Tim Groeneboom was a traditional Drum’n’Bass / Breakbeat DJ for 5 years when he discovered Nintendo’s Wii in 2006. With his masters degree in music engineering at the Utrecht School of the Arts, some programming and a lot of training he was able to hook up the wiimote to Ableton and Max/Msp to control, play, mix and filter music through gestical movement. Working as a developer for interactive spaces at Ijsfontein, he currently creates games and installations such as the Maya ball game at the Volkenkunde Museum Leiden. www.wiijtimski.com
“Pata pata pata pon!” The main-anthem of the cute and addictive rhythm-game called Patapon will stay in your mind long after you have played it.
Developed by Pyramid/Japan Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) this video game, playable on a Playstation portable console, appeared for the first time in 2008.
The story behind the cartoonish music-game is narrated fast: The sacred Patapon – tribe, a group of little, two dimensional creatures looking like walking eyes with arms and legs, was defeated by the evil Zigoton Empire. To take back their land the Patapon need a leader to guide and comment them. That is the challenge of the player: As the god of the Patapon-tribe he needs to lead them through different battlefields and give them several orders to march, attack, defend and other actions by pressing the face buttons on the PSP. Than your Patapon warriors will move and sing the rhythm. Like the good old Captain- Jack- song they follow your order … But they just do it after you pressed the correct bottons in order to the rhythm – sound of the drum!
So this game is about a feeling for rhythm and the capability to wake up out of your Patapon – trance just before the request to move is changing into the request to attack!Be aware…its not “Pata Pata Pata Pon” anymore…give your tribal warriors a “Pon Pon Pata Pon” to attack terrifying castles and huge dragons on their long way to recapture their homeland.
Tim Groeneboom was a traditional Drum’n’Bass / Breakbeat DJ for 5 years when he discovered Nintendo’s Wii in 2006. With his masters degree in music engineering at the Utrecht School of the Arts, some programming and a lot of training he was able to hook up the wiimote to Ableton and Max/Msp to control, play, mix and filter music through gestical movement. Working as a developer for interactive spaces at Ijsfontein, he currently creates games and installations such as the Maya ball game at the Volkenkunde Museum Leiden.
