Snake the Planet! An Urban Gaming Experiment.

März 5th, 2012 • Experimental, Games, Urban
Tags: cities, Cool, Creativity, Experimental, Funny, Games, Urban, Vintage

This morning I got an email from my old friend Tim Büsing, Creative Director at Publicis Mojo in Sydney. Tim sent me a link to one of their latest, pretty explorative projects which is a real-world version of the classic Snake game. Yes kids – that’s what we played back in the days.

But Snake the Planet is quite different. It takes the classic Snake game and adopts it to the urban canvas. Each level is generated based on the architecture of the building it is projected onto. Windows, doors and signs become the boundaries and obstacles in the game as animated objects collide with and bounce off them using real-time physics simulation. The multiplayer game also has a Tron-like competitive element, where one player can intentionally block the others’ path to win the game.

Playful Cities. How Smart Tech Alters Urban Living.

Mai 3rd, 2010 • 1 comment Location
Tags: Cool, Creativity, Experimental, Ideas, Lifestyle, Location, People, Presentation, RP10, Trends, Underway, Urban, World

Two weeks ago I returned from one of Germany’s best digital conferences – re:publica 2010 in Berlin. One of the sessions I liked most dealt with Playful Cities. And it was hosted by two friends of mine. Johannes and Igor gave a great overview about some exciting location-based tools beyond Gowalla and Foursquare. Tools that make our cities more worth living. Check out the nice projects they listed here and follow their talk. And maybe they might even prepare a Playful Cities Conference later that year.

Wii Spray. Cool to the bones.

August 17th, 2009 • We like
Tags: Cool, Creativity, Graffitti, Ideas, Nintendo, Urban, visual, We like, Wii

Yep! This is nice. And it’s from here.

Wii Spray Stencil – Beta from Martin Lihs on Vimeo.