{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c3b0cd235ee9fa6fcf536f7c","clusterId":"c_c38188d22ced4e51a7496be9","slug":"osaka-indie-games-summit-2026-turns-up-tongue-controlled-and-arcade-style-controllers","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Osaka Indie Games Summit 2026 Turns Up Tongue-Controlled and Arcade-Style Controllers","summary":"At OSAKA INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026, held October 3 and 4 at Congres Square Grand Green Osaka, 4Gamer.net walked the venue and found games built around unusual controllers, several playable only at the event. Among them are Shu~Pero, a virtual reality game played by licking a beastman with the tongue, Conductus, a rhythm game with an arcade-style controller that tracks hands in the air, and Udon Pusher, which uses a noodle-cutting knife as its controller.","whyItMatters":"The summit's draw is hardware you cannot find anywhere else, and several of these projects exist only at the venue, which makes the physical event the point rather than a storefront.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eOSAKA INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026 ran on October 3 and 4 at Congres Square Grand Green Osaka, and the games that stood out were the ones you would not know how to play from a screenshot alone.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral of the projects on the floor were never meant for sale, and in some cases the venue is the only place to play them. One organizer\u0026#39;s framing, as reported, is that the work was made freely and finished, so visitors should come take a look. That runs through the lineup below, from a rhythm game with a custom controller to a virtual reality game played with the tongue.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShu~Pero\u003c/strong\u003e: By the World Shoe-Licking Promotion Organization; a virtual reality game where the player licks a beastman, set in the year 2036\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConductus\u003c/strong\u003e: A rhythm game played on an arcade-style controller that tracks hand movement in the air; device created by someone from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUdon Pusher\u003c/strong\u003e: By Kagawa Prefecture\u0026#39;s Sanuki Ga; uses a noodle-cutting knife as the controller\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Shu~Pero, Conductus, and Udon Pusher share one trait at Osaka Indie Games Summit 2026: they cannot leave the venue without losing the hardware that makes them work.","twitterPost":"Shu~Pero and Udon Pusher are tied to Osaka Indie Games Summit 2026, not to a release date.","threadsPost":"At Osaka Indie Games Summit 2026, the draw is the controller, not the game. Shu~Pero needs a licking mechanic, Conductus needs hands tracked in open air, and Udon Pusher needs a noodle-cutting knife. None of that travels well past a live show floor.","newsletterBlurb":"OSAKA INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026 ran October 3 and 4 at Congres Square Grand Green Osaka, and the games 4Gamer.net found were defined by their controllers. Shu~Pero is a virtual reality game played by licking a beastman. Conductus is a rhythm game with an arcade-style controller that tracks hands in the air. Udon Pusher uses a noodle-cutting knife as its controller.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/049/G104934/20261011012/\",\"title\":\"Before I Knew It, I Was Licking a Beastman's Feet: Unusual Games and Controllers Seen on an Osaka Business Trip [OIGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5032,"outputTokens":786,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791856330,"createdAt":"2026-10-13T01:47:30.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T01:51:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T01:51:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_c38188d22ced4e51a7496be9","canonicalTitle":"気づいたら，獣人の足をペロペロしていた。大阪出張で見てきた特殊なゲームとコントローラ［OIGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_437328ccbac68946730fc05e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Shu~Pero\",\"Udon Pusher\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":true}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-13T01:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-13T01:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T01:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/049/G104934/20261011012/","title":"気づいたら，獣人の足をペロペロしていた。大阪出張で見てきた特殊なゲームとコントローラ［OIGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Shu~Pero","Udon Pusher"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":true},"keyFacts":null}