~~NOTOC~~ ====== Wobble Garden ====== Wobble Garden is a hand-crafted arrangement of sensing springs combined with reactive lighting. Players wobble springs to interact with the installation and play games. It creates a unique visual and tactile experience and is scaleable to a several meter large installation. **Wobble Garden has won the Audience Award at the A MAZE Festival Berlin 2018! Yay!** {{ :projects:qg_brazil_crowd_compressed.jpg?direct&600 |}} {{ :projects:22548860_10159529317950717_6732259017420619552_o.jpg?direct&600 |}} I've now built a large version of Wobble Garden with 228 springs for the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Turku, called [[:projects:quantumgarden|Quantum Garden. More info on the dedicated site here!]] {{ :projects:quantum_garden4.jpg?600 |}} {{ :projects:wobblegarden:qg_brazil_blue_compressed.jpg?direct&600 |}} {{ :projects:qg_brazil_compressed.jpg?direct&600 |}} ===== Hardware ===== Lots of metal springs, connected with sensors and LED rings in between form a hexagonal grid. It's modular construction allows for large scale installations; the soft- and hardware are both carefully built with scalability in mind. Two Teensy Arduinos control the in- and outputs, with an additional python API and simulator running on a computer providing easy modding and opening access to other developers. ===== Software ===== The controller is being built as a platform to run different interactive animations and games. I am experimenting with several games at the moment, some fast and arcadey, while others are more abstract and slow. {{ :projects:dsc00121-2.jpg?direct&600 |}} ==== Rainbow Frog ==== Tend a little rainbow frog in a glowing garden of light throughout different seasons, befriend little creatures that zip around the rings and springs. This is an abstract and slow experience without a direct goal - enjoy and interact with a colourful light garden and its inhabitants. ==== Rhythm Wobbler ==== A fast-paced rhythm game where you fling springs to sounds and lights. ==== Spring Football ==== A three-player football game where you flick away balls to hit opponent goals! But be careful, there can be several balls and several goals! ===== Modular Hex Prototye ===== The current prototype is made up of 36 spring-ring units in a hexagon shape, which I use to test different animations, interactions and games. Here it is running a "fishpond" demo:

I made a little fish pond for my new spring controller over the weekend #screenshotsaturday #Arduino pic.twitter.com/Z9JLeeaS84
— Robin Baumgarten🕹🛠 (@Robin_B) October 28, 2017

===== Early Rectangular Prototype ===== This is the first prototype, built in an afternoon as a feasibility test, running a simple soccer game: ===== Timeline ===== Wobble Garden has been involved in its various prototype stages at these events so far: * Creation of Prototype 1 (square), London, UK, Sept 2017 * Creation of Prototype 2 (hex), London, UK, Oct 2017 * Exhibited at Be My Human Video Game Night, Barcelona, Spain, 14 Oct 2017 * Game Jam: [[http://www.splash-jam.com|Splash Jam]]: Whack-A-Mole prototype, Norway 18-21 Oct 2017 * Game Jam: Exile Game Jam: Fish Pond Demo & Python Interface, Denmark, 25-29 Oct 2017 * Exhibited at Beer Tram Helsinki, Finland, 14 Nov 2017 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE6ZFC88aaQ|[VIDEO]]] * Exhibited at GamesAreForEveryone Party, The Caves in Edinburgh, UK, 30 Nov 2017 * Exhibited at PlayUK Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 18-21 Jan 2018 * Exhibited at ALT.CTRL.GDC 2018 Showcase, GDC, San Francisco, US, 21-23 Mar 2018 * Finalist at the IGF Festival, alt.ctrl Award, San Francisco, US, 21 Mar 2018 * Exhibited at [[http://alt.ctrl.party|alt.ctrl.party]] San Francisco, 23 Mar 2018 * Exhibited at [[http://alt.ctrl.party|alt.ctrl.party]] London, 11 Apr 2018 * Exhibited at [[https://www.egx.net/rezzed/news/find-out-which-games-made-the-leftfield-collection-for-egx-rezzed-2018|EGX Rezzed]], London, 13-15 Apr 2018 * Exhibited at [[http://amaze-berlin.de/|A MAZE Festival]] Berlin, 25-29 Apr 2018 * Won the A MAZE Audience Award at the A MAZE Festival Berlin 2018, 27 Apr 2018 * Exhibited at [[http://stunfest.com/|Stunfest]], Rennes, France, 19-20 May 2018 * Exhibited at [[https://twitter.com/feralvector/status/1002263432966688773|Feral Vector]], Hebden Bridge, UK, 31 May - 2 Jun 2018 * Exhibited at [[https://2018.playfulartsfestival.com/events/wobble-garden/|Playful Arts Festival]], Den Bosch, NL, 15-16 Jun 2018 * Exhibited at [[https://bemyhuman.com/|BeMyHuman]] Party Madrid, Spain, 29 Sept 2018 * Exhibited at [[http://www.artfulspark.org/category/06-playful-interfaces/|Artful Spark]] London, UK, 25 Oct 2018 * Exhibited at [[https://www.pierprojects.org/blog/2018/10/24/collusion-maker-takeover-bury-st-edmunds-suffolk|Maker Takeover]] Bury St Edmunds, UK, 2 Nov 2018 * Exhibited at [[https://www.theoverkill.nl/en/|The Overkill Festival]] Enschede, Netherlands, 23-25 Nov 2018 * Exhibited at [[https://www.playtopia.co.za/|Playtopia]] Festival Cape Town, South Africa, 30 Nov - 2 Dec 2018 {{ :projects:dsc00092.jpg?direct&600 |}} ===== Credits ===== Concept, construction & programming: Robin Baumgarten