GDC Linkdump 2016
(This is pretty much just the Alt.Ctrl.GDC lineup, plus a couple of other random things I saw.)
Hello, Operator! (Mike Lazer Walker) – Play on a vintage telephone switchboard. (See also notes on the game’s construction.)
Please Stand By (Jerry Belich and Victor Thompson) – Play on a vintage TV set.
Fabulous Beasts (Sensible Object) – Play with a stack of irregular blocks. (I’ve probably linked this before.)
Threadsteading (Gillian Smith, April Grow, Chenxi Liu, Lea Albaugh, Jen Mankoff, and Jim McCann) – Play with a reprogrammed embroidering machine.
Petitwo (Steph Caskenette) – Play on a spinning zoetrope.
Planet Licker (Azuria Sky, Frank DeMarco, Otis Denner-Kenny and Mouth Arcade) – Play by licking popsicles!
Rotator (Robin Baumgarten and Petri Autio) – Play on a series of force-feedback rotating wheels.
Crank Tank (Henry Lam, Andrew Genualdi, Jaeseong Yi) – Play with huge wooden cranks.
Octobo (Yuting Su) – Play with a plush octopus toy and a storybook.
Ziff (Alejandra Molina) – Play with a reconfigurable toy. (This one reminds me of ExciteBots for some reason.)
Disc Jockey Jockey (Tim Knowlton) – Play on a mixing board.
The Von Neumann Personality Test (Matthew Hudgins) – Play on a phone voice mail tree.
Dobotone (Videogamo) – Play on a console that lets you mess with the game’s parameters.
UnlimitedHand – armband controller that uses electrical impulses for feedback.
Wiz – Flexible reconfigurable motion controller.
Mini Metro – In addition to being an IGF nominee, this was a good game to play over the weekend as I recovered from a full week of GDCification.