[eu-gene] Trace II

[Thomas Petersen]

Trace II
Thomas Petersen
http://www.crossover.dk/trace2 

Trace II is an interactive drawing. It is a playful game of indirect
creativity originating somewhere between the actions of the user, the
program and the artist. The user must navigate a simple set of rules to
generate drawings by means of a group of semi-autonomous units moving
around on the screen. Trace II is created for full screen display on
touch screen but you can try an online version at the website. 

The rules are simple. The user must click and keep the mouse in motion.
This attracts the nearby units and makes them circle around the mouse
pointer leaving drawings in their trail. The old drawings are
continuously deleted by new ones.

The user can attract more units to the orbit by moving closer to them.
When the user stops moving or the mouse button is released, the units
move freely again and the drawings are left behind. They slide slowly
out of the screen and disintegrate. 

The units live off the activity of the user. The more actively the user
draws, the more units are spawned. When this activity ceases, the units
disappear one at a time until there are only two left.
 
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Thomas Petersen
+45 2048 2585
 <http://www.crossover.dk> www.crossover.dk 
 <http://www.artificial.dk/> www.artificial.dk 
 
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