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All Systems Brough - BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS

Jul 5, 2026

We're joined by Liz Ryerson (musician, writer, podcaster), Patrick LeMieux (UC Davis), and Andi McClure (BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS, Jumpman) to discuss BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS; a generative art game/tool made in 72 hours. It’s the seventh installment in our yearlong special series exploring the work of Michael Brough: All Systems Brough.

This episode: BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS

Next episode: Helix

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.


Discussed in this episode:

868-BACK (Out now!! Go buy it!!)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/868BACK/ 
https://finji.itch.io/868-back 

Michael Brough’s Website
https://www.smestorp.com/ 

BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS (stable itch.io release!)
https://mermaidindustries.itch.io/become-a-great-artist-in-just-10-seconds 

BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS (web build)
https://dryad.technology/artist/ 

BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS (original Ludum Dare entry)
https://web.archive.org/web/20160616205009/http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=4987

SUPERHYPERCUBE
https://superhypercube.com/ 

KidPix (public domain version)
https://kidpix.app/ 

Increpare games (Stephen Lavelle)
https://www.increpare.com/ 

Game Title
https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/2258 

Andi McClure’s Anti-games/Sweet Nothings
https://runhello.com/anti-games 

A MAZE. / Berlin 2022: Ambient Play Systems (In and Outside of Games) by Flan Falacci
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRDPXMhwkXc  

Great Art by Liz Ryerson
https://www.mostancient.com/shop/great-art 

Making another roguelike game (yay/boo) by Michael Brough
https://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2015/06/making-another-roguelike-game-yayboo-my.html 

Become a First Rate Artist in Just 30 Seconds
https://eliot-l.itch.io/become-a-first-rate-artist-in-just-30-seconds 

FUCK MARIO by Liz Ryerson
https://ellaguro.blogspot.com/2014/03/fuck-mario.html 

Platform Games Catalog by Patrick LeMieux (including Fucked Marios)
https://patrick-lemieux.com/LeMieux-Platform_Games.pdf 

BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS AND KNUCKLES
https://twitter.runhello.com/mcclure111/status/576896540565901312/ 

BECOME A GREAT ARTIST dress
https://twitter.runhello.com/mcclure111/status/573172507773026304/

BECOME A GREAT ARTIST GitHub
https://github.com/mcclure/bitbucket-backup/tree/archive/repos/ufo/contents 

Saint Elizabeth (Liz’s new album!)
https://ellaguro.bandcamp.com/album/saint-elizabeth 

Notes from the Underground by Liz Ryerson
https://ellaguro.blogspot.com/2026/06/notes-from-underground.html 

ArtCtrl painting palette interface for BECOME A GREAT ARTIST
https://vimeo.com/1080330014/fa8866803f 

MOSS (programmable brush-based art tool by Rob’s studio)
https://moss.town/ 

Icosa
https://data.runhello.com/j/iso/post/ 

Andi’s Game Catalog
https://runhello.com/ 

Scrunch (Andi’s Ludum Dare 30 art tool/game)
https://web.archive.org/web/20150221165706/http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?uid=4987 

The Zium (virtual museum collective)
https://theziumsociety.itch.io/ 

 

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