Alternate Gaming Interfaces, Kieran Nolan, F.R.O.G. 2010

Hello F.R.O.G.! Kieran Nolan Dept of Music & Creative Media, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland www.kierannolan.com

Alternate Gaming Interfaces Kieran Nolan Dept of Music & Creative Media, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland www.kierannolan.com

Not just the Controller by itself, or the GUI / feedback by itself...

Player input > Our message to the computer Facilitated by...

Feedback > Audio Visual Tactile A communicative process

A Balance of Aesthetics Functionality Playability The ultimate goal

“He watched the kids stand in front of the machines their bony arms like umbilical cords joining human and machine. He asked the kids questions about what made a good game. Arawaka realized the most successful games had something that player’s couldn’t articulate. The words used to describe them were usually reserved to describe forms of intimacy between people. It was as if the players and the game itself had somehow merged.” Page 83, ‘Game Over – Nintendo’s battle to dominate videogames’, David Sheff, 1993, Coronet Books)

Motivations for creating Alternate Game Interfaces Commercial Accessibility Experimentation Artistic expression Education

Dead or Alive

A Froggy Fairytale

The Final Battle

Demon Hunter

Reaction Contraption

Move By Nature

Plenty more projects to see...

"Kart Duel players will pay for the experience and not the high tech graphical content… In other words, what is the point in providing expensive, state of the art visuals when people simply want to sit in a damn kart" Mike Nevin, Namco Europe (Edge, 2000)

“It's not really something only in the future, some people already have them, chips in their bodies. If for some that would be a bit too scary, then you could also do something more simple, like using wristbands or a pendant. So using devices like these for sensing would be good I think. I think that for arcades games I want something that's a bit futuristic." Yu Suzuki, Sega (Arcade Mania, Brian Ashcraft, 2008)

- Location - Actions - Thoughts Uploading our digital shadow

Hybrid Future – Blurred Realities

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