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Webcam Keepy-Uppy Worldcup game for The Netherlands released
Over the past couple days we’ve built a keepy-uppy game here at theFactor.e to celebrate the win of Holland in the Worldcup. Unfortunately it didn’t go our way and we came in second. So the game is now great to take your mind off the loss.
I used the great face recognition code Marilena. This awesome bit of AS3 code is based on some older work done in C: OpenCV. Once I knew where the face was I added a little bit of physics. Using 2d ball on ball collision I can make the ball bounce of your head in the right way. To see how these collisions work check this page.
Have fun playing the game. And for the non-Dutch speaking visitors just click ‘webcam’ to play with your webcam (duh) and ‘muis’ to play with your mouse. Play the theFactor.e Keepy Uppy game here.
Moving from London to Leeuwarden
After spending 5 years in London of which the last 4 years with the great people of Digital-Outlook it was time to move on and return to the Netherlands. I had a great time with Digital-Outlook, it is a great group of people who really understand their audience and know how to party. So if you’re in London and you’re looking for a great place to work give them a call.
But there are some cool new challenges ahead as well. I’ve joined theFactor.e which is a very well established company in Holland. They’ve set up a new business unit focused on casual and serious games in Leeuwarden. They brought me in as the games and social media specialist.
It’ll be really cool and challenging at the same time to setup this part of the business. I’ve worked here for 3 weeks now and am already enjoying it. What makes this place extra special is the link with Gameship. This is a high end motion capture studio that sits in the building I’m working in and is co-owned by theFactor.e. Pretty cool to have the possibility to do awesome stuff with it.
Mocap Studio Gameship
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- Bram Perry Fun with generative art
- Dino Burbidge My inspirational creative director from Digital Outlook
- James Alliban Guy that does cool webcam stuff with Flash
- Nic in Friesland Blog Blurbs and Recipes from the Middle of Nowhere