MidFlight Switch

MidFlight Switch

This is a prototype for a analogue/digital hybrid game where you fight enemies and dodge obstacles using different gear based on your current configuration of real-life analogue components infront of your webcam.

Your ship can have 3 different weapons, shields or thrusters based on the color of the module youve chosen. But theres a catch, you can only have one of each color active at all times! So no red shield and red weapons at the same time. Think carefully about when to switch modules and which ones because theres no pause button either, can you let go of the keyboard or mouse and switch or do you need to try and hold out a bit longer with the current configuration?

As part of this is analogue you will need a webcam to be able to play and something blue, something red and something green. We would recommend either printing or using colored paper and folding it into cubes or taping/gluing pieces of it to something more sturdy. It also helps to mark out where the modules should be on the table somehow, to achieve a similar effect of the rig we made for this prototype:

To make sure the camera detects the colors properly do make sure the area is well lit and set the target colors in the settings menu when youre happy with the preview. The closer you can make it read as maxed out rgb colors the better.

The game features 3 types of obstactes to overcome:

• 4 different enemies, all suited for one specific weapon or all equally.
• Different colored asteroids, requiring you to match the shields color to be able to run into.
• Different colored laser walls, requiring you to match the shields color to be able to get past.

The game was made by:

• Design: Karl Brahn & Ludvig Jonsson
• Programming: Karl Brahn