A MAZE. Award 2016

5th International Independent Videogames Festival – April 20–23, 2016

The Zeppelin Game

The Zeppelin Game #AltCtrlGameJam

by finefin (Deutschland)

Genre: Alternative Controllers / Simulation

  • Winner of the Alt Ctrl Game Jam 2015 -

You control a Zeppelin by using an air pump, two cranks and a switch - the 'cockpit' is made of wood, a bunch of sensors and an Arduino microcontroller. In the game you explore a child art landscape and solve missions that involve carrying cars with a huge magnet that is attached to the airship.

Gregor Haase (aka finefin) and his kids Justus (8) and Luzie (5) made the first version of the game + controller in 10 days. All graphics, sounds and gameplay mechanics are made and invented by the junior devs.

With the help of Sonnemann Treppen GmbH and Team Canupa we rebuilt the cockpit in November '15 and since then it's exhibited and playable at Game Science Center Berlin.

You can read the postmortem of the project here: http://blog.finefin.com/news/the-zeppelin-game-alt-ctrl-game-jam-postmor...

Platform: Game ships with special hardware, Game Build has to be visited or provides a documentation for judging.
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