Skip to the gameplay portion of the video above to see how it works: Players socialize at the dog park by rolling a pleasurably big, tactile tennis ball with their hands. Occasionally they will need to incline their head to touch, with their nose, the fluffy bottom of a stuffed pug that is emerging, hind legs splayed, from the controller.
Naturally, these kinds of experiments are better suited to public spaces and exhibitions -- no one is about to commercially develop a pug butt controller, sadly. But each year jammers make weird, touchable things for the annual Alt.Ctrl.GDC showcase at the Game Developers Conference, and other highlights from this one include a little wearable snail shell and a Cold War anti-nuclear device that uses a rotary phone dial.
This week, our partnership with Critical Distance brings us reading on parenting via Tomb Raider, the utility of the word ‘gameplay’, and experiences from Nintendo ‘play counselors’ from the 1980s and 90s.
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Naturally, these kinds of experiments are better suited to public spaces and exhibitions -- no one is about to commercially develop a pug butt controller, sadly. But each year jammers make weird, touchable things for the annual Alt.Ctrl.GDC showcase at the Game Developers Conference, and other highlights from this one include a little wearable snail shell and a Cold War anti-nuclear device that uses a rotary phone dial.
