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- 1. CRAFTING YOUR OWN CUSTOM CONTROLLERS FOR IMMERSIVE GAME EXPERIENCES Adina Shanholtz Gavin Bauman Tobiah Zarlez
- 2. WHO ARE WE? Adina Shanholtz Twitter: @FeyTechnologist Blog: www.AdinaShanholtz.com Tobiah Zarlez Twitter: @TobiahZarlez Blog: www.TobiahZ.com Podcast: www.BeIndieNow.com Gavin Bauman Twitter: @gavination2 Blog: http://theothergavin.net
- 3. TOPICS What is a custom controller? History of controllers and arcades. How are we moving past traditional controllers? How do I build my own controller? Greater accessibility with custom controllers. Your questions?
- 4. WOULD YOU RATHER? http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/pics5/gatwick-arcade-mega-exclusive-5.jpg http://static1.gamespot.com/uploads/original/1534/15343359/2569420-3ds_1920u_060314.jpg
- 10. AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY OPPORTUNITIES
- 12. GAMES THAT GO BEYOND THE CONTROLLER
- 13. REPURPOSE TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE
- 14. EVERYTHING CAN BE A CONTROLLER Crank Tank Butt Sniffing Pugs Planet Licker
- 15. CUSTOM TECHNOLOGY IS CHEAP Raspberry Pi MakerBot Adafruit Sensor pack 900
- 18. BUILDING YOUR OWN LEDs: ~$4/100pcs Pushbuttons: ~$3/25pcs Photo resistors: $2.30/20pcs Assorted potentiometers: ~$4.50/130pcs LCD Screen 16x2: ~$7.50/1pc Pressure Sensor: $5/1pc Accelerometer: ~$3/1pc
- 19. ADAPTIVE TOYS CodeMash 2016 Microsoft partnered with students from Ohio State University to put on a workshop for attendees to rebuild toys for children with disabilities. Donated to Katelyn’s Kloset- an adaptive toy library. Always in need of more adapted toys. Libraries are limited in what kinds of toys they can carry or how many libraries exist.
- 20. AFRAID OF THE DARK
- 21. “ Since 2014, the Game Developer’s Conference has recognized this emerging category in games with its own special exhibit called alt.ctrl.GDC, a space dedicated specifically to games with alternative controllers that “challenge traditional forms of input.” Now in its third year, submissions have more than doubled since the exhibit’s creation. This year’s edition features 20 games chosen from a pool of over 140 games submitted. Over at IndieCade, a festival dedicated to independent games, a similar boon is afoot—with submissions of games with nontraditional controllers doubling in the span of one year. ”-KILLSCREEN: TOUCH & GO: EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE CONTROLLERS BY NICOLE PACAMPARA
- 22. THANK YOU! Adina Shanholtz Twitter: @FeyTechnologist Blog: www.AdinaShanholtz.com Tobiah Zarlez Twitter: @TobiahZarlez Blog: www.TobiahZ.com Podcast: www.BeIndieNow.com Gavin Bauman Twitter: @gavination2 Blog: http://theothergavin.net
Editor's Notes
- Longest paper I’ve ever written was about video game history. -feel free to ask questions, talk about your own experiences if you have something to contribute
- What is a custom controller? History of controllers and arcades. How are we moving past traditional controllers? How do I build my own controller? Greater accessibility with custom controllers. For those in the audience who are more technical, I hope this is a call to action.
- How can we change the nature of interactivity? How can we move past the traditional handheld controller? New kind of critical thinking about games for audiences who may be familiar with games but not be familiar with game design. How many of you are developers? For those in the audience who are more technical, I hope this is a call to action.
- Nothing makes us feel closer to gaming than feeling like we’re a part of it.
- Controllers are how we interact with our game. Most controllers now feature one or more joysticks, a direction pad, and a number of buttons. As successful as this model is, it greatly limits interactivity between player and game. Developers are forced to utilize this input or require extra equipment, which deters them from creating their own controllers because of added cost and production and inherently limits the possibility of a richer player experience. 3ds immersion- animal crossing example. Simulation + 3d What happens when we use other kinds of controllers?
- Compare/contrast w previous slide
- VR arcades are being built now Modern theme park rides – Toy Story Mania Now it’s more cost effective to create custom controllers
- A new twist on old ideas
- People can see different worlds, now they want to interact with them. Simple is better, you don’t need a keyboard
- We’ve always done make believe, we’re just now expanding on our imagination. Games should be an extension of that. VR is exploring that right now How did we go from nothing -> arcade cabinets -> now We try to immerse ourselves in our worlds and try to bring our fantasies to life. Through books, plays, then movies, and now games/VR.
- Your phone can control anything – Fibbage/Jack Party Pack Your body is a control – Just Dance/Kinect A piece of paper can be your controller – Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
- Don’t have to build a one-of-a-kind controller to do something custom/unique
- Some games shown off at Alt.Ctrl at GDC
- Creating custom controllers used to involve hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of prototyping and production. Now Raspberry Pi and sensors will cost you less than $75. 3d printing/laser cutting also getting cheaper
- The modern immersion. Modern controllers, and simulation. So many simulator games. Immersion. Tycoon series. Games are: an artform, fun, but also a way to escape
- How many of you have played smash and seen this guy? How many of you know he helped saved the video game industry after the north American video game crash of 1983? We’ve talked about how things were and are. But what about where things are going.
- Game that inspired me to write this talk Explain game
- What happens when we use other kinds of controllers? Example of a non-traditional wearable controller We’ve already tried to recreate the gun in our controllers. Wearables aren’t dead
- What happens when we use other kinds of controllers? Demonstrative of immersion through interaction with a custom controller. The most physical you can get. The Lightning Bug game is a two-person interactive game experience, using costumes embedded with technology, projection on a half dome surface and custom software. The players represent the last remaining lightning bugs in a world consumed by pollution, and must cooperate with each other in order to fight against a virtual enemy of darkness. Each player has a distinct role — one player shoots and the other collects power — and they both must help each other by hold hands in order to transfer power from one player to the other in order to fight. This is a part of a larger exploration of various questions explored when considering the potential of costumes as game controllers.
- Like Kaho Abe’s Hotaru, these games rely on interaction and group control to immerse Artemis Spaceship bridge simulator + Spaceteam Custom mechanics vs. controllers If you want to play spaceteam after
- Kits to get started with if you’re not EE
- Actual physical gaming anything can be a controller
- Went on amazon, did a bit of shopping Perhaps with the rise of developers making custom controlled games we will move back to the arcade model
- Codemash: the 2-hour workshop, 150 attendees were able to retrofit 62 toys with adapters for special capability switches. Impact of immersion and custom controllers
- We’ve seed a lot of examples, but what about if you want to make your own? Afraid of the Dark
- Historically video game cabinets experimented with custom controllers. We moved away from this model and are we returning to it?
- Since 2014, the Game Developer’s Conference has recognized this emerging category in games with its own special exhibit called alt.ctrl.GDC, a space dedicated specifically to games with alternative controllers that “challenge traditional forms of input.” Now in its third year, submissions have more than doubled since the exhibit’s creation. This year’s edition features 20 games chosen from a pool of over 140 games submitted. Over at IndieCade, a festival dedicated to independent games, a similar boon is afoot—with submissions of games with nontraditional controllers doubling in the span of one year.
- Longest paper I’ve ever written was about video game history. -feel free to ask questions, talk about your own experiences if you have something to contribute