The BarrelEye team is working with Electronic Arts to create a connected living room play experience using smart TVs, phones, and tablets. We are exploring the viability of the multi-device platform for interactive game content, and examining what it means to bring multi-screen gaming into the living room space. To that end, we are developing “Torch,” a game about being lost in your own living room. In “Torch,” players race around a dark dungeon in an effort to rescue the princess and escape alive! Players use their local device to see what’s nearby, and light torches to reveal the full dungeon on the TV screen. In the end they come together for a thrilling battle against the dungeon’s keeper... but only one hero gets to save the princess! Our hope is to have our project on display at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, where it can demonstrate the potential of interactive smart TV content. As part of our process we are focusing on what kind of content will be most effective at a trade show, and how we can light the public’s imagination about the possibilities of a connected living room.
