Final Project Essay by Eugene
Project name: You are the SUPERHERO
Project partner: Kaycee
When my partner and I first thought about the final project, we turn to the internet for inspiration. “Flappy Bird” is the first typical project that is not only interactive but can be made with arduino and processing as well. This mini game is actually a very good example and inspired us a lot. It is controlled by tapping the screen and the bird will interactively altering the flying height and moving through the obstacles.
An interesting and up-to-date idea came to my mind after being stimulated by the “Flappy Bird”. The latest and heated movie “The Avengers: End Game” can be applied to our final project. Our idea is to create a small game giving the scenario of three superheroes shooting at Thanos. Since we don’t have a smartphone that can be used for our final project, we decided to use the arduino’s joystick and buttons to serve as the input signal of shooting and moving Thanos. Two players will be playing at the same time acting as superheroes and Thanos. Either when the HP of the Thanos drops to 0 or the time is up, the game over. If Thanos’ HP drops to 0, the superhero player wins. If the time is up and Thanos still alive then the Thanos player wins. And with the help of filter, the participant will have their face changed into the specific superhero who hits most or into Thanos.
We will draw the models of the superheroes, Thanos and the bullets in processing. And will design the route and speed of different bullets fired by different superheroes. Finally we will use specific softwares to detect faces of the winner and turn them into the specific characters. So our final projects is not only interesting but also very interactive with the participants because their are multi-participants and they achieve a common goal by understanding and responding to each other. More importantly, it brings about fun to the participants. I believe that it will take us a whole week to coding and building the circuit and we will leave 3 extra days for refining and testing. Our target participants are the teenagers especially the fans of Marvel Studio and game lovers. And we hope that our project may interest them and bring about happiness.