GAMBIT 2007 - Wiip

Wiip places you in the role of Mustachio, a circus ringmaster beset by bombs, bunnies, and barrel-riding cats gone out of control! In this single-player action game, you swing your Wiimote like a whip to tame your animals. Snap it back at the right time to create devastating combos which clear the screen with stunning fireworks shows! How long can you survive against the Three-Ring Swarm?

Wiip is a PC-based casual game which explores the concept of interactivity through usage of an expressive physical interface such as the Nintendo Wii controller. Historically, the mouse and the joystick have been the dominant controllers for video games, requiring small hand movements and the pressing of buttons. The Wii controller's new technology allows for greater freedom of expression through physical movements, letting players mimic actions such as swinging a sword, casting a fishing rod, or using a whip. Actions that previously had to be abstracted out into the form of pressing a button are now able to be expressed physically.

Experiments with these new game interaction styles will be used to build up a vocabulary for expressing the concept of "interactivity" in computer games. This may eventually lead to new forms of interaction and innovative gameplay in computer games. Further research will involve exploring the balance between expressiveness and abstraction in this and other games.
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• wii
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