Gift Claw Machine

An interactive game played live on Facebook, imitating toy claw machine games found in some bars and arcades. Using four reactions/emojis on Facebook, one for each direction (forward, backward, left, right), participants must steer the crane together to grab different merchandise prizes.

Technological Innovation Grand Prize and Crea Grand Prize at Infopresse Boomerang 2017.

Gear: Laptop computer, USB2TTL adapter, Arduino, Robotic crane
Software and languages: XCode, C++, Openframeworks, Facebook REST API
Production: Productions 1One
Client: Sports Experts
Agency: Rethink
Claw machine creation: Robocut Studio
Programming and interactivity: Atracktiv