By Nathaly Kalantari, Néd Richard,Anastasiia Pershynan and Sirui Dong.
An Alternative Controller game created for the module Playful Lab (2025).
You are part of the world’s least coordinated spy team. Your mission: deactivate the most lethal bomb made with questionable software. The bomb’s defense system reacts to colors and cables. Fortunately, you’ve been equipped with the latest and least reliable piece of technology on the market: The Hacky Tacky. When connected to a module, it will probably hack it and deactivate its mechanism. Connect the right agents at the right time and you’ll save the world… maybe.
Students' comment:
- Each player has a hacking device with 4 cables connected to it. This device needs to be tied to the arm of the player.
- Each cable has a different length.
- The modules have a separation of 1 meter between them.
- Each module has a device with multiple USB ports on them.
- Each player wears a tie of a certain color: blue and red.
