Bub – living an artist’s dreams and dreads in New York
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guardianTech
July 21, 2026 · 02:33
An autobiographical game about the devastating effects of chronic illness on an artist’s creative life gives players the chance slow the pace right downBub does not look like a traditional video game. Artist and stop-motion animator Case Jernigan spends hours, days, months in his studio drawing, painting and delicately cutting out pieces of collected paper, while coder and gameplay designer Todd Anderson builds scripts and physics simulations to make them into a game.In Bub, you play through the life of an artist in New York City, making art but also diving into his early memories and imaginative dreams. “You go from present day New York City into his childhood, or different sort of visions, which are all rendered in stop motion,” says Anderson. “His story is told in the present day, but a…
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