BARTENDER VIDEO GAME SERIES

The glass has a maximum capacity, and the recipes require minimums of each mixer in order to count as a success - this gives you a little bit of room to play when it comes to more simple cocktails - after all, who is going to complain when a simple whiskey comes in at the same price with triple the alcohol in it? - however, drinks like Long Island Iced Tea require so many ingredients that you can’t afford to over-pour. In knocking this joystick left and right, you moved between waiting customers, in pulling towards you the drink would be thrown away, resetting your progress, and in pushing it towards the customer you would slide it to them with a wink and a smile. To top it all off was a ‘glass’ a container central to the set-up, which contained a receiving sensor and was mounted on a joystick’s four-way-axis.

Six controllers, each mounted inside a variety of bottle shapes, served as your spirits and juice, while arcade cabinet buttons were registered for ice, olives and more.

BARTENDER VIDEO GAME SERIES

Last month, in Skövde, Sweden, I attended the Sweden Games Conference: a combination of a local showcase for a town fighting back against brain drain, a series of presentations for local students and a convention for the public to see a celebration of the rapidly growing Swedish games scene.Īmid the games on show was Yo, Bartender, a student project which utilised the gyros from Wiimotes, and other practical elements, to replicate the tipping and pouring of drink mixing. Yo, Bartender, from Kraken Games, is probably one of the most enjoyable physical games I have played in years, and - being a student project - it is almost certainly going to be reduced to a memory due to the restrictions of technology. I write this short feature with a great sadness in my heart.

Bartender video game