Your controller is your coat. Your survival is your timing. Welcome to Ctrl+Band.

SYNOPSIS

In a morality-obsessed dictatorship where “woke” and unauthorized games are banned, you play as an activist smuggler dealing illegal cartridges hidden inside your coat.

 Each client asks for a specific kind of game, forcing you to open your coat just long enough to find the right cartridge and complete the trade before the police or surveillance cameras notice you. 

But there’s a twist: some of these “customers” are undercover cops, and the only way to avoid getting caught is to fool them with legal, government-approved games. One wrong trade, one exposed coat at the wrong moment… and it’s Game Over.

🎮 Gameplay: Arcade Under Pressure

The format is classic arcade:
you aim for the highest score by completing as many transactions as possible before GAME OVER (arrest and prison).

👥 Clients

NPCs with different tastes approach you, each with a favorite game genre:

• Action fan 

• Shooter fan 

• Horror fan 

• Narrative fan 

• Undercover cop: looks like an Action or Shooter fan, but with one subtle detail… 

Each client expresses what they want through keywords or emojis.

 

👾 Scoring System

Each trade affects your score:

• Giving the client their favorite game: +3 points

• Giving a game of the genre they asked for: +1 point

• Giving nothing: 0

• Giving the wrong genre: –1 point

🕹️How to play

Ctrl + Band is an Alt-Control game:
your main controller isn’t a gamepad—it’s a large trench coat filled with interior pockets.

It comes equipped with:

• Game cartridges stored in the pockets

• A cartridge receptacle (the “console”)

• Sensors that detect when the coat is opened or closed, as well as your movements

During each deal, you must:

1. Open your trench coat

2. Find the correct cartridge in your pockets

3. Insert it into the console

4. Close your coat in time

As soon as your coat is open, you’re vulnerable.
The longer you leave it open, the higher the risk of being spotted.

CREDITS

Game Design : Balthazar PUGET, Louis-Ferdinand LARBALETRIER

Game Programming : Luc LENNE, Alessandro TANO, Baptiste VERSTAEN

Game Art : Benjamin BOUILLAND, Thomas GEORGE

Game Producer : Mounir BEN TALEB