Football FieldKick

Augmented Reality Football Field Kicker Game

Inspiration

We have seen a lot of great 3d/AR football games but all of them were touch gesture-based. So I wanted to create the AR Football Game experience 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭. So now in this experience user can Kick the ball with their feet(using feet as a controller)

What it does

In this , user will experience the

Football Field goal kicking experience
Feeling football gameplay experience
Player - live scorecard experience

How we built it

I initially captured essential experience of Football game from real world and designed a game mechanic (Kicking ball with feet)
Then I have designed a gameplay with powerups and multiple moving goal posts to make game more interesting
Then I have worked on development part a. Ball physics (Small custom physics engine) b. Gameplay programming c. Football kicking part
Then finally developed player scorecard experience

Challenges we ran into

To give the user the feel of kicking a virtual ball with their feet is the challenging part. I have adjusted the experience a lot to make the experience super smooth. Ball physics and game play design is another big challenge.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Every successful experience is a mix of novelty and familiarity.

We have taken the familiar NFL game play and added Novel “KICK BALL WITH YOUR FEET “ mechanism and unique gameplay elements (Like moving goal poster with different score points) Another big accomplishment I’m proud of is inching towards more immersion. Keeping game play in the world and letting users play with touch gestures was like putting 3D games in the AR world. In AR we can do a lot more. That's what I have tried this time. You cannot have this experience in any traditional 3D games.

What we learned

Designing game engine
Designing game physics
Leveraging the technologies like foot-tracking and body tracking( To wore Jersey)

What's next for Football FieldKick

Planned to make something cool games Lenses like fruit ninja kind of games using the full-body tracking, the user can slice the fruits with their hand and they have to avoid the bomb. This is the overlay of the next project I have been working for.