When you're overwhelmed with over-philosophical questions about life, there's only one thing to do: make a graph.
Here's a totally scientific graph of all things people make. Each dot is a thing. The x-axis is how many people it reaches. The y-axis...
2018-08-28 14:09:31 +0000 UTC View Post
After three weeks of jamming, peeps made 19 new small, playful explorable explanations! Here they are:
🎉The Entries for the Explorable Explanations Jam! 🎉
<... 2018-08-20 20:41:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! Sorry I didn't update in a while – I forgot to mention I was going on "vacation". I say "vacation" because I ended up working on stuff anyway... including co-organizing an in-person Explorables Jam kickoff event!
On July 28th/29t...
2018-08-12 20:21:29 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, I made two mini-prototypes for my next explorable, on the science of learning! You can see them in the GIF above. (imgur link if you don't see it) The first one is a c...
2018-07-21 23:54:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, here's the official announcement + website for the first-ever Explorable Explanations "game" jam!
It'll be online, runni...
2018-07-09 15:11:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Just thought I'd give a quick update, if you're interested in my process!
Two weeks ago, you voted for "Learn How To Learn" as my next explorable. When I start a new project, I sketch out a few "stories", (literal sketches, as you can see abo...
2018-07-02 17:51:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, I posted a survey for you to help me decide which explorable to make next. And, the people have spoken: you want to LEARN HOW TO LE...
2018-06-21 20:03:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This time, I want to teach not just an idea, but a SKILL. So let me ask you, dear reader, what skill do you want to learn?
📋A SHORT 3-MINUTE SURVEY&nbs...
2018-06-13 16:09:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey you know how I try to make informative, insightful, valuable things? Well this is not one of those.
(🌸^ ω ^) I AM BECOME ANIME
a webcam toy that turns you i...
Why do systems – cultures, environments, economies – seem to get stuck, then change all at once? Here's a mini-interactive about one of my favorite ideas, attractor landscapes!
An interactive guide to networks and humans:
😐http://ncase.me/crowds/ 😐
🐦2018-04-27 15:57:37 +0000 UTC
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Two weeks ago, I said I predicted I'd be done with The Wisdom and/or Madness of the Crowds by tomorrow, April 20th Friday. Turns out, I forgot to take into account Hofstadter's Law, which states:
“Hofstadter's Law: It always ta...
2018-04-19 21:46:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all! I'm pretty excited (and relieved) to announce that The Wisdom and/or Madness of the Crowds is very close to finished! I expect it to be out on April 20th, Friday. It's a week later than I'd initiall...
2018-04-08 18:10:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I think we're halfway there! The above GIF (if you can't see it, try this imgur mirror) is the rough version of a level editor for The Wisdom and/or Madness of the Crow...
2018-03-10 18:28:48 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! I'm back from my trip to DynamicLand, where I spent a couple weeks in THE FUTURE or at least the research lab that's trying to do that. Next week, I'll post some videos I recorded + a short writeup about DynamicLand, in c...
2018-03-01 12:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Lots of people have written about the promises and pitfalls of AI: Artificial Intelligence. This month, I wrote an article for MIT about AI's forgotten cousin, IA: Intelligence Augmentation! And how, just maybe, IA can save us from a dyst...
2018-02-06 20:01:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Two weeks ago, I posted a survey so you could help me decide what explorable explanation to make next! The results are in, and today, you get to play with the prototype you voted for:
In April 2017, I sent out a survey to you peeps, to help me decide which one of three explorable explanation ideas I should make next. You picked The Evol...
2018-01-12 16:22:43 +0000 UTC View PostWelp, it's the end of 2017. What a year for the world news-wise, but I'm not gonna talk about that right now, juuuuust gonna talk about you and me.
I'm deeply grateful – 2017 was the first year where my entire income came from kind...
2017-12-31 17:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post
AHHHHH IT'S OUT AHHHHHHHHHHH
JOY.JS – make happy little programs!
Thank you all so much for your patience! I know five months between...
2017-12-20 21:09:52 +0000 UTC View Post
By now, you should've gotten the good news from Patreon -- they listened, and are NOT going to go ahead with the controversial fee structure change they proposed last week!
Read Jack Conte's post here: 2017-12-15 16:21:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all -- as you may have seen by now, Patreon sent out an email announcing a change they're gonna make to fee collection. And, as you may also have seen by now, a lot of artists and their supporters are very miffed at Patreon...
2017-12-08 17:00:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoof, sorry for the silence the last couple weeks, I've been crunching away trying to pull together a demo. What demo? THIS DEMO:
JOY.JS (DEMO) – MAKE HAPPY LITTLE...
2017-11-18 18:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh hey, a Patreon update! This week, I added a powerful new feature to my upcoming "programming with plain words" tool -- variables & basic math!
COME JOIN ME IN THE SPIRAL
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2017-10-22 14:28:49 +0000 UTC
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Don't worry, I'm still working on PEEPS. But as I was working on it, I found out that making the simulation was the easy part -- it's actually letting the player "program" the simulation that was ridiculously hard. In fact, a...
2017-10-14 16:55:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, the first of a series of prototypes I'm making this+next month! This one's a Patreon exclusive, just for y'all~
...also because it's too embarrassingly unfinished for me to make it public yet. But hey, it's not a real prototype if it...
2017-09-30 16:39:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, I spill my secrets! (note: not actually secret)
6 minute read: http://blog.ncase.me/how-i-make-an-explorable-e...
2017-09-20 16:27:19 +0000 UTC View Post
If you liked my interactive learn-by-playing thingies, you might like my new, new Explorable Explanations site, released today!
EXPLORABL.ES: a hub for learning t...
2017-08-31 19:03:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, the recorded video is online! Now you can watch me flail my arms around and act out the Boids algorithm with my body
2017-08-23 17:49:37 +0000 UTC View Post
“July 2017 summary: +255 Patrons”
Wowzers McTrousers.
I’m absolutely humbled by the response y’all had to The Evolution of Trust! Sure, there’s the metrics (8 million plays, 5K retweets, 35K upvotes...
