Siobhan O'Flynn's 1001 Tales http://1001tales.posterous.com tracing the roots & tendrils of storytelling today posterous.com Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:47:00 -0700 Oh Liking! & Now Downloading! "Bumpy Road" Flips Touchscreen Game Mechanics On Their Head | Co.Design http://1001tales.posterous.com/oh-liking-now-downloading-bumpy-road-flips-to http://1001tales.posterous.com/oh-liking-now-downloading-bumpy-road-flips-to

From fastcodesign.com:

"In this ingenious game, you don't control the characters -- you control the world around them instead.

Hit games for smartphones tend to be ultra-simple, like Angry Birds. But was designing that experience simple? Hardly. Creating an engaging experience on a tiny screen that's inevitably obscured by the player's sausage-fingers is a pretty tough nut to crack. Maybe that's why a game called Bumpy Road is getting so much love: Players dig it because it's fun as hell, and gaming nerds adore it because the touchscreen-optimized game mechanics are pure genius. Instead of using a fingertip to awkwardly control an avatar, you control everything else onscreen instead. Call it the Portal of your palm...."

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Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:02:00 -0800 Microsoft patents tactile touchscreen solution (Wired UK) http://1001tales.posterous.com/microsoft-patents-tactile-touchscreen-solutio http://1001tales.posterous.com/microsoft-patents-tactile-touchscreen-solutio
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A recently published patent by Microsoft reveals a unique way to provide tactility and texture to the normally flat, glassy feel of a touchscreen. If it came to fruition, your next tablet computer could morph and shape its screen to provide impromptu buttons, keyboards or textures....

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