A retrofuturistic 1-D game
Borrowing from the space age aesthetics of early computers, cows vs aliens is a simple yet entertaining 2-player game displayed on a single strip of neopixels. Designed in collaboration with fellow designers Jacob Payne and Kyrylo Beskorovainyi.
The rules
ALIEN: Your goal is to catch the cow. Control UFO movement with a joystick and press the button to activate the tractor beam. If you capture the cow three times, you win.
COW: Your mission is simple — run, dodge, and survive. Use two buttons to run back and forth. If you get the alien to miss three times, you win.
Simple materials, big impact
housing a set of buttons, a slider, a neopixel strip, a personally coded arduino micro, and the careful arrangement of wires between them, the casing for cows vs aliens is comprised of a balanced combination of hand-worked walnut and laser cut aluminum.
