Control Board Demos

9/14/2024

During the month of July, I made several demos for a game idea I had that involved interacting with a computer without any guidance. The allure to this game would be figuring out how the machine works and discovering any secrets, if there are any.

Download and play the demos here: controls-demos.zip

The main hurdle I ran into was that, for a significant number of people I showed this to, the playtesters wanted an objective to move toward. You don’t need an objective to play. But for the conventional definition of a game, you need to be able to win.

I have thought of some good ideas about how to structure the game to have objectives. But this game would largely be about curiously messing around.

In that download link, there are four demos. Two of them have secrets, and the other two are just about figuring out how to input any arbitrary pattern on the output lights.

Here are some more screenshots:

Thanks for checking this out! I appreciate it!