Proyecto EXO Brings Projection Mapping to Physical Arcade Play at Tokyo Game Show
Proyecto EXO is a university research assignment with no commercial release planned, so its Tokyo Game Show appearance is likely one of the few chances to play it in Japan.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
PlayLab DiTella, a laboratory at Argentina's Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, is showing Proyecto EXO in the SELECTED INDIE 80 area on the second floor of Hall 9 at Tokyo Game Show 2026. The machine has physical handles, pedals, and buttons, plus a playfield modeled as a rocky planet with cranes and turrets. Projection mapping adds video rovers, spiders, and mining rules. Design lead Juan Becerril says it is a university research assignment with no commercial release planned.
The machine sits in the SELECTED INDIE 80 area on the second floor of Hall 9. Its playfield is modeled as a rocky mountain on a planet and fitted with 3D objects: five cranes that mine energy and send it to a spacecraft on the back wall, and three turrets that fire at spiders.
Projection mapping supplies the rest. The player controls a rover as video and moves it between cranes and turrets; picking up a radiation symbol triggers an electric shock around a crane that repels spiders. Filling the spacecraft's energy before the time limit clears the stage.
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