Generative Advent 2023

Generative Advent is an anthology of 25 beautiful pieces of digital art made by writers, poets, engineers, artists and other creative coders, with one new piece being revealed each day of December leading up to Christmas. Each piece uses procedural and generative techniques in some way - like random noise, text template grammars, or other algorithmic techniques for making things.

Controls

The calendar is primarily controlled with the mouse, and has only been tested on Desktop. Click on a lit window to open it and begin the sketch. Click the back button to return to the main page. Individual sketches sometimes have their own controls - these are written underneath the sketch itself.

Credits

Generative Advent was put together by Rianna Suen and Mike Cook, and includes contributions from the following wonderful people:

Allison Parrish
andothergames
Anne Sullivan
bleeptrack
Chris Allen
Dan Emmerson
Finn J. Carney
Florence Smith Nicholls
Gillian Smith
Holly Nielsen
Kate Compton
Manesh Mistry
Mariana Marangoni
Martin O'Leary
Max Kreminski
Nick Murray
Ollie Withington
Phoenix Perry
Sam Geen
Sam Wong
Struan Fraser
V Buckenham
Younès Rabii

If you enjoyed this calendar, please go and visit our artists’ pages and thank them, check out their other work, or even buy some of it!