LunchTimeWaster: Is It A Game Or Is It Art?

Prosopamnesia is a condition where someone is unable to recognise faces. It’s a curious theme for a game, and it makes for an intriguing piece of digital art.

You move the mouse pointer around the canvas, painting as you go. What actually appears on the canvas are details drawn from a seemingly random Google image search. You’ll reveal a bizarre assortment of images, exposing fleeting glimpses of disconnected figures before they’re covered over again by something new.

On the right there is one of my own creations after a few minutes “play”.

There are no rules to master, systems to understand or objectives to complete. Certainly, none that I could discern. Despite being developed as part of the Games Collective, it’s not really a game then.

Or is it?

Prosopamnesia [The Games Collective]

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