Nibble in Cyberspace: Digipres Adventures, Vol 1
In 2019 I was staying in Hamburg for a short amount of time while I was waiting for my Canadian visa. It was around the time of the iPRES digital preservation conference and I was only a few hours away. While I hoped my work would send me it was not going to be my year. I then hoped I would take myself there anyway by writing a computer game; inspired by Board Games sessions in 2017 and 2018. Alas, that didn’t work out either, but I did end up with a piece of work I am still very proud of.
Nibble in Cyberspace is what I believe may be called an infinity game – it will run for as long as there is time and you simply collect as many points as you can – with one twist: corruption! The game itself will self-destruct if you don’t keep collecting good digital preservation practices over time.
As you navigate its strange scrolling futuristic, or underwatery-feeling scenery you try to collect icons representing good digital preservation practices:
