Inside a dusty game shop, a boy learns of a game that explains existence—how life consumes, replicates, and self-destructs in pursuit of survival. Yet beyond strategy lies something timeless: beauty emerging from chaos, art born from the ruins of play.

Jacob Adler is a musician, educator, and filmmaker. His music compositions have been performed around the US and Europe, and he performs regularly on the piano and organ. Jacob has been teaching music theory at Arizona State University since 2009, and he teaches specialized private courses in microtonality and advanced rhythm techniques. As a filmmaker, Jacob explores the creative possibilities of AI tools and traditional filmmaking tools. His work can be heard and viewed at jacobadler.us.