TIGSource: levelHead Preview

levelHead Preview

Derek Yu — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000

Julian Oliver’s levelHead is a “spatial memory” game currently in development, that uses a cube and a Playstation EyeToy to project a game onto the cube’s faces (via a monitor).

Using tilt motions, the player moves a character through rooms that appear inside one of several cubes on a table. Each room is logically connected by a series of doors, though some doors lead nowhere (they are traps).

The player has 2 minutes to find the exit of each cube, leading the character into the entrance of the next.

The plan is to eventually let the player combine cubes which the player character can walk across! Nifty!

You can read up on the development at Julian’s blog.

(Thanks, Data!)

"levelHead Preview" by Mruqe

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:21:47 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S0Txe5VBcA

In the theme of unusual interfaces ;) Just a little something students did in my country…

"levelHead Preview" by gustav

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:28:40 +0000

duuuuude…

"levelHead Preview" by MrC

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:16:16 +0000

Very cool, but why does the guy have such awful posture?

"levelHead Preview" by Tr00jg

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:05:00 +0000

Wow, that is indeed innovative. Man, this looks so cool. But I agree though, gameplay-wise it might become a tad boring.

"levelHead Preview" by Siiseli

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:37:33 +0000

Looks cool but sort of boring gameplaywise

"levelHead Preview" by King-N

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:24:47 +0000

Looks interesting. Control could be a bit tedious, but I can see myself having a lot of fun. Still not enough for me to shell out the large amount of money required for it.

"levelHead Preview" by Jeff Lindsay

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:43:06 +0000

hot hot hot hot

"levelHead Preview" by Al King

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:23:33 +0000

Interesting technology, not sure how it’d play though. Loving the Halloween banner, Derek.

"levelHead Preview" by Eclipse

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:36:47 +0000

that’s fuckin crazy

"levelHead Preview" by makeshifter

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:27:49 +0000

… HOLY SHIT FUCKING ASS GRAPES ON A VINE OF HOLY GODDESS WATER!!! THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!

too bad i’ve banished anything not nitendo-ish from my game closet. i just sold the eye for $300. cha-ching!!!

oh well.

"levelHead Preview" by renkin

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:35:04 +0000

That’s really cool, but the game itself seems pretty boring. Still very nice, though.

"levelHead Preview" by Lackey

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:59:00 +0000

“If he could get the camera to track multiple symbols at once, it could look a lot cleaner and potentially more intuitive”

It seems to do that, as the part with two cubes indicates…

"levelHead Preview" by Drakfyre

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:07:11 +0000

I’ve seen a lot of cases in target-based augmented reality where a symbol card is used to project a 3d object “in front” of it; this is the first time I’ve seen someone use the same ques to create a negative depth “behind” the surface. I really like that idea, and I think there could be something to that. If he could get the camera to track multiple symbols at once, it could look a lot cleaner and potentially more intuitive, even though in this case each side describes a discreet space.

"levelHead Preview" by PHeMoX

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:05:30 +0000

Now thát’s innovative!! The basic idea is really fresh, I just hope that it’s not too difficult to control. “D

"levelHead Preview" by Tanner

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:04:33 +0000

That is truly batshit crazy.

"levelHead Preview" by Advenith

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:54:24 +0000

This looks kind of tough to play, but I’m thinking it’s one of those games where it works well after awhile, despite expectations. In any case, that’s amazing.

"levelHead Preview" by cactus

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:27:01 +0000

That’s quite awesome technically. But it looks extremely tedious to control.

"levelHead Preview" by Space Ranger.

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:45:26 +0000

Wow o_O I totally don’t get it, but whatever’s going on it looks cool!

"levelHead Preview" by Gr.Viper

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:45:09 +0000

… … err… Even considering that everything is still on a flat screen this is AWESOME!

"levelHead Preview" by theSamo

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:44:02 +0000

open source too! that’s pretty sexy