Draw! — The Game
This is the original rock-paper-scissors game, converted to the computer. Nothing spectacular you say? But wait! This game is not controlled with a mouse or a keyboard, it is controlled using gestures. A webcam is connected to the computer and aimed at the ‘playing hand’, the computer counts down and takes a picture. This picture is then analyzed and one of the three possible gestures is subtracted from it. You can play against the computer and the top three highscores are saved.
Draw! was made using a combination of Flash and Director. Flash alone was not possible because you can’t manipulate images on the pixel level, and Director alone was not possible because it does not support a live feed (without expensive xtras). So I used flash to open a video feed, and imported this flash file in director.
See it work
Play it yourself!
Want to try it out? No problem, you can download (sorry, Windows only). There is a readme included with some instructions on setting it up. The main thing you have to watch for is white balance. The starting of a new game is triggered when a bright object enters the frame and automatic white balance tends to make even the darkest background pretty white. So turn on manual, and make sure that when there is nothing in front of the camera, the background is mostly black.