Drop 004 of 100
The ritual, without the tar. It is free, it runs in a browser, and the sound is the whole thing.
Drop 004 of the 100 Cigarettes Project is not an object you buy. It is a first-person smoking simulator you open in a browser, built as an ASMR piece rather than a game. There is no score to chase, nothing to install and nothing to pay.
You drag a painted cigarette up to your lips and hold it there for a pull. The ember flares, the smoke curls, and the ash grows as it burns. The ash stays where it is until you flick the tip, and then it falls.
Burn it down to the nub, grind it out in the tray and the hand leaves the frame. Take a fresh one from the pack, pick up the lighter and hold the flame on the tip. It takes a couple of strikes and a steady hand, the way it does outdoors in wind.
A New York fire escape at midnight, with traffic somewhere below. A 1970s bowling alley with pins falling in the next lane. A Paris cafe on the Boulevard Saint-Germain in the afternoon, where you can also drink the coffee. A Manhattan dressing room with a lit mirror and a martini.
Each room is painted art, and every object you touch is a piece of that painting rather than an overlay drawn on top of it.
The sound is not decoration, it is the product. The crackle of the pull, the exhale, the flick, the flint, the grind in the tray. It is real recorded audio, and the ambience in each room is a real recording of that kind of place.
Turn it on. The first time you touch the screen the audio starts by itself, because a silent version of this is pointless.
People who quit and miss the ritual rather than the nicotine, and people who like ASMR objects that are made rather than generated. There is nothing to buy here and nothing is being sold to you.
100 Cigarettes is an art project of exactly one hundred numbered drops, ending permanently after Drop 100. Most drops are priced by a rule that is part of the work: Drop 001 gets more expensive with every sale, Drop 002 is priced to Bitcoin. Drop 004's rule is that it costs nothing at all.
A free first-person smoking simulator that runs in a web browser. You drag a painted cigarette to your lips, watch the smoke, flick the ash and grind it out. It is built as an ASMR object rather than a game.
Nothing. There is no purchase and no account needed to play.
A New York fire escape at midnight, a 1970s bowling alley, a Paris cafe on the Boulevard Saint-Germain, and a Manhattan dressing room.
Drag the cigarette to your lips and hold it for a pull. Flick the tip and the ash falls. Burn it to the nub, grind it out in the tray, take a fresh one from the pack and light it off the lighter, which takes a couple of strikes and a steady hand.
Yes. The sound is the entire point. It is real recorded audio, not a game soundtrack, and it turns on the first time you touch the screen.
Yes. It runs in a mobile browser with no download.
No. Nothing is sold, nothing is smoked, and the cigarette is subject matter rather than merchandise.