Hand-tracked game · Leap Motion
One In The Chamber
A contract killer who can inhabit inanimate objects — in his case, his own bullet. You aim with the killer, clench a fist to fire, then fly the bullet by hand: pinch to change speed, clench left to slow time, clench right to rewind it.
- My role
- Designer · QA
- Input
- Leap Motion
- Year
- 2016
The problem
Hand tracking with no conventions to borrow, and two different things to control in one round — the shooter first, then the projectile — with no controller to fall back on when a gesture failed to read.
What I did
Specified the whole gesture vocabulary and designed the level around what it could reach: a U of outer buildings and a road, an inner block you can cut through, interactable props and power-ups placed to reward the routes the bullet can actually fly.
Outcome
A control scheme documented in enough detail that a tester could be told it once and then left alone, and a trailer that still plays.
Mine
- Gesture and control design
- Level layout
- QA
Not mine
- Engineering
- Environment art
- Distinct gestures
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