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Dev tools · May 22, 2011

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JoystiCC Turns Friends into Game Pieces

http://joysti.cc/ We built JoystiCC at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon over the past 24 hours. It is an open source game platform that uses human beings as the pieces in the game. You can see a video of our real-life Frogger game in action at our website http://joysti.cc/ What do you all think, how could you see this being used?

JoystiCC Turns Friends into Game Pieces launched on May 22, 2011 with 16 votes, #41 of 217 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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JoystiCC is an open source game platform that turns people into playable game pieces for real-world games. Built at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon, it enables interactive experiences where human participants become the moving elements controlled within a game environment, demonstrated with a live-action Frogger implementation. The platform is designed for developers and event organizers looking to create novel physical gaming experiences that blend digital gameplay with real-world movement.

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