Shynosaurs: a game of attention dilemma

Abstract

Shynosaurs is a game designed to harvest the full range of the natural behaviour of the eyes. On one hand, players need to use their eyes to aim where they direct the mouse, click and drop characters into a safe zone (the cuties). This is the usual behaviour of the eyes, as sensors to gather information. On the other hand, players can choose to use their eyes to stare at and intimidate the enemies (the shynosaurs) in order to slow them down and send them away. This is also a natural behaviour of the eyes, which we sometimes use as means to win a battle of wills. The Shynosaurs game is developed with eye-tracking in mind and aims to embrace the delicate balance needed to use the eyes as both sensors and controllers.