Ferry Halim's Orisinal project functions well as an exercise in minimalism. It is a collection of 59 browser-based art games, each one functioning with the bare minimum of elements it needs to both constitute a game and create a personal atmosphere. Many of the small games feature beautiful loops of spare but evotionally evocative piano music, and the artwork is simple, subdued, and very stylized. In the end they function like incredibly short stories, a few sentences each, every one leaving a definite impression (and, thanks to a simple scoring function, many of them infinitely replayable), minimal in execution and tiny in scope as they are.
Artist: Ferry Halim
Medium: Internet browser games (http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/)
Year: 2000-2001
Artist Statement:
"A game is not always complicated. Simple fun is the most important thing."
Bibliography:
http://cordblomquist.com/articles/61/1/Ferry-Halimas-Engrossing-World-of-Flash-Games/Page1.html
http://jayisgames.com/tag/orisinal
http://www.freegamesnews.com/en/?p=107
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