Teburu

Teburu is a gaming console that integrates board game pieces with electronic technology to connect physical and digital platforms.

The goal of the new system is to keep players focused on the game while Teburu handles game rules, non-player pieces behavior, and storytelling through apps.

The console comes with an electronic sensory mat that can be placed underneath a board game.

Each physical board game piece is then equipped, via a magnet, with an embedded electronic sensor that relays the piece's position information through the mat.

Teburu then processes the information with a Gamemaster App and runs the game accordingly through a tablet.

Players can also run a complementary Companion App on their smartphones that networks them into the Gamemaster App.

The Companion App allows players to track their own characters, and lets the Gamemaster App throw in-game "surprises" at them as they play.

Teburu allows board gamers to "just play" by letting the apps handle the board game housekeeping.

At the moment my work on the Teburu platform is about UX design, game design and product testing tasks.
The project is still in development so for more information we will have to wait a bit longer.