a short meditation about algorithms and nostalgia for a simpler time

made for the 2025 summer game jam hosted by Game Makers Iceland

the theme was 'waves'

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made in bitsy 8.13, also used the following tools:

pixsy by ruin

bitsy muse hack by David Mowatt

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music from opengameart.com:

real world song: 8 bit lofi - ice cave by Tad Miller

doomscrolling song:  8 bit - infinite darkness by HydroGene

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they’re coming for every second of your life. they’re trying to get more engagement from you. 
we used to colonize land, that’s where money was to be made. 
they’re now trying to colonize every minute of your life. 

- bo burnham