London-based designer Sures Kumar has collaborated with Lana Z Porter to develop a food-based arcade game, Pixelate. The prototype was unveiled at the Henry Moore Gallery at the Royal College of Art in the United Kingdom.


Pixelate is a competitive game in which you compete to eat the food displayed on the screen of the game console faster and more accurately than the opponent player. The food used in the game is fruits and vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, bananas and strawberries. When these foods are stabbed with a fork attached to the main body of the game machine, a weak electric current flows through the foods and the resistance value is measured. The value is used to determine what the food the player has stabbed with a fork.


Each food has its own electrical resistance value. Sures Kumar said that he measured the electrical resistance of various foods during the development of Pixelate. As a result, he succeeded in finding a combination of foods that can be used in the game and has a resistance value that is significantly different from the others.


At first glance, this game is likely to get angry with your mother saying, "Don't play with food!" However, it may be used for the purpose of having children who like and dislike eat a lot of vegetables and fruits through the game.