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a person sits with a pulley system in each hand, using it to guide a plane's flight on the screen in front of them

Paper Glider uses a pulley controller to create a feeling of flight Paper Glider uses a pulley controller to create a feeling of flight

Mar 16, 2023

7 Min Read

an axe held aloft over a stump controller

Stump'd! has an axe swinging, raccoon flinging controller Stump'd! has an axe swinging, raccoon flinging controller

Mar 10, 2023

14 Min Read

a person pulls on a stick controller that is attached to an electromagnet while a cat plays on a screen

Funny Kitty Stick simulates cat play time with electromagnetic controllers

Funny Kitty Stick simulates cat play time with electromagnetic controllers

a person sitting on a table holding the reigns of a cardboard horse head

Attack of the Bric-a-Brac inspires people to create unique controllers

Attack of the Bric-a-Brac inspires people to create unique controllers

two people balancing on specialized seats to play Unicycle Samurai

Unicycle Samurai jousts with a twisting, turning seat controller

Unicycle Samurai jousts with a twisting, turning seat controller

a person pushing a shopping cart while someone inside the cart works some pulleys

How tight deadlines led to a fun shopping cart controller in Grocery Trip

How tight deadlines led to a fun shopping cart controller in Grocery Trip

a picture of a spaceship in a dogfight. A shooting controller and a hammer and panel controller are below.

In Cosmic Crew, different co-op controllers keep a starship intact

In Cosmic Crew, different co-op controllers keep a starship intact

a person looking at an intricate pop-up book controller and game about a young child

Blossom explores childhood memories with a pop-up book controller

Blossom explores childhood memories with a pop-up book controller

Several purple creatures are milling about while a blue one blends in. A person in a controller navigates using a puppet

YettiBebbis: Puppet in a Cult has players investigate a cult with a puppet controller

YettiBebbis: Puppet in a Cult has players investigate a cult with a puppet controller

two people wearing a single colossal hat

Haber Dasher steers alien invaders with a massive co-op hat controller

Haber Dasher steers alien invaders with a massive co-op hat controller

two people in racing helmets sitting back to back, each steering using a bicycle tire steering wheel

How constraints fueled Two By 4 Racing's co-op steering wheel controllers

How constraints fueled Two By 4 Racing's co-op steering wheel controllers

A complex controller covered in connectors, buttons, switches, and keyholes.

Avoiding nuclear disaster with the connectors & pedals of Atomik

Avoiding nuclear disaster with the connectors & pedals of Atomik

A pair of people playing a pong-like soccer game using a unique sliding, twisting controller

Playing football with the twisting, sliding controller of Hua and Liu's Fooscade

Playing football with the twisting, sliding controller of Hua and Liu's Fooscade

Three strange witch's brews

Inside the full size food truck controller of Kitchen Kauldron

Inside the full size food truck controller of Kitchen Kauldron

A toaster connected to a pc in order to play a golf game that launches a fish

Gilliam's Great Escape turns a toaster into a golf controller

Gilliam's Great Escape turns a toaster into a golf controller

a multi-button control panel is being pressed to switch cameras as someone uses voice controls to close a door

Exploring unique surveilling and thieving controllers for Debono's HEIST '98

Exploring unique surveilling and thieving controllers for Debono's HEIST '98

A pair of people dancing on either end of a large dance controller mat

The making of Voss, Kohutek, Regner, & Siemon's GridMaster

The making of Voss, Kohutek, Regner, & Siemon's GridMaster

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