Ruben & Lullaby |
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by Erik Loyer Illustration by Ezra Claytan Daniels January 2009 Launch Project |
Nominee, "Achievement In Art" Category, 2nd Annual Independent Games Festival Mobile Official Selection, IndieCade: International Festival of Independent Games Runner-Up, Mobile Puzzle Category, Casual Gameplay Best of '09 Featured App, O'Reilly Media's "Best iPhone Apps: A Guide for Discriminating Downloaders" |
Ruben & Lullaby are lovers having their first fight, and whether they break up or make up depends on you. A new kind of entertainment called an “opertoon,” Ruben & Lullaby is part comic, part game, part musical instrument, and controlled with motions and gestures which enable you to shape the feelings of the characters.
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Ruben & Lullaby discuss their relationship. |
By stroking the screen, the user can calm the characters down. | |
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Shaking the device makes characters more angry. |
A dynamic jazz soundtrack responds to the user’s actions. | |
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The user can try to break up the couple, keep them together, or just enjoy the music of their circumstances. |
