Game Milestones [OpenFrameworks, Games]

The interactive installation „Game Milestones“ is located in the new permanent exhibition of the Computer Game Museum Berlin. Created by The Product a berlin-based spatial and media-related design practice, the installation includes a wall of cubes (refereed to as ‘pixels’) displaying the most influential computer games in history. The user can access more detailed information and an in-game video by steering a light cursor towards the pixel, using a joystick. The information and video are then displayed on two monitors which are integrated in the exhibition architecture designed by Schiel Projektgesellschaft.

The glowing cursor, the archetypical selection tool, as a manifestation of the digital in the physical world is a commentary on the current trend to augmented reality, a technique which is more and more being used also in mobile gaming.

Commissioned by computerspielemuseum.de

Exhibition designed by Schiel Projektgesellschaft

The installation was created using openFrameworks for video playback and text rendering as well as creativecomputing.cc for joystick input and DMX control.