Gameplay

Game play is very similar to Dance Dance Revolution: you are supposed to press on the corresponding shapes that you see on the screen with a good timing. However, in this game corresponding shapes are attached to a bra and to a boxer through touch sensitive sensors. The level increases as you accomplish catching a given number of shapes. As levels increase, game gets harder, faster but more intimate as new shapes are introduced to the game, which are on more intimate sections of the undergarments.

Design

In the design process, Jenny was already working on building these new controllers as her thesis project. Since we took the challenge of bringing a new type of experience to the game, I focused on creating the most simple game for users so that they can easily map the controller functionality of the undergarments to the actions in the game.

We got inspired by Dance Dance Revolution, since it was a fairly known game with a simple interface, where dancers tap on the circles on the platform that is corresponding to the shape they see on the screen. We applied the same concept for this project, and used distinctive icons on the undergarment sensor areas that could be easily mapped to the icons they see on the screen.

You can have more information on the project at JennyLC.com.

exhibited at:

SIGGRAPH Unraveled07,
Aug 2007, San Diego, CA

Around the Coyote, Jul 2007, Chicago, IL

NYU Tisch Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring Show,
May 2007, New York, NY

NYU Tisch Interactive Telecommunications Program Thesis Event,
May 2007, New York, NY