Fur Masseuse

Fur Masseuse

An Alt-Control game where you massage  (somewhat) furry animals by using the right amount of pressure! 

Find a stuffed animal or thing to act as the object of massage, and press down to match the hardness patterns.

Conventional Controls: Numkeys (1 for soft, 2 for medium, 3 for hard)

Build required for alt-control setup.

Alt-Control Setup

Materials

• Arduino Uno
• Dish sponge
• Piezoelectric Analog Ceramic Vibration Sensor (something like this)
• Stuffed Animal
• Hot Glue
• Pouch

Setup

1. Wire up the Piezoelectric sensor to the Arduino's A0 port (e.g following Detect a Knock | Arduino Documentation)

2. Hot glue the piezoelectric sensor to the bottom of the dish sponge, facing up

3. Cover with something nice (we used a pencil pouch)

4. Place a stuffed animal/thing on top to be massaged

Done! Arduino code is on the github linked below, and should work with any standalone build of the game. Make sure to connect to the right serial port.

Repo: DoubleBrackets/Fur-Masseuse: goofy alt-control animal massage game

Details

Fur masseuse was developed over a few days as part of an alt-control assignment that required use of an analog sensor.

We chose a piezoelectric sensor, and decided on a game that would require the player to control using analog values, in this case the signal strength. 

Massaging is an activity that requires controlling pressure, so we figured a lighthearted game around massaging animal parts would fit well.

Credits

Arthur - Software

Jacob - Hardware controller

Nicole - Hardware controller + Art