Marcus
Santos
"Catana" Game Demo Videos
Project Summary
This Arduino Uno project was done for a course in Sensor-Based Interaction at Carleton University. Similar to before, I created the game using the Arduino IDE, however, utilized OpenFrameworks instead of Unity. The sword controller was built off of spare parts left around me and my partner/roommate's apartment
Game Design
“Catana” is a single-player game where the player plays as Meowmoto, a cat samurai on a journey across Edo period Japan. Meowmoto has many enemies, however, as he is incredibly strong, no soul would dare to fight him head-on. Instead, his foes will try to assassinate him from afar by shooting projectiles at him.
These projectiles will be marked by a certain color, red, blue, or green. Meowmoto, using his color-changing katana will be able to deflect the projectiles, so long as the color of his katana matches the color of the projectile being deflected. If Meowmoto lets a projectile hit the ground, the game will end.
Projectiles
Swords
Controller Design
This controller design was chosen as it creates a more immersive experience for the player. By wielding a controller shaped like a real katana, the player will be able to swing and rotate the controller to make it feel as if the player is truly using a blade.
Additionally, by placing all the inputs at the grip of the katana controller, it forces the most comfortable way to hold the controller to be the same way someone would wield a real katana.
Finally, rather than coloring the entire blade in the camera-detectable color, the decision to color only the tip was selected as it would make the most sense in terms of tracking.
The blade will be made of a softer material than the steel of a katana and will be much duller than a real blade. This is done to emphasize safety over realism as well as to make the controller lighter and more moveable for all targeted users.
