Shirish Sarkar
b. 1994, los angeles
games / systems / music / tools / speculative interfaces
Works
DARK2LIGHT
2023-2024Physical card game with connected online platform. Collects questions from users and pays out micropayments for answers with a robustly designed economic system. Built using TypeScript and NextJS. 1000 users at height.
VALLEY ARCADE
OngoingSystem design and backend development for hardware arcade cabinet ecosystem. Built using Typescript, NextJS, MongoDB, and economics. 250+ daily users.
MÄRCHEN
Est. 2022Märchen is a cognition studio, specializing in game development and creative, multidisciplinary media.
GEIST
Est. 2022Blockchain-enabled music label and collective, dealing in novel distribution methods for music, art, and clothing. Involved in all operations, including building websites, designing clothes and music releases, and building proprietary smart contracts.
DITHER QUEST
2024Minimal web app for dithering images using p5.js.
LIBRARY OF BABEL
Est. 2024Blockchain-enabled marketplace for tokens mined using locking scripts unique to Bitcoin SV. 2500+ visitors a month.
VILLAINS
2024Narrative game about interrogating aliens for FELTZINE. Built using Unity.
ZOOPHILE
09-24-2023Procedurally generated animation using emojis and p5.js.
B(LOCK) CALCULATOR
12-07-2023Minimalist app that calculates timing for future blocks on the Bitcoin SV blockchain.
A FANTASIAN CHRONICLE
07-01-2023Minimalist app that procedurally generates fantastical text using Tracery and handwritten material.
PAINTMOJI
10-01-2023Minimalist app that allows user to paint with emojis. Includes variable brush sizes, image saving, and undo/redo functionality. Built with p5js.
FLUTTER
03-01-2022Endless runner game made in Pico-8 engine, coded in Lua.
MUDBOT
10-14-2022GPT-enabled Discord bot with multiple functions, primarily geared around worldbuilding.
DWELLER
2020Series of animations and videos for Karim Atari album DWELLER release. Made with p5js.
PERLIN
10-01-2018Audio-reactive visualizer, originally built for a live music performance. Made with Processing.
HEROES OF FANTASIA
WIPStrategy game based in the Fantasia universe built with Unity. Playable web-based prototype available.
DARK SOULS
06-10-2023Productions with several artists, assembled into a mixtape. [GST007] (19:39)
RELENTLESS URBANISM
05-27-2023Experimental ambient work, cut from original music composed for 'Devotion' by Sarah Nagle. [GST006] (30mins)
CRICKETS IN MAY
03-31-2022Minimal techno track released on VA compilation. 12" Vinyl. [DDL03] (6:26)
FANTASIA, ACT I
09-10-2021Experimental, ambient music release with hints of electronica and jungle. [GST001] (22:31)
MOVEMENT II
09-06-2020Ambient, experimental release originally composed to accompany MARK IT IN PENCIL, a dance performance. [Self-released] (~38 mins)
NO NAPKINS
07-01-2020Minimal techno EP. 12" Vinyl. [DDL02]
DEVOTION
07-25-2020Original 3hr score for a dance performance by Sarah Nagle, taking place over multiple days on-site in Midtown Manhattan. (NYC, 180mins)
MARK IT IN PENCIL
03-18-2018Original score for feature-length dance performance by Cullen+Them. (NYC, 120mins)
AMĀRA
FW 2024Design, asset creation, and creative development for Los Angeles-based clothing label Amāra.
THE LAST HOLD
10-07-2023Sound design and foley FX for game 'The Last Hold' by Red Tiger Productions.