Arcade Science: MASSIVE and HOVERBURGER

building blocks of the universe and collecting all matter first. This program is presented in partnership with Arcade Commons. About the Games: HOVERBURGER is the newest arcade game from ROBYSOFT. Weave, drift, zig, and boost your burger-shaped craft through a new subterranean sector generated every week to escape the cosmic menace known only as the Space Ram. Featuring three monitors and a unique, weighted spinner controller, HOVERBURGER seeks to combine the addictive thrill of classic arcades with modern technology and design. HOVERBURGER (2022) Concept and Development by Nick Santaniello. Art and Design by Chris Hernandez. Music and Sound by Karl Hohn. Cabinet design and fabrication by Matt Fry. MASSIVE is a competitive, local multiplayer arcade game in which up to four players can absorb, steal, and redistribute matter while battling to push their team toward critical mass. Set in an abstract universe spanning the quantum to the cosmic, the game takes place across stages that transform phenomena like supernovae, Higgs fields, resonance, and gravitational forces into physical rules that players can see, manipulate, and compete within. MASSIVE draws on real mathematical models and scientifically grounded visualizations to shape its systems and interactions, while using abstraction and creative interpretation to translate those principles into intuitive arcade play. MASSIVE (2020) Design, Fabrication, Game Development by Matt Fry, Game Development by Nick Santaniello, Music/SFX by Devin Curry / Grand Atrium Arcade Commons is a non-profit (501c3) collective of artists, designers, fabricators, and game developers based in New York City. Since 2013, they ve built indie arcade cabinets and creative installations to engage people with social and tangible modes of play and share skills and resources in a variety of disciplines. Open Worlds: Science is funded by Simons Foundation International and administered by the Simons Foundation’s Science, Society Culture division.