| • Genre: Alternative Controller |
| • Developer: Eddie Melcer |
| • Country of Origin: United States |
| • Website: https://altgameslab.soe.ucsc.edu/ |
| • Twitter: https://twitter.com/eddiemelcer |
Mad Mixologist is a title featured at [[ ]].
About Mad Mixologist
In the world of Mad Mixologist, two scientists set out to create the perfect drink. However, during their final experiment, an accident occurred and their vision became swapped. Now each mixologist can only see from the eyes of the other, and they must quickly work together to complete their ultimate drink before it is too late!
Mad Mixologist is an AR alternative controller game where players must work together to create the ultimate drink. The game employs collaborative play and perspective switching to encourage player reflection and understanding of another’s viewpoint during collaborative tasks. Both players in the game wear customized VR headsets that have been modified to allow for phone cameras to capture and broadcast video of the view from the front of the headsets. Rather than being able to look out of the headsets normally, each player is instead shown video of themselves from the other player’s camera/view (i.e., swapping perspectives). Not only are the players’ vision swapped, but they also have to pour, mix, and garnish drinks in the real world—resulting in a messy, challenging, entertaining, and wholly unique alternative controller spectacle.
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SydvjAjyqwY
Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNNqrrqmoKU
