I am an Associate Professor at Bryn Mawr College in the Computer Science department. Before coming to Bryn Mawr College, I worked primarily as a C++ programmer to build networking, simulation and visualization APIs and applications.

I like to write games, interactive experiences, and low-level device demos and systems. I research avatars and procedural characters with a focus on body language and I'm also interested in neo-luddism, permacomputing, and the political economy of software in general.

Website: https://alinen.net

Email me at anormoyle @ brynmawr.edu

APIs, Tools, and Plugins

• open-body-fit: Software for estimating biomechanics from poses extracted from video.
• AGL: C++ 3D/2D drawing API with built-in camera, primitives, shaders, texture, and text support (in openGL).
• ATK: C++ API and tools for loading skeletons and animations from BVH files.
• tinygl: Single header, cross-platform openGL framework for drawing 2D squares, circles, and triangles.
• bvh-python: Utilities for reading, writing, visualizing, and computing forward kinematics with BVH files with Python.
• Curation Tree: Framework for behavior trees tailored for narrative and puzzle games.
• MotionScriptTools: Scripting tools for matlab, motion builder, and maya
• Selection Word Count: Plugin for VS Code

Games, demos, and applications

• Rubik's cube solver: Heuristic-based approach for solving a Rubik's Cube. Visualized in Unity.
• QWOP: Remake of QWOP written in pymunk and pyglet
• Song of Philadelphia Map: Map of locations referenced in the podcast "Song of Philadelphia" by Julien Suaudeau
• Virtuality Theater: A virtuality puppet maps a real world puppet to a virtual counterpart.
• Attack of the Killer Vegetables: Simple arcade game written in HTML/Javascript.
• Cloud Therapist: Eliza-inspired chatbot that runs in a browser.
• Tangram game: Tangram game based on our plugin for jsPsych
• Peg Board Experiment Platform: Experiment that encorporates a peg board with a simple game.
• Improv Chatbot: Chatbot based on the SPOLIN model
• Fluid Simulation: C++ fluid simulation of smoke and fire.
• Misc: Graphics experiments in processing.
• Shared Dreaming: Particle demos based on the LEAP Motion and webGL
• Glitch: Wampus-inspired javascript game.
• Manatee: Old Twitter bot that generates inspriational manatee messages

Device software

• Digital Notebook: A simple text editor for the esp32 that supports a small screen and SD memory.
• Pi Pico Slideshow: Simple slideshow application based on the Pi Pico