Weather Room: A Wind-up Toy
Weather Room: A Wind-Up Toy is a random weather generator made of 340 words. Created for Neo-Twiny Jam 2024.
It was partially inspired by Everest Pipkin's essay "It was raining in the data center."
NOTE: This game uses a timed text effect, but the entire game takes only about a minute to play.
Itch background: map of the North Pacific generated on noaa.gov; cover image from canva.
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This is the ultimate novelty and I want it in real life very badly. The writing is glorious. The music is delightfully tactile (I think the ticking sound effect really does the trick). The minute timer ties it all together, you get small doses of weather at a time so you don't go overboard with it. (The weather is too powerful to witness for prolonged periods. You must take breaks!)
Also, that data center article is surprisingly illuminating. I was expecting it to just be about a funny cloud in a data center, but it ended up being way more. Non-places, the fundamental role of the US military in the internet's creation, the ecological impact...
Oh awesome, I'm so happy you enjoyed it (and did not get overwhelmed by the sheer power of the weather lol). Thank you so much! And yeah, I really admire Everest Pipkin's work, and this essay is fantastic in the way it ties everything together.--even the building of the railroad!