''Kokoromi'' is a group with the intent of promoting

video games as an art form The concept of video games as a form of art is a commonly debated topic within the entertainment industry. Though video games have been afforded legal protection as creative works by the Supreme Court of the United States, the philosophical pr ...

, and experimental

gameplay Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games. Gameplay is the pattern defined through the game rules, connection between player and the game, challenges and overcoming them, plot and pla ...

worldwide. The collective consists of game pioneers and curators Damien Di Fede,

Phil Fish Philippe Poisson (born November 1, 1984), better known as Phil Fish, is a French Canadian former indie game designer best known for his work on the 2012 platform game '' Fez''. He was born and raised in Quebec, where his experiences with Nint ...

Heather Kelley Heather Kelley (aka ''Moboid'') is a media artist, writer and video game designer. She is a co-founder of the Kokoromi experimental game collective, with whom she produces and curates the annual Gamma game event promoting experimental games as cre ...

, and Cindy Poremba. Most of the members met in 2005, working on a small game project for a cultural event in Montreal. Throughout its growth, the ''Kokoromi'' collective has organized several game related shows, including the Gamma events (Gamma: Audio Feed, gamma 256, GAMMA 3D and Gamma IV), usually encouraging designers to consider gameplay in experimental ways. Often, these events foster new talent on the independent gaming scene. Award-winning games submitted to and launched at Gamma have included

Jason Rohrer Jason Rohrer (born November 14, 1977) is an American computer programmer, writer, musician, and game designer. He publishes most of his software into the public domain (Public domain software) and charges for commercial platform distributed ve ...

Passage Passage, The Passage or Le Passage may refer to: Arts and entertainment Films * ''Passage'' (2008 film), a documentary about Arctic explorers * ''Passage'' (2009 film), a short movie about three sisters * ''The Passage'' (1979 film), starring ...

, Steph Thirion's Faraway, The Copenhagen Game Collective's B.U.T.T.O.N., and Kokoromi's own '' SuperHyperCube''. The group has also designed several independent game projects that follow its unique vision, most recently the dance party game ''Dancingularity''—and its ''Drinkularity''Roboexotica website, participants 2012
/ref> spin-off for the cocktail-robot event

Roboexotica Roboexotica (sometimes spelled: ''Roböxotica'') is an annual festival and conference where scientists, researchers, computer experts and artists from all over the world build ''cocktail robots'' and discuss technological innovation, futurology an ...

. One of the founding members of Kokoromi,

, has formed the independent game company Polytron, for the purpose of handling the development of the video game title ''

Fez Fez most often refers to: * Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire * Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco Fez or FEZ may also refer to: Media * ''Fez'' (Frank Stella), a 1964 painting by the moder ...

''. In 2015, the collective announced that ''superHYPERCUBE'' was being redeveloped for Sony's PlayStation VR (formerly Project Morpheus). It was released as a launch title for the device on 13 October 2016.

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External links

{{Commons category, Kokoromi
Official ''Kokoromi'' blog
Indie video games International artist groups and collectives Visual arts media