Nov 25, 2014 12:30:00

A game device development project that takes blood in the real world when attacked by a game is canceled

'The ultimate immersive game' as

Kickstarter in the game device development projects that had recruited the investment in the 'Blood Sport', a character in the game is shedding of blood and the real world player is remove the blood from the arm, that where It was a project to develop a device that I had heard about, but it was canceled due to various reasons.

Blood Sport: The Ultimate in Immersive Gaming (Suspended) by Brand & Grotesque — Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1246820613/blood-sport-the-ultimate-in-immersive-gaming

You can see what kind of device Blood Sport is by watching the official movie below.

Blood Sport: The Ultimate in Immersive Gaming-YouTube


In shooting games, the character is bleeding.

Blood Sport is designed to let real-world players experience such in-game tension.

To play with Blood Sport, first prepare a needle ...

Insert it into the bush and the player.

And the controller used when playing the game is Pakari

Attach the Blood Sport terminal to the terminal that transmits the vibration signal to the controller side.

All you have to do is play normally.

When the controller vibrates due to damage in the game ...

The Arduino board, which is the main body of Blood Sport, reacts ...

The blood is drawn from the player.

Players play the game more desperately than usual because their blood is on them.

The amount of blood that Blood Sport draws from the player is automatically adjusted by inputting the player's age, weight, medical condition, etc., and the game will be played under the supervision of an expert, so you can play the game with confidence. You can immerse yourself in it. Of course, these devices have been carefully tested with medical professionals.

Still, it seems that players are worried about their blood being pulled out more and more.

Blood Sport is not a project designed for charity purposes, but a project started with the goal of allowing gamers to play their favorite games while still looking at the problems that are occurring in the world.

In the first place, Blood Sport does not deliver dedicated equipment to investors, but the investor of the project is eligible to participate in game competitions using Blood Sport, and the project will place Blood Sport in hospitals all over Canada. The blood drawn during the game was to be donated to the hospital.

However, the project on Kickstarter is now 'Suspended'.

In the comment section, there is a comment by the project's creator, 'We are currently investigating the cause of the project being canceled, and this can be solved by donating the drained blood to the hospital.' ..

However, the official Facebook page has disappeared.

Blood Sport was mentioned in overseas media, but it seems that no comments have been obtained from Kickstarter or the creator of the project after the project was canceled.

Gaming system that draws real blood suspended by Kickstarter --CNET

In Polygon's comment section, negatives such as 'I hate it, it's impossible at all', 'I donate blood with a blood donation car', 'The first thing that came to my mind was the SAW Billy doll', 'I became anemic just by watching the movie' There were only comments.

Bizarre gaming peripheral seeks $ 250K from Kickstarter to bleed you out in real life | Polygon

Blood Sport seemed to be able to play a pseudo death game, but the target investment amount of the project was 250,000 Canadian dollars (about 26 million yen), and at the time of the project cancellation, only 3390 Canadian dollars (about 350,000 yen) was collected. bottom.