An Experience is an alternate reality game about the Internet achieving sentience.

Latest Version

Version
0.0.91
Update
August 9, 2022
Size
1.88MiB
Developer
toddwords.com
Category
Users
33
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
ContextMenus
Tts
Tabs
Storage
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An Experience Extension

You will be told a story gradually as you browse the web and encounter and interact with different characters through an augmented layer on top of the pages you normally visit.

Ways in which websites will be altered include overlays on top of the page, additional content added to certain pages, and replacing the content of banner ads with material from the story.

This extension will occasionally surprise you, and occasionally do things you haven't seen it do before. If such surprises would be unwelcome, the extension can easily be turned off and on by pressing on its icon on the upper left corner of your chrome window.

None of your data or records of any of your actions within the game will ever be sent off of your computer.

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An Experience is made and maintained by Todd Anderson for his MFA Thesis in Digital Language Arts at Brown University.

This extension aims to explore chrome extensions as a creative form, and to test their capacity for gameplay and narrative. It is not, like many other chrome extensions, a simple tool to accomplish a simple task, but it is designed to build a single coherent world and to tell a story within that world. I hope you enjoy it.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "An Experience", "version": "0.0.91", "manifest_version": 2, "description": "An Experience is an alternate reality game about the Internet achieving sentience.", "homepage_url": "http://toddwords.com", "browser_action": { "default_icon": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png" }, "default_title": "An Experience - Click to toggle on/off. Turns back on at midnight." }, "icons": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png" }, "default_locale": "en", "background": { "scripts": [ "js/jquery-1.11.1.min.js", "js/p5.min.js", "js/p5.sound.js", "src/bg/music.js", "src/bg/background.js" ], "persistent": true }, "permissions": [ "contextMenus", "tts", "tabs", "storage" ], "web_accessible_resources": [ "assets/*", "js/*" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "" ], "js": [ "js/jquery-1.11.1.min.js", "js/mousetrap.min.js", "js/markov.js", "js/tracery.js", "src/inject/inject.js" ], "css": [ "css/main.css" ] }, { "matches": [ "*://*.textfiles.com/*" ], "js": [ "src/inject/textfiles.js" ] } ]}
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How to download and manually install An Experience extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install An Experience extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install An Experience extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install An Experience extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download An Experience extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a An Experience extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the An Experience Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the An Experience extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the An Experience extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for An Experience extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the An Experience extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download An Experience extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install An Experience extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the An Experience extension file

Select and download the An Experience extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the An Experience extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your An Experience extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the An Experience extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install An Experience extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Underlying Tone (ID: 000000ee7e465c89) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/22/2022 Definetly very late but I recently just found this, and im enjoying it so far:) but it says "You know...I've read a lot of stuff but I have a hard time telling what's good and what's not. Maybe you could teach me? I've modified your browser so that whenever you select some text, you can right-click to teach it to me. Can I show you?" and i agreed, then it brings me to a site that says "Sorry, that poem or audio file is currently unavailable." it was archived so i was able to read the poem but it keeps saying that over and over again.

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Miranda Rife (ID: 000000e7a67ec37d) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/11/2017 I really love the extension and am having tons of fun but I think I'm experience a glitch. The kite keepings telling me that it's modified my browser so that I can teach it text, but when I follow it to the kite poem and right click, I don't see the option to teach it the text. Am I missing something?