A chaotic asymmetric multiplayer game that transforms the childhood game 麻鷹捉雞仔 (Eagle Catches Chicks) into a digital experience set in HKUST's academic culture — where the Eagle hunts, the Chicks cooperate, and the system decides who matters.
🎮 Play at: firechicks.vercel.app
⚡ Snapshot Reel: Watch on Instagram
🖼️ Exhibition Page: EMIA 2200 Fire Chicks
- 1 Host (big screen) creates a room and controls the game flow
- 3+ Players (phones) join via room code and take roles as Fire Chicks or the Eagle
- Chicks cooperate to collect exam tips, share knowledge, and survive
- The Eagle hunts them down — but only after Stage 1
- Mini-games (Mock Exams, Hitbox Challenges, Crossy Road) disrupt the chaos
- It all ends with a Final Exam... and a Transcript that reveals your true value
Lovable · Cursor · DeepSeek · Visual Studio · TRAE · GitHub · Vercel · Android Studio · Cloudflare · Neon · Meshy · Blender · Flow · Doubao · Jitter · Jianying · Canva · Audacity
- "Arrival in the Shallows" — inspired by Lumí
- "Under the Wings" — original composition
- "Oompa Until You Croak" by Alexander Nakarada (CC BY 4.0)
- "The Good Guys" by Alexander Nakarada (CC BY 4.0)
Presented at The Power of Interfaces
HKUST Library G/F Gallery · May 2026
EMIA 2200 Introduction to Digital Media and Culture
Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas
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This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.