Max Payne Library is an online generative narrative based on the Max Payne video game. It was developed in close collaboration with art collective JODI. Based on their dissection of the first person shooter I developed an algorithm that associatively reassembles a narrative. Jumping from places to keywords to characters from the game, an endless stream of texts and images is assembled into a new volume in the Max Payne Library.
A new volume is added by dragging a slider to define the number of pages in the book. Once this is confirmed, the program starts constructing a storyline and searches for images to support it.
When a new book is generated it can be printed on-demand or downloaded as a PDF file.