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Oil painting drift into being with The Exhibition of Babel

Procedurally painted

One more ProcJam gem and then I'll get on with my transcriptions, I promise. This one is The Exhibition Of Babel [Itch.io page] - a procedurally generated landscape of abstract oil paintings which come into being as you look at them.

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It's inspired by the Jorge Luis Borges short story, The Library of Babel, as well as last year's Borges-inspired ProcJam entry, Library of Blabber. There are also shades of Secret Habitat because it involves a contemplative art space.

I put some more thoughts in the video above because it was more helpful to show the paintings growing brighter as you look at them, as well as returning to pallor/blankness when you walk away.

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