One Hand Clapping was first created when the game’s director, Thomas Wilson, was prototyping game ideas over the summer of 2016. He wanted to make a game with visceral input. Inspired by his love for music, he went on to create a sandbox of game mechanics that all revolved around a central concept: singing. After conducting research on music theory, emotion, and the brain, and then experimenting with various gameplay ideas that evolved naturally from what he had learned, Thomas continued making the game with Rama Gosula and Aaron Spieldenner in a game development class at the University of Southern California. The game was then accepted as an Advanced Game Project at USC. At this point, a team of talented students was assembled to take the idea behind One Hand Clapping to the next level over the course of a year. With the hard work of this team and the support of the USC faculty, the game has now evolved into a cohesive 30 minute demo.