Description: Playful Installation Art by Robin Baumgarten
Line Wobbler at the FILE Festival 2019 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Line Wobbler is an experiment in minimalism in game design, use of novel input mechanics, and the incorporation of physical space into the game. The restraint to only one dimension poses a formidable challenge for creating engaging gameplay, artistic direction, and technical realization.
The player is eased into the game by a limited set of obstacles (enemies, lava, force fields) and a familiar color scheme (green - good, red - bad). At the same time he is challenged by the unusual display form factor and the novel controller. The spring-based controller has been created specifically for this game to provide unusual tactile feedback and provide unique control schemes such as bending and flinging the spring, which have been mapped directly to core game concepts (movement and attack).