SS Survive
ALT-CTRL ARDUINO MAKEY MAKEY GAME JAM CO-OP UNITY
Roles: Interaction Designer,
Programmer
Project Timeline:
3 Days
Team Size:
5 People
Overview
You must survive! Collaborate with your partner to escape sharks, evade dangerous obstacles and close leaks that appear on your ship.
Contributions
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Team leadership
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Interaction design and idea development
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All Programming and implementation
Goals
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Create an alternative controller and game for it
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Unique controller concept
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Fun for players and spectators.
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One-to-one interaction with game and controller
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Fun for both player and spectators
Supplies used
Research
First thing I asked the group to do was look at a bunch of alt-ctrl games and choose their favorites. Afterward, I got everyone to tell me which ones were their favorites and why.
The list of attributes we came up with was:
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Simplicity
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Non-traditional user position
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Direct correlation between physical action and game mechanic
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Physical object interacting back with the user
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Game not presented through a traditional medium
We strived to hit as many of these points as possible throughout our design.
The Feeling of Controlling a Boat
For this project to work the controls had to feel natural. So I went on a journey to figure out the best way to create a rudder.
1st Iteration
Using a Joycon and it's Gyro + Accelerometer output to detect rudder controls. The Joycons output would drift.
2nd Iteration
Using an Arduino and a potentiometer to detect resistance. The output was smooth and accurate. Worked like a real rudder.
Debug version of rudder
Final Rudder
