SpaceM by madmaw

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made by madmaw for LD30 (COMPO)
You NEED JAVA 6+. An operational web camera is also recommended, but you can play with a mouse if you don't have a web cam although you will probably find it a bit easy. To get rid of the mouse-controlled player, move the mouse to the edge of the screen.

Double-clicking on the downloaded jar file should launch the game (you may need to change your security settings in OSX). Try and ensure your face has good lighting otherwise the game might not be able to see you. The escape key exits.

Game intended to connect our world with the game world using computer vision. Try not to take an asteroid to the face.

Currently tested on OSX and Windows 7. There are libraries for linux included, but I have no idea if they work. Let me know what kind of computer you have if you hit problems. If you really want to do me a solid, run the jar from the command line and dump the error output (if any) in the comment box. Something like

java -jar LD30-assembly-1.2.jar

should kick it off.

If you don't already have it installed, Java can be downloaded from Oracle here http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7-downloads-1880261.html

It works with multiplayer by having two+ people stand in front of the camera, but it sometimes get confused about who is who. It also seems to effect the face recognition's reliability, but it is pretty funny

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall 3.00 751
Audio 2.36 734
Fun 2.81 765
Graphics 2.58 878
Humor 2.79 300
Innovation 3.46 321
Mood 2.52 936
Theme 2.74 870

Feedback

ShadowStryker
26. Aug 2014 · 03:01 UTC
Double-clicking the file generated the folder for the .dll files, however I could not get the game to launch.
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
26. Aug 2014 · 03:12 UTC
Can't play it my camera is broken but i look interesting. I'll try later if possible
buckslice
26. Aug 2014 · 03:39 UTC
Haha, pretty fun. Was kinda hard to control, but quite a unique submission. Good job!
Endurion
26. Aug 2014 · 07:00 UTC
Sorry, no Java.
Rahazan
26. Aug 2014 · 11:22 UTC
Wish I had a webcam for this :c
Hempuli
26. Aug 2014 · 11:33 UTC
Unfortunately I don't have a working webcam :( The idea seemed cool!
WebFreak001
26. Aug 2014 · 11:34 UTC
Can't run because you didnt ship the 64 bit dlls

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: C:\Users\Jan\Downloads\opencv\win\opencv_java249.dll: Can't load IA 32-bit .dll on a AMD 64-bit platform
at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.System.load(Unknown Source)
at Main$.main(Main.scala:67)
at Main.main(Main.scala)
Capitals
26. Aug 2014 · 11:52 UTC
If you could play this without a camera then this would be great!
🎤 madmaw
27. Aug 2014 · 00:31 UTC
The crash on Windows 64 bit and lack of support for non-web camera users should now be fixed.
mess110
27. Aug 2014 · 12:32 UTC
Put your helmet on soldier :D
lasecun
27. Aug 2014 · 12:35 UTC
Ok i tested in Linux and i have two screens the game sow in booth screen and the guay appear just in the midle.

After break 3 or 4 stones the game breaks.
JackDegree
27. Aug 2014 · 12:38 UTC
Haha great concept! So hard to control both mouse and head!
goerp
27. Aug 2014 · 19:34 UTC
Nice idea. No idea how to do multiplayer. If you have a video of that I'm interested to see that.
And shoot a lot wkith powerups is always good fun.
ShadowStryker
28. Aug 2014 · 00:31 UTC
Got around to playing your game after the fix, it's pretty good. I like the shooting upgrade concept, and I think the breaking animation of asteroids is pretty cool.
WebFreak001
28. Aug 2014 · 22:38 UTC
Nice game. Would be awesome game to play with online player like death match and survival :D
caranha
30. Aug 2014 · 16:41 UTC
Super cool idea! I ran it on my linux box without many problem (there was some error messages about sound libraries, the game had sfx but no music).

The idea is really fun, and generally the player would follow my "head", but the game paused all the time -- not sure if because of the lighting in my room or what. I would certainly enjoy a more well calibrated version of the game, but good job anyway!
Xentira
01. Sep 2014 · 03:13 UTC
Interesting but the camera wasnt working for me on OSX 10.9.
ChuiGum
01. Sep 2014 · 03:16 UTC
I couldn't stop laughing because I didn't realize my face was in the helmet. Made me laugh a lot, but great job overall. Awesome idea!