Interactive installation, 1999.

The project was presented as an installation, with the game projected on the wall. The audience sits on 3 lined cushions in gold lamé (1mx1m). The keyboard and mouse are on the cushions.

The Japanese word okashi designates all kinds of sweets, Jellies, cookies, snacks, chocolate... In that country has become a phenomenon that arouses passions, for how young, and not only children, collect the gadgets some okashi give, or discuss what their preferred okashi is. It is something that is part of youth culture as well as video games, clothing brands or music groups. Okashi are consumed impulsively and massively as advertising of these products falls on its target audience from all possible media angles.

Okashi: the project of a lifetime is a computer game. The player has to lead the erratic movements of a character who is proposed a project of life, a vital goal that is nothing more than the goal of the game, banal and sweet as a okashi.
Throughout his trip (his play, his live), the small character will discover elements of her biography, disruptive elements that will make her dissipate, and objects that will prolong the sweet illusion.
The okashi of this game are, however, of a different kind: the latest PC, the coolest mobile of appetizing color, or a joystick that promises the most intense moments of enjoyment. These and other toys conform the okashi world, the project of a life: "Gotta catch'em all."

Goal of the game

Plant many okashi factories and maintain your self-esteem above acceptable levels.
This is a game of strategy and exploration of the terrain. When you start the game, the only visible tiles are those immediately under the character. As we move in different directions we reveal new tiles and what they contain, which can be:

- Okashi, electronic candies. We collect them until we have enough to install a factory.
- Cash. We need it to buy more okashi in the e-shop.

- Toilet paper. A system alert message warns us that something is wrong with our relationship with technology. The messages that appear on screen are stored in the 'Biography', which provoke our self-esteem go down while our character fades progressively.

If we have enough money, we can regain our self-esteem with the radical evasion of an exotic trip.
When all the tiles have been revealed, we can redraw the ground with a button to continue with the game. All empty tiles disappear and are replaced by others of unknown content, assigned randomly by the program.

The project dates from late 1999, but was not presented until June 2000.

To date has participated in the following exhibitions:

- XXXVII International Competition of Fine Arts of Pollença (Mallorca).
- Sense matriu. La Capella. ICUB, Barcelona. 2001.
- Sin matriz. Hall of Culture Carlos III. Pamplona. 2001.

Special thanks: Eloi Puig.

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Downloads
The game and the playing instructions are freely available to download.

How to install: the game is for Windows only. Download and unrar all the file to the same folder. Set your screen resolution to 800 x 600px. Double click the file 'okashi.exe'.