The first time you saw the Torontron, did you think “How can I get a game on there?” Well, Hand Eye needs 18 games to fill 3 new Torontron-style cabinets. This is your chance to have your game played by the public on an old-school machine.

Requirements:

• created by Toronto-area developers
• compatible with one of our control schemes (see below)
• runable on a 3 gigahertz Windows box with an okay graphics card
• submitted to info@handeyesociety.com by September 15th, 2010

Control Schemes (6 games per machine):

• Torontron Classic: one eight-way joystick and a button
• Mousey McTrackball: a trackball with two buttons
• The 2UP: two eight-way joysticks with two buttons apiece

The trackball means we can support games that require mice! And the 2UP can be used both for 2 player games or for 1 player games that need two sticks.

What we’re looking for:

• approachable arcade-suitable gameplay, “pick up and play”
• game can’t be too complicated, any instructions must be simple
• quality and originality of graphics and sound
• per-cabinet diversity of games
• existing/older games are acceptable, but we prefer new
• short games are fine

One cabinet will be installed for 6+ months at the new TIFF Bell Lightbox and another at the OMDC office, both places where interesting cultural intersections happen. One will be on tour like the Torontron has been.

Send us a link to your game along with installation instructions so we can download and evaluate it (using a mouse/keyboard/360 controller). If you’re improving a game that’s already publicly available (TOJam, Gamma, Artsy Game Incubator), mention what has changed since we have likely played the existing version. Additionally, let us know what cabinet control scheme(s) your game sould be considered for. More schemes means a better chance of having your game chosen. If your game is selected, it will need to be re-jigged to support the cabinet controls.

We will provide short feedback upon request, and be as transparent as possible about our selection process. We will get back to people by October 15th, with the cabinets being released in November.

If there are questions, and I’m sure there are many, please leave them as comments on this post.

Note: Due to different objectives, and a small number of slots, these games will likely NOT be part of the upcoming Nuit Blanche Arcadian Renaissance event. Updates on that coming soon!