Research-Creation of Alternative Controller Games

EasyChair Preprint 15827

Abstract

This paper addresses the emergent field of alternative controller game design in the context of academic research. Alternative controllers are a mix of custom-created devices and / or re-appropriations of conventional input and feedback devices for novel interactions. In this paper, five practice-based researchers address topics and problematics inherent to the relationship between alternative controller games and their field of research. Tatiana Vilela dos Santos, researcher in alternative controller game design at the University of Lorraine focuses on the specifics of alternative controller game design as opposed to traditional game design. Enric Llagostera, researcher at Concordia University focuses on alternative controller game design as a political practice. Edward Melcer, researcher and professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses on the educational aspect of alternative controllers. Mona Bozdog, researcher and lecturer in immersive experience design at Abertay University focuses on accessibility issues raised and solved by alternative controller games. Lynn Love, researcher and lecturer in computer arts at Abertay University focuses on the socialisation made possible thanks to alternative controller games.

Keyphrases: Alternative Controllers, TUI, alternative controller, alternative controller game design, alternative controller games, alternative game controllers, game design, game design beyond screens, game studies, games and arts, interaction, playfulness, political game design with alternative controllers, research-creation

@booklet{EasyChair:15827,
  author    = {Tatiana Vilela dos Santos and Enric Granzotto Llagostera and Edward Melcer and Mona Bozdog and Lynn H. C. Love},
  title     = {Research-Creation of Alternative Controller Games},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 15827},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2025}}