w Dad Here – Looking for Help with Simple Kinect Game Patch

Georgie_Done

Hey folks,

I’m a dad trying to make a simple Subway Surfers-style game in Isadora for my kids using a Kinect. I’m not very tech-savvy, but they love this kind of stuff and I’d love to inspire them.

If anyone has a basic patch with left/right movement or jumping, I’d be super grateful!

Thanks so much,
–G

Woland

@georgie_done

Welcome to the community!

The example file we have for OpenNI is an excellent place to start: https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/tutorial-openni-tracker/

These are basically what you need to make it easier to figure out how to trigger movement left and right:

This will also be helpful for learning about tracking: https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/tutorial-basic-motion-tracking/

Taking some elements from these other files by TroikaTronix, myself, @DusX, @bonemap, and other members of the community may also be interesting:

Potentially Relevant Guru Sessions

Isadora Guru Session #5: Real-Time 3D Visuals in Isadora

Download materials for this session.

Watch the session. (9:20)

In this session, targeted at intermediate to advanced users, we'll dig deep into the 3D capabilities of Isadora. From the 3D Projector actor to using the 3D Player and 3D models to build up complex scenes where individual objects respond to sensory input, you'll see new opportunities for creating imagery that lives and breathes along with performers or the public.

There are two 360° video clips that you'll also need to download:

Isadora Guru Session #13: Body Tracking with Depth Cameras

Download materials for this session

Watch the session (8:29)

In this session, we dig deep into, body and skeleton tracking using Isadora's OpenNI Tracker actor. You'll learn how to connect your Kinect v1, Orbbec Astra, Intel Realsense depth cameras so that you can sense the movements of one or more performers. You'll learn how to use the Skeleton Decoder actor to read the individual points of the performer's skeleton, and how to use that data to interactively control video and sound. As usual, I will take your questions live and do my best to answer them.

If you want interactive tracking of the human body to be part of your artistic toolbox, then this is the session for you.

Potentially Helpful Video Playlists

Isadora 101 (Shorter videos that cover the basics): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqiBJCe8prQuKpxQZUwaye7chQG_gvweg
Isadora Guru Sessions (more advanced, longer videos): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqiBJCe8prQsB0quh0mOunT3iwH9DNr31