A two-player cooperative navigation game where players work together to guide a series of tragic heroes through obstacle-filled corridors en route to a climactic confrontation with the sun. Using custom hardware, the game recontextualizes the classic “light gun” control scheme as a call-and-response mechanic for coordinated movement.
Establish a rhythm with your companion and put your rapport to the test across four unique chapters in this realtime death-driven kinetic waltz. Synthesizing fundamentals of lightgun, masocore, and bullet hell classics with the addition of real-time strategy and cooperative elements, Waxwing is a singular take on precision gameplay.
Awards
2024: Human Human Machine, A MAZE, Berlin, Germany
Exhibitions
2024: Museum of Moving Image, Queens, NYC
2024: A MAZE Sheffield, Sheffield, England
2024: A MAZE, Berlin, Germany
2024: MAGFest, National Harbor, MD
2023: Day of the Devs, w/We Throw Switches, Los Angeles, CA
2022: Waxwing Release Show, Wonderville, Brooklyn, NY
Additional Credits
Advisor/Construction Support: Mark Kleeb
Lightgun Technology: Andy Sinden of Sinden Lightgun
Controller Fabrication: Jacob Turetsky of Artiform Design
Made possible with support from Arcade Commons and funding from the Brooklyn Arts Council.
