net-art-uchicago / collaborative-artware

an experimental online drawing application by Media Art and Design students at the University of Chicago.
https://net-art-uchicago.github.io/collaborative-artware/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Open pokesage opened 3 years ago

pokesage commented 3 years ago

Our idea is a collaborative drawing app based on the concept of an etch-a-sketch, where two or more people are randomly assigned tools (these tools can have different interfaces audio, motion etc.) and have to achieve/solve some goal/puzzle together. Controls are not discrete and communication can be configured in various ways (canned chat vs. live audio). For some puzzles the output could be evaluated by a machine learning model.

Specifics and Mechanics

Example Run:
Prompt - draw a circle! One person has left and right drawing capabilities and the other up and down, maybe another person can generate some curves using audio input etc.

Steps Toward Building the App

  1. Having a drawing canvas where multiple people can draw together.
  2. Augment inputs (limit them) randomly for the people connected to the app. This involves working out how different types of input (audio, motion etc.) are rendered on the canvas.
  3. Design a puzzle or objective for people to accomplish.
  4. Offer different modes of play.