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FAN Chicken warrior
Brief
Fan Chicken Warrior is an endless runner game with physical controllers made of fans. Players use the fans as a motor and a weapon to control the game character. We installed this arcade game at a bar and more than 30 players had enjoyed it very much.
The chicken, which is the main character in the game, has been modified into a powerful warrior by a laboratory and has got independent thoughts. He realizes that he doesn't want to be a weapon of human beings and tries to escape from the laboratory. On his way escaping, human citizens mistake him for a broiler chicken and want to prey him...
Controller design
Fans are naturally interactive, with the feedback of the sense and sound of strikes. The wind is also natural feedback from fans when you wave it in the right direction. With all these natural interactive structures of fans, we designed the game with several matching input methods for users to control the game character.
Controller prototype
We built a prototype with Arduino Uno and many different electronic gadgets, trying to track the right movement and convey the right message to the program on the computer.
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Track the wind with a wind sensor which outputs an analog data. Once the data increases rapidly, we take it as a valid action.
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The circuit inside a reed sensor will close when a magnetic field is around. A closed signal means they are overlapping.
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Only when the player waves the arm hard it will be considered as a valid shooting, which is tracked by the gyroscope MPU6050.
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Buttons are just open circuits made of conductive types. When the player taps on it, the circuit closes.
Endless runner game design
We build an endless runner game with ascendent difficulty and complexity, so players would always have new information to learn and to challenge. We clarify the game mechanics, detailed game levels, and necessary assets and develop a functional demo with Unity 3D.