Francois Laberge is the cofounder of Brass Monkey, a company developing a mobile app called Emotely that turns phones and tablets into wireless controllers. Emotely allows for classic couch multiplayer gaming by enabling phones and tablets to control games running in a browser from the comfort of the couch without any installation required on PCs. The Emotely SDK also makes it easy for developers to add multiplayer capabilities and innovative input methods to their own games.

1. Brass Monkey:
Couch Multiplayer

2. About Me:
Francois Laberge
Game and Web Developer.
Linkedin | @francoislaberge. | francoislaberge.com
Cofounder at Brass Monkey:
Mobile App that turns Phones & Tablets into Remote
Controllers.
Previously was Founder of Emotely
Acquired by Brass Monkey.

3. Demo Videos
Emotely
http://emotely.com/
Now a part of Brass Monkey. See Tech Crunch Article.
Brass Monkey
http://brassmonkeysdk.com/

4. Desktop/Web Gaming is devoid of:
● Standardized Controllers.
● The comfort of the couch.
● Non-networked Multiplayer.
● Innovative Input Methods.

5. What is Couch Multiplayer?
I mean classic shared screen multiplayer
played with family/friends from the comfort
of the couch.

6. Shared screen multiplayer

7. Two categories:
Split screen + Full shared screen.

8. Split Screen

9. Still doing it.
Mariokart (SNES) Mariokart (Wii)

10. Still doing it.
Golden Eye (N64) Halo: Reach (Xbox360)

11. Fullscreen sharing

12. Fighting Games
Street Fighter Fight Night

13. Sports Games
Predominantly shared screen.

14. Board/Parlour Games

15. Shared + Private
Screen
Users can use their personal screen to navigate
and plan without being observed.
Most expensive board game setup ever made?
$1400 iPad + iPhone + iPhone)

16. Just as fun?
[As Networked Multiplayer?]

17. Hell Yes!
Maybe even more so.

18. Bonus:
● Cheaper to develop.
● Easier to setup games.

19. Cheaper
● Cheaper operation:
○ No servers to manage.
● Cheaper development costs
○ No client/server architecture.
(Hard!)
○ Adding shared screen multiplayer
only involves input events from
more than one Controller. (Easy!)

20. Ok, but how?
This is where Emotely comes in.

21. Emotely
A Controller In Every Pocket

22. Emotely is a Mobile App that
turns Phones and Tablets into
Wireless Controllers.

23. Specifically Emotely is focused
on controlling anything that
runs in a Browser.
● Games.
● Video/Music Players.
● Collaborative Drawing Apps.
● Slideshow Clickers.
● Anything anyone builds with the
Emotely SDK.

24. Quick Demo
*If you missed the talk, see the Teaser Video.

25. What's so special about it?

26. No installation or setup
required on the PCs.
1. Install the Mobile app.
2. Go to any PC.
3. Open http://emotely.com
4. Start playing.

27. Mind Blowing
Communication Speeds.
● Typically at 150hz-200hz.
● Anything above 60hz appears
instantaneous.
● At least 2.5 faster than necessary.
○ Allows us to easily support 8+
players in multiplayer games.

28. Creating Your Own Controllers
Using the Emotely SDK
1. Easily add Multiplayer to your games.
2. Tap into innovative device features.
3. Once created Controllers will work on
all Major Mobile OSs.
4. Controllers are built with HTML5.
5. Profit by leveraging our monetization
APIs:
○ In-app purchasing, subscriptions,
virtual currency, advertising, and
app affiliate networks.

29. Fancy Explanation Pictures
Warning: May confuse more than enlighten.

33. The Future
(rocket packs and rounded corners)
● Patents
○ Approved
■ Auto-Pairing/Smart Sockets
○ Pending
■ Local Cache/Stream.
■ Multi-screen coordination.
■ Streamed Video/Audio
● Nintendo Wii U, Microsoft Kinect,
and AirPlay.

34. Things I didn't get to cover
● Monetization features of the
Emotely Platform.
● Bringing the Mobile Input
Innovations to PCs.
● Truly moving PC usage to the
couch for Movies, Music, Games,
and Browsing.

35. Heck, the couch is just more fun.
* Also hopefully you prefer playing with others rather
than....yourself.

36. Register for the Beta.
http://brassmonkeysdk.com
@brassmonkey | @francoislaberge | francois@brassmonkeysdk.
com