EVOLUTION!!!

1. EVOLUTION!!! KINECT ENGINE . GAME • 2D Combat Game • Players aim to reach the top of the evolutionary chain • Players evolve by efficiently using fighting joints • Depending on what you evolve into you get new or enhanced abilities • Two Players • PC Game + Kinect Fusion • Players have to exert themselves in the real world to move characters on screen • To simulate a dynamic evolution using fighting techniques • Evolution Secrets • Frequency of different types of moves (eg. Kicks and Punches vs Blocks) or Backing away/Moving forward are tracked • These dimensions are analyzed for characteristics like defensive behavior, aggression, etc. • Gesture Recording API Support • Dynamic Time Warping • Uses dynamic programming to match up as many sub-sequences as possible • Used for comparing sequences of differing lengths (positional data over time) • Thresholds to detect gestures • Gesture Recognition Customization • Individual joints can be selected for a gesture • Two players can be monitored simultaneously • Gestures are mapped to appropriate actions on screen • Gesture  Keyboard Mapping • 2D Game engine • XNA Fighter Engine – by Max The Kokusai Warrior, Trieste - Italy. • Runs as an extension of the FlatRedBall Engine in XNA • Features • Character editor • Stage Editor • AI Support • Comes bundled with one stage and one character