Sk8Chair

Sk8Chair was made in collaboration with This Abled City - a participatory research project focusing on the design of urban spaces and it's impact on the daily lives of people with disabilities.

The project was created by a diverse and international team of students of Creative Media and Game Technologies at Hanzehogeschool. We were brought together by our passion for inclusivity and equality.

About the game:

Sk8Chair is a wheelchair skating game where you play as Dash - a wheelchair user fed up with the inaccessibility of their city, determined to learn how to overcome any obstacles they might encounter by skating around/over them. 

A skate park has been set up in the city center, encouraging all kinds of people to show off their amazing moves. Your goal is to learn, practice and master a variety of tricks and combinations, to raise your point score and beat the level. Ajani, a skating expert, will explain how to play, matching your chosen control scheme. The game's art style and character design is inspired by late '90s skater culture and early 2000s cartoon nostalgia.

To make sure everyone can play and enjoy Sk8Chair, there are multiple input systems for you to chose from. The input methods listed below, as well as the automatic movement mode accessible in the settings menu, allow you to play the way you prefer.

The game supports 3 input modes:

- Keyboard and mouse

- Gamepad (instructions only for Xbox gamepad, but all of them will work for input)

- Eye and hand tracking (webcam and in-game calibration required)

Calibration instructions for Eye-tracking can be found here: Calibration Instructions

Currently working on the project:

Artur Oberle

Bernard Wijbenga (Portfolio) - Contact: Linked-in

Sev Wojtuś - Contact: Linked-in

Previous contributors:

Martin Marinov (Portfolio, Itch) - Contact: Linked-in  

Max Remmel (Itch)

Thalia Dirks

(More detailed credits can be found in the game)