Games: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s One Button Game
Feb/102
My brother and I made a little game for an experimental game contest hosted by the Kokoromi Collective. The only rule was that the game could old have one button of input.
Here’s our entry, the one button (SPACE) rotates the human’s body!
We didn’t end up placing (they only picked 5 out of 155+ games) but we sure had a blast doing it. I did all the programming and my brother Tyler did all the art and animation. Look out for more Chen brother collaborations soon.
Games: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Preview
Feb/101
Here’s a little preview of the game my brother and I submitted for Gamma 4’s one button game design contest!
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Wacky Adventure Inside of a Human Body!
Make: Novation Launchpad x Arcade Buttons, first button
Jan/100
In the coming month I’ll be working on replacing the I/O of the new Novation Launchpad for Ableton Live with arcade buttons and LEDs in the same vein as my Monome x Arcade Buttons. This is a commissioned piece for a friend of mine who owns and opperates Moon Tech Studios.
Above is an initial one button test! So far, the most complicated thing seems to be the very tiny surface mounted LEDs that must be removed before adding your own. Fortunately, the PCB has some nice holes for each solder point.
Games: Stage Hands Preview
Dec/090
My brother and I are working on a little (turning into not so little) Flash game over the winter break. He’ll be doing all the art / animation. I’ll be doing all the programming and music.
Sneak preview:
Music: Plogue Chipsounds VST, Life On Mars
Dec/090
Here’s a quick David Bowie, Life On Mars I did with my fresh Chipsounds VST plug-in. Emphasis on quick (stolen midi and a couple of hours playing around).
Make: Glowing Breadboard
Dec/090
All credit for this one goes to Solarbotics. See the Instructables tutorial here:
Outside of the super bright LEDs and resistors here are the buy links:
Transparent Breadboard $5.93
Breadboard Voltage Regulator $5.95
Race Report: Los Vegas Marathon 2009
Dec/090
Over the past month I’ve been pretty busy moving into my new place and on various vacations thus I haven’t posted much about any projects I’ve been working on. All settled now though so new posts to come!
This past weekend I ran the 2009 Los Vegas Marathon. It has been exactly one year since I ran my first marathon, the 2008 Los Vegas Marathon. Since then, I’ve run five others, improved a bit, and taken twenty minutes off of my marathon time. This year, I managed to survive my company’s holiday party, the early morning cold leading up to the race and post a pretty solid time.
- 6th marathon!
- 3:29:22, new PR marathon time! (1 second faster than SF 2009)
- 508th / 5852 place
- 72nd / 416 place, M25-29
For this race I didn’t eat anything during the run (no gel, gu, shot blocks, jelly beans etc.) which was a first. Instead I took the power drink (Cytomax) at every water station to get some sugar in me. I don’t think this would work for everybody but it seemed to work out pretty well for me. I felt very consistently paced throughout the entire race with no cramps or stomach aches.
Make: Arcade Controller, Wired
Nov/091
I finally found some time to wire the buttons for the arcade controller. The joysticks came with some nice ribbon cable harnesses and I made my own for all the buttons. Each ground is connected through one long chain harness. Notice I put some foundational pieces inside to strengthen the area around the joysticks.
Everything’s working and feeling great!
First game: Space Invaders. Second game: Smash TV
All that’s left is to put a nice back on it with some rubber feet so it doesn’t slide.