Pacman controlled with your face; DOOM in the iOS photos app; data and code from OMCB
I made a new game! And some other updates
Hello! I’ve got a new game. It’s called PacCam.
It’s Pacman but you control it with your face. You look to steer and chomp your mouth to move faster. You look…pretty silly while you play.
It’s free, takes 30 seconds, and runs in the browser (it should (hopefully…) work on your phone just fine). You can play it here. And if you’re the type of person who wants technical details, I did a writeup here.
I’ve been working on this game on and off for about 5 months - I started it before One Million Checkboxes! But of course OMCB meant that I didn’t get much done on other projects for a while. It’s very nice to have the game out.
I hope you enjoy it!
DOOM in the iOS photos app
Over the summer I spent a day or two with my friend Adnan getting the classic game DOOM running in the iOS photos app. Kind of.
The whole project was pretty silly; we came out with a much better understanding of iOS shortcuts and a strong resolve to never try something like this again.
If you want to know how the project works, here's a writeup on the details.
Data and Code from One Million Checkboxes
I’ve released the code and data from One Million Checkboxes, along with some tools for recreating the images that teens secretly drew on the site.
Here are a few links for you:
I’m very happy to have released the data, both because the story was so special to me but also because this is a nice way to officially close the OMCB chapter of my life.
Oh, wait, we got a dog
We got a dog! Her name is Gabby. Here’s a picture of her that I took just now while writing this post:
She’s 9 months old and named after Gabbro from Outer Wilds, the best game in the world. She’s very sweet and very smart and a whole lot of work.
It took me a bit of time to adapt to having a dog; sorry that I’ve been a little slower to release new things recently. I promise it’s worth it :)
Video of you two playing made me laugh out loud! Very silly, love it!