar Rose, using some artificially intelligent typography. Download this all-inclusive zip to check it out.

BriarStories.zip

-B

Here is the Processing source and data for my Economy Sketch.

Download It!

Bill

The rules: create the beginning of a story using 3 random elements (character, place, and event). Mine were:

• Robot
• Hell
• A relative pays a visit

Below, you have the result... :)

Continue reading "Story-o-matic" »