Bangman S&M Euro Rave

Hangman for masochists

DATE

2011

CONTEXT

Created in the Spring 2011 Interactive Media 2 Class (DESMA 152B/252B), taught Eddo Stern

MEDIUM

Arduino, plastic, aluminum foil

PEOPLE

Eric Parren  :  Game Designer

Bangman S&M Euro Rave puts a masochistic spin on the classic game of Hangman. Aluminum foil is attached to a player’s forehead and also affixed to a table (or any hard surface). Players bang their heads against the playing surface to indicate the letter they want to guess. One head-bang for ‘A’, and twenty-six for ‘Z’. An ear-splitting siren indicates whether the guessed letter was correct or not. To check their progress, players can flip a switch to hear their correct guesses played back in Morse code.