wraggster
June 14th, 2012, 23:19
An ambitious new Kickstarter surfaced today that shows off a new way to play touchscreen games. The Ringbow is a ring you slide on your finger, with a large button that performs various functions in-game.
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/06/3.jpg (http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/14/previewpreview?p=339416&preview=true)
In a concept video, an example was presented where instead of simply touching a dragon to pop them - which is the kind of complexity we’ve seen in plenty of touchscreen minigames - you hold onto its tail, and then zap it by pressing your finger to the button.
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/06/14/ringbow-gaming-controller-puts-gaming-on-your-finger
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2012/06/3.jpg (http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/14/previewpreview?p=339416&preview=true)
In a concept video, an example was presented where instead of simply touching a dragon to pop them - which is the kind of complexity we’ve seen in plenty of touchscreen minigames - you hold onto its tail, and then zap it by pressing your finger to the button.
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/06/14/ringbow-gaming-controller-puts-gaming-on-your-finger