<h1>Credits</h1>\n<img src="ill/cover-art.jpg" height="340">\n\nThe game was produced by <strong>Nyxxx 2014</strong>\n\nStory & game design <strong><a href="http://interactingarts.org/widing/">Gabriel Widing</a></strong>\n\nIllustration by <strong>Albin Werle</strong>\n\nTranslation to English by <strong>Leo Nordwall</strong>\n\nFeedback and input from Tova Gerge, Leo Nordwall & Ebba Petren\n\n<br /><br /><a href="http://nyxxx.se/ass/">REPLAY!</a>
<<if $fond lt 1>><<display "Ansökan">><<else>><<display "Redovisning">><<endif>>\n<<nobr>>\n<<set $time = $time+1>>\n<<set $cash = $cash-1000>>\n<<display "Valet">>\n<<endnobr>>
You have <strong>€ <<print $cash>></strong>. Your inspiration is <strong><<numword $inspiration>></strong>.\nYou have survived as an artist for <strong><<print $time>> months</strong> and produced <strong><<print $artwork>> art works</strong>.
<h1>You embark on a search for inspiration!</h1>\n<<rnd "<html><img src='ill/inspirationsresa.jpg' height='340'></html>" "<html><img src='ill/inspirationsresa1.jpg' height='340'></html>" "<html><img src='ill/inspirationsresa2.jpg' height='340'></html>">>\nYou go on an exciting trip to <<rnd "Berlin" "Paris" "New York" "Norway" "Istanbul" "a biennial">>. \nTravel expenses, lodging and recreation sets you back € 2000.\n<<nobr>>\n<<set $time = $time+1>>\n<<set $inspiration = $inspiration+3>>\n<<set $cash = $cash-2000>>\n<<display "Valet">>\n<<endnobr>>
<h1>You have just completed your studies in fine arts!</h1>\n<img src="ill/klart-utbildning.jpg" height="340">\nDuring your program, you have worked extra on the side and earned € 5000!\n\nThe costs of living are € 1000 each month.\nYou may do one of the following four each month:\n<<nobr>>\n<<set $cash = 5000>>\n<<set $artwork = 0>>\n<<set $time = 0>>\n<<set $fond = 0>>\n<<display "Valet">>\n<<endnobr>>
<h1>You work for cash this month.</h1>\n<<rnd "<html><img src='ill/work1.jpg' height='340'></html>" "<html><img src='ill/work2.jpg' height='340'></html>">>\n<<set $salary = Math.floor(Math.random()*13)*100>>\nYou earn € <<print $salary + 1000>>.\nYour inspiration is fading.\n<<nobr>>\n<<set $time = $time+1>>\n<<set $inspiration = $inspiration-1>>\n<<set $cash = $cash+$salary>>\n<<display "Valet">>\n<<endnobr>>
html {\n width: 100%;\n\n /* Fallback colour */\n background-color: ffffff;\n\n /* Vertical centering */\n height: 100%;\n display: table;\n}\nbody {\n /* Remove default styles */\n font-size: 100%;\n background-color: transparent;\n margin: 0;\n\n /* Vertical centering */\n height:100%;\n display:table-cell;\n vertical-align: middle;\n}\n#passages {\n border-left: 0px;\n margin: 0;\n /* Keep a gap at the top and bottom of the page,\n when the text is longer than the window's height. */\n padding: 5% 0;\n}\n\n.passage {\n /* Passage width */\n width: 60%;\n /* Horizontal centering */\n margin: 0 auto;\n\n /* Text formatting */\n color: black;\n font-size: 100%;\n text-align:center;\n font-family:Courier,"Courier New",Futura;\n}\n\n/* No sidebar */\n#sidebar {\n display:none;\n}\n\n/* Links */\na.internalLink, a.externalLink {\n color: blue;\n}\na.internalLink:hover, a.externalLink:hover {\n color: lightskyblue;\n text-decoration: none;\n}\n\n/* Shrink the page when viewed on devices with a low screen width */\n@media screen and (max-width: 960px) {\n .passage { font-size: 90%; width: 70%; }\n}\n@media screen and (max-width: 840px) {\n .passage { font-size: 87.5%; width: 80%; }\n}\n@media screen and (max-width: 720px) {\n .passage { font-size: 75%; width: 90%; }\n}
<<if $cash <= 0>><html><img src="ill/game-over.jpg" height="340"></html>\nYou have run out of money. Your artistic career is over. <br />\nPerhaps it’s time to consider the debt from your student loans.\n<br /><br /><<display "Gameover">><br /><br /><a href="http://nyxxx.se/ass/">REPLAY!</a><br /><br />[[Credits]]<br /><<elseif $inspiration <= 0>>\n<html><img src="ill/game-over.jpg" height="340"></html>\nYou have lost your inspiration. Your artistic career is over. <br />Perhaps it’s time to consider the debt from your student loans.\n<br /><br /><<display "Gameover">><br /><br /><a href="http://nyxxx.se/ass/">REPLAY!</a>\n<br /><br />[[Credits]]<br /><<else>>\n[[Make art|Make art]]!\n[[Work for a living|Work]]...\n[[Apply for a grant|Apply]].\n[[Undertake an inspirational excursion|Excursion]].<br />\n<<display "Stats">>\n<<endif>>
<h1>You try your best at art!</h1>\n<<if $inspiration lte 5>>\n<img src="ill/low-inspiration.jpg" height="340">\nYou produce <<rnd "a terrible" "an awkward" "a lacking" "an incomprehensible" "a self-absorbed" "a sketchy" "an uncalled-for" "a mediocre" "an abstract">><<elseif $inspiration gte 10>><img src="ill/high-inspiration.jpg" height="340">\nYou produce <<rnd "a contemporary" "an experimental" "a modern" "a transgressive" "a challenging" "an interactive" "a timeless" "an innovative" "a provocative" "a transdisciplinary" "an immaterial" "a radical" "a relational" "a brilliant" "a relevant" "an important" "a controversial">><<else>>\n<<rnd "<html><img src='ill/make-art.jpg' height='340'></html>" "<html><img src='ill/make-art2.jpg' height='340'></html>">>\nYou produce <<rnd "a contemporary" "an experimental" "a modern" "a transgressive" "a challenging" "an interactive" "a timeless" "an innovative" "a provocative" "a transdisciplinary" "an immaterial" "a radical" "a relational" "a brilliant" "a relevant" "an important" "a controversial" "a site-specific">><<endif>> <<rnd "stage performance" "visual art work" "performance" "project" "installation" "sound art work" "monument" "craft" "video work" "conceptual art work" "art work">>.\n<<nobr>>\n<<set $time = $time+1>>\n<<set $cash = $cash-1000>>\n<<set $artwork = $artwork+1>>\n<<display "Valet">>\n<<endnobr>>
try {\n version.extensions['random'] = { major:1, minor:0, revision:0 };\n macros['rnd'] = {\n handler: function(place, macroName, params, parser) {\n var n = Math.floor(Math.random() * params.length);\n var str = params[n];\n new Wikifier(place, str);\n },\n };\n} catch(e) {\n throwError(place,"rnd error: "+e.message); \n}\n\n\ntry {\n version.extensions['numberwords'] = { major:1, minor:0, revision:0 };\n macros['numword'] = {\n handler: function(place, macroName, params, parser) {\n var key = params[0];\n key = key.substr(1);\n var n = parseInt(state.history[0].variables[key]);\n var numbers = ["out", "failing", "failing", "lacking", "lacking", "mediocre", "mediocre", "good", "good", "strong", "strong", "excellent", "excellent", "brilliant", "brilliant", "brilliant", "brilliant", "brilliant", "brilliant", "brilliant", "brilliant"];\n new Wikifier(place, numbers[n]);\n },\n };\n} catch(e) {\n throwError(place,"rnd error: "+e.message); \n}\n\n\n\n
<h1>You apply for a grant!</h1>\n\n<<if Math.floor(Math.random()*100) lt 80>>\n<html><img src="ill/avslag.jpg" height="340"></html>\nYou are denied. <<set $inspiration = $inspiration-1>>\n<<else>><<set $bidrag = Math.floor(Math.random()*2)*1000+6000>>\n<html><img src="ill/anslag.jpg" height="340"></html>\nYou were granted € <<print $bidrag>>! <<set $cash = $cash+$bidrag>>\n<<set $fond = $fond+1>><<endif>>
Your life as an artist is about to begin.\nFeeling stoked?\n\n[[YES!|Intro2]]\n[[No|Intro2][$inspiration = $inspiration-1]]\n
Are you ready to start the game?\n\n[[YES!|Intro3]]\n[[No|Intro3][$inspiration = $inspiration-1]]
By <a href="http:interactingarts.org/widing/">Gabriel Widing</a>/ <a href="http:nyxxx.se/">Nyxxx</a>
You own <strong>€ <<print $cash>></strong>. Your inspiration is <strong><<numword $inspiration>></strong>.\nYou survived as an artist for <strong><<print $time>> months</strong> and produced <strong><<print $artwork>> art works</strong>.
Artist Survival Simulator
\n<img src="ill/start.jpg" width="711">\n\n<h1>ARTIST SURVIVAL SIMULATOR</h1>\n\n<h2>[[START!|Intro1]]</h2>\n\n<strong>NYXXX</strong> 2014\n\n<strong>Story & game design</strong> <a href="http://interactingarts.org/widing/">Gabriel Widing</a>\n<strong>Illustration</strong> Albin Werle\n<strong>Translation</strong> Leo Nordwall\n\n<<set $inspiration = 10>>
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<html><img src="ill/redovisa.jpg" height="340"></html>\nYou <<rnd "dutifully" "reluctantly" "verbosely" "properly" "thoroughly" "painstakingly" "meticulously" "conscientiously" "carefully">> write an account of the funding of your last project.\n<<set $fond = 0>>\n
Are you ready to give it your very best?\n\n[[YES!|Spelet]]\n[[No|Spelet][$inspiration = $inspiration-1]]