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My year at Coventry University

Andy Abgottspon — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:14:15 +0000

Now that the year is almost over and most of the work is handed in, it’s time to show you some of it. Below you find information about my modules and the portfolios created as well as a show reel. On this occassion, I would also welcome all the visitors from our film show Smoke & Mirrors 2010.

Individual Project – Webcam Gesture Library

Final Report (PDF) • Poster (PDF) • Demo Video (Vimeo)

Digital Media Technology 2

Portfolio (PDF) • Ident (Vimeo) • “Roll it!” Ad (Vimeo) • Think Different Ad (Vimeo)

3D Modelling and Animation

Portfolio (PDF) • Comanche Animation (Vimeo)

Advanced Games Programming

Portfolio (PDF)

Games & AI

Portfolio (PDF)

Roll it! for iPad and other news

Andy Abgottspon — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:33:58 +0000

A lot has changed in the past months. First of all, “Roll it!” for iPhone still selling well all over the world, with over 2400 people having downloaded it (since the launch in December). I receive a lot of positive feedback and the game currently ranks in the top 20 of dice games in 5 countries. Additionally, with the upcoming iPhone 4.0 and features like Game Center, stay tuned for exciting new features.

Also, “Roll it!” for iPad made its way into the AppStore and was available since the iPad US-launch on April 3rd. New high-resolution graphics, a 3D splash screen and a landscape mode make the game even more fun to play.

“Roll it!” keeps on rollin’ …

Andy Abgottspon — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:22:59 +0000

I just wanted to post a little update on how the game is doing. It’s is very popular and since December 2nd, over 1100 copies have been sold. There is also a new update coming out in the next days – it’s already been submitted to Apple. It contains localisation for the Czech and Swedish language and addresses a bug in the random generator and the auto-resume function.

“Roll it!” – The first week

Andy Abgottspon — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:44:42 +0000

Since “Roll it!” made its way into the AppStore last week, the number of daily downloads keeps increasing. It’s great to see how it gains popularity. According to appfigures.com, it’s already Top 50 (44) in the category Games/Dice in the US store. The feedback is amazing and I’m really happy the app finds such an echo. In the meantime, version 1.0.1 got released, fixing a problem with the vibrate setting and correcting a word in the german localisation.

MoH:SH Fragmovies

Andy Abgottspon — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:58:10 +0000

Since vimeo deleted all my gaming videos, I began to upload them again to gotgame.com and youtube. Youtube blocks some of the audio, so I’m currently trying different sites, blip.tv also seems to be an option. Let me know in the comments if you know a good site for that purpose.

See the videos »

“Roll it!” for iPhone released

Andy Abgottspon — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:52:48 +0000

I’m proud to announce that Roll it! (aka Yahtzee), the classic Yahtzee game for the iPhone, has finally made its way into the App Store. Enjoy!

Yahtzee 1.0 submitted!

Andy Abgottspon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:03:59 +0000

The first release version of Yahtzee is finally done. I submitted it to Apple for their approval today. Let’s hope they process it quickly and the app will be in the App Store soon. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the development and testing.

Exercise 10 – 3D

Andy Abgottspon — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:09:23 +0000

Processing is capable of importing 3D models in various formats from your favourite modeling program. This post shows examples and explains what you plugins you might need.

Task 2: 3D-Cube with Textures

Processing offers great options when it comes to 3D. This applet uses the vertex function to draw the six cube surfaces. In photoshop, I created the textures and applied them to the surfaces.

You can use the mouse to rotate the cube.

Task 4: Tracking Shot

The goal of this example is to show how the camera function can be used to adjust the viewer’s position. Animated, this gives you the impression of a tracking shot.

Task 5: Tracking Shot 3D

This is basically the same exercise as Task 4, except this time I imported a 3D model. There was a nice model of a ladybird I found on oyonale.com. To load OBJ into processing, an OBJ loader like the SAITO OBJ loader is needed.

Exercise 9 – Video

Andy Abgottspon — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:44:37 +0000

This weeks post is all about video. We create a very cool video player with some 3D effects, a video recorder and ultimately a little programm that allows you to track objects based on their color.

Task 2: Video Player

We had to create a small video player which moves/rotates the video in the three dimensions. Depending on the mouse position, I implemented a rotation around the Y-axis when the cursor is on the left half of the applet. When the mouse is on the right part, the video is moved.

HINT: When trying to replay videos, make sure that you set the P3D parameter in the size-function, so for example size(300,300,P3D). Video playback did not work for me without it.

Movie playback somehow seems not to work in the browser. You can download the ZIP-archive here.

Task 3: Video recorder

For this simple video recorder, I took the animation from a previous exercise (confetti) and added a way to record the animation as a movie. The following functions are supported:

a: Start and stop recording
s: Play the movie
d: Pause the movie
w: Stop the movie

You can download the ZIP-archive here.

Task 4+5: Brightness / color tracking

The program let’s you define a color by clicking somewhere inside the image. Then, every pixel gets compared with your chosen color. If they are somewhat similar (you can define the tolerance), the pixel will be considered as part of your object. The center will be calculated and the motion tracking is overlayed instantly.

For the sake of elegance, paths get “faded” out. The following key function can be used:

t: Increase tolerance
z: Decrease tolerance
e: Toggle ellipse
r: Toggle trace display

You can download the ZIP-archive here.

Wavelet exercises

Andy Abgottspon — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:06:09 +0000