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"Reviving 1990's Digital Dress-Up Dolls with Smooch" by Libby Horacek (Strange Loop 2022)
Revive the nostalgic charm of 1990s Digital Dress-Up Dolls with Smooch, a modern project that revives the Kiseke Set System, a retro browser-based doll creation platform from the mid-1990s.
- The Kiseke Set System was invented in 1991 by MIO.H on a Japanese bulletin board system.
- KISS was created at a time when the internet was expensive and slow, making it difficult to upload and share content.
- The system had unique features, such as custom image formats, LHA compression, and a scripting language.
- The community of KISS users and creators was active from the mid-1990s to around 2010.
- The system died out due to declining popularity and a lack of new users.
- FKISS, a later version of KISS, was created in 1995 and introduced new features such as animation and sound.
- Smooch, a current project, aims to revive KISS by creating a new viewer and allowing users to create and share their own dolls.
- The Kiseke Set System is complex and requires a deep understanding of its specification and mechanics.
- The project uses Haskell and JavaScript and has a simple scripting language.
- Smooch uses a library called Parsec for parsing CNF lines.
- The project also uses a custom event system and a ghost canvas for rendering.
- The Kiseke Set System has a unique art style and community of users and creators.
- The project has a strong focus on nostalgia and community building.
- The author would like to see more people contribute to the project and make their own KISS dolls.
- The project has the potential to attract new users and creators who are interested in retro computing and gaming.
- The author is open to feedback and suggestions on how to improve the project.
- The project is hosted on GitHub and has a discord channel for discussion and community building.