Hummingbird Controller

Photo of the controller in the dark. There are 10 flower-shaped fairy lights arranged around the edges of a wooden tea box, with 2 large dials at the front, and an octagon of 8 brass plates arranged in the centre of the box.
Photo of the controller in the dark. There are 10 flower-shaped fairy lights arranged around the edges of a wooden tea box, with 2 large dials at the front, and an octagon of 8 brass plates arranged in the centre of the box. Photo of the controller set up in front of a screen display the Hummingbird game, at Games are for Everyone in Edinburgh. Photo of 2 people playing hummingbird with the controller at Games are for Everyone in Edinburgh.

Custom controller built for Hummingbird.

2 rotary potentiometers, 8 touch-sensitive copper plates, and a set of 10 fairy lights, housed in an off-the-shelf tea box. Uses a Teensy LC circuit board.

Exhibited at Games are for Everyone IV and Mini Maker Faire 2017.