“Narrenturm” Mindgame: Mindworm Blaster

In this situated game a “Neuromatic mindobject” takes the stage: a non-human actor that feeds on human input data. 300,000 data points, recorded from a player with a professional 32-channel EEG in the research project Neuromatic Game Art, grow an organic structure in code that keeps evolving.

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Pink ribbon-like forms twist across a landscape with buildings, trees, and blue sky.

I built the web-based 3D experience: pre-recorded brainwave data animates two “mindworms” that eat away at a building over time. It is on view in the Artificial Museum, in augmented reality and in the browser.

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  • Hand-drawn storyboard with three numbered sketches, arrows, labels, and a small head illustration.
  • A man sits on a chair on a round wooden platform against a solid blue background.
  • Pink wireframe 3D forms float over a mirrored pool beside a yellow building and trees.
  • Pink ribbon-like forms twist across a landscape with buildings, trees, and blue sky.