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      Worship the Penguin: Adventures with sprites, chiptunes, and lasers

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      Proceedings of EVA London 2021 (EVA 2021)
      AI and the Arts: Artificial Imagination
      5th July – 9th July 2021
      Video games, Unity, Commodore 64, Pixel art, Chiptune, Demoscene, Arduino, Lasers
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            Abstract

            This paper provides a review of recent projects developed through the author’s creative practice and activities across multiple computing and games technologies platforms. These include: a 2D game project made in Unity; an Arduino-based laser puzzle; chiptune breakbeat music made on a Commodore 64; the archival of a collection of Amiga demoscene disks; PETSCII graphics; a controller adapter for the Amiga; and a DJ/VJ performance. While playfully exploring new trajectories, these projects broadly reflect on-going themes present in the author's previous work, such as explorations of the aesthetic paradigms presented by vintage computers, 1990s rave culture, and synaesthesia. The paper will address the various challenges and methodologies used to realise these projects; pedagogical considerations; and the pandemic context in which they have been created and presented.

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            Contributors
            Conference
            July 2021
            July 2021
            : 89-96
            Affiliations
            [0001]School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences

            University of Greenwich

            London, UK
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/EVA2021.14
            b08f38a8-8b40-4291-930f-44a7033d4d88
            © Weinel. Published by BCS Learning & Development Ltd. Proceedings of EVA London 2021, UK

            This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            Proceedings of EVA London 2021
            EVA 2021
            London
            5th July – 9th July 2021
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            AI and the Arts: Artificial Imagination
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

            Self URI (article page): https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/EVA2021.14
            Self URI (journal page): https://ewic.bcs.org/
            Categories
            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Arduino,Pixel art,Lasers,Demoscene,Chiptune,Commodore 64,Unity,Video games

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