Control Scheme is a personal favorite MFA project, combining electrical engineering, coding for Arduino, video game nostalgia, and a playful sensibility.
Release Date: Autumn 2011
Players were presented with an Atari joystick and a monitor, which showed a live feed of a nearby room. In the room were several assorted objects, along with myself. I would respond to inputs from the joy stick, moving forward and backwards, and turning left and right. Pressing the button would make me interact with a nearby object. I created a belt that had wireless-enabled piezo-motors that would buzz when they got an input from the joystick. The result was a game-like experience where players controlled a live person on-screen, and asked players to consider the relationships between players and avatars.
Role: Lead Designer, Engineer
