How to Corral (version 1.0, alpha), 2008, game
How to Corral, 2008, game played with Wii-mote, Bragg's Pie Factory, Phoenix AZ
How to Corral uses the Wii-Flash server to connect a Wii-mote through Bluetooth to my laptop. The game is a metaphor for what people consider normalcy. Inside the corral are words, all synonyms of “wild”. Occassionally the wild words go ballistic and start mooing. Your job is to whip them by maneuvering the CORRAL word over to the misbehaving animals. When you whip them they disappear and rejoin the meandering, but slightly more tame, wild animals.
The game can work in several ways. It can work on and offline, but when online it can pull words from an online thesaurus. The thesaurus I am using is located here. This online thesaurus is super useful as it can output a web address that lists all the words in XML format. I can parse XML easily in Flash, which is what the game is written in (ActionScript 3.0). I have only just started experimenting with Big Huge Thesaurus and I am looking forward to checking it out even more!
tools, scripts, software, and ephemera:
Flash, ActionScript 3.0, the WiiFlash server, one Wii-mote with Nunchuk, pedestal, cow print, Bluetooth enabled laptop
The projection on the wall at Bragg's Pie Factory
Two friends try How to Corral at Bragg's Pie Factory in downtown Phoenix, AZ
Playing How to Corral
excited player plays How to Corral from Sarah Hatton on Vimeo.
the pedestal and the projection of the game in the gallery
Using the Wii-mote to play How to Corral
The whip (the Wii-mote) waits on the cow hide for someone to play with it
Playtesting How to Corral before show kicks off
How to Corral Playtest from Sarah Hatton on Vimeo.
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