{"id":250,"date":"2014-05-02T12:23:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T16:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/andres-taraciuk\/"},"modified":"2014-05-12T08:27:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T12:27:19","slug":"andres-taraciuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/andres-taraciuk\/","title":{"rendered":"TacTag"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Andres Taraciuk<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>TacTag is a fast-paced, technologically enhanced physical game. It features a more direct interaction between players than traditional videogames: players have to face each other, move and try to make or avoid physical contact between them.<\/p>\n<h3>Description<\/h3>\n<p>It is a physical game, made possible by technology.<br \/>\nEach player wears two kneepads and gloves, and tries to make or avoid contact with the other based on a rock-paper-scissors mechanic.<br \/>\nThe format is an installation-style game, to be played at exhibitions like Indiecade, or at children&#39;s museums. Its main audience is gamers. The goal of the project is to show gamers that a different type of games can be made with technology: games that don&#39;t necessarily rely on a screen, but instead involve direct contact between players, and make them move around instead of just pressing keys on a joystick.<br \/>\nThe scope for thesis is a two player game, but rules and technology where thought to be playable by two teams of 2 or 3 players per team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andres Taraciuk TacTag is a fast-paced, technologically enhanced physical game. It features a more direct interaction between players than traditional videogames: players have to face each other, move and try to make or avoid physical contact between them. Description It is a physical game, made possible by technology. Each player wears two kneepads and gloves, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/andres-taraciuk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TacTag<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10707],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-katherine-dillon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}