Bug Juice

Blair MacIntyre,

Bug Juice is a game that started with the question “What kind of game could you create on the sides of a commercial cardboard milk or juice box?”   In this game, a juice container is placed on the table, and grass appears around the base.  Bugs begin to crawl up the sides, searching for the opening at the top.  Your handheld becomes a kind of magnifying glass, and you must hold it at just the right distance to focus the light and fry the bugs.

Here is a video of the game:

The team behind the game includes:

  • Michael Stanley, BA IDGD, SCAD, Designer & Artist
  • Greg Gunn, MSHCI, Programmer
  • Bryan Hickerson, MSCS, Programmer
  • Chris Alvarez, MSCS, Programmer
  • Chris Wiggins, BS CM, Producer/Project Manager
  • Chris Ehsaei, MSEE, Programmer

Published by Blair MacIntyre

Blair MacIntyre is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Tech, where he has directed the GVU Center's Augmented Environments Lab since 1999. He has been conducting Augmented Reality research since 1991, with the goal of understanding the potential of AR as a new medium for games, entertainment, education and work. He has collaborated on a variety of AR gaming and entertainment projects over the years, on handheld, head-worn and projected AR displays.

2 Comments

    1. I suspect the game idea is not the ideal one for an advergame … but, that’s the fun of research, we don’t need to actually sell. The game mechanic and game concept is fun. Perhaps this should be billed as an “anti-advergame” … produced by people with an axe to grind?

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