Turbo Waddle

Felix Rader & Valentin Postl @ Hagenberg Game Jam 2023

An experimental and absurd video game about wanting to smoke a cigarette. Unfortunately, things do not go as planned :⁠( Control Saul Dabby with your arms and legs! All with just a normal webcam.

Download Turbo Waddle

Turbo Waddle was created in just over 36 Hours at the Hagenberg Game Jam 2023. Motion capture is based on UnityPythonMediaPipeBodyPose, which streams data from Google’s MediaPipePose pose estimation into Unity. The character movement is entirely Physics based. Joint angles from the pose estimation are translated into spring forces, that control Saul Dabby’s limbs.

As we are only two team members and do not have a narrator, you will have to narrate the story out loud yourself. Sorry :( Voice recognition works with whisper by OpenAI, using the whisper.unity package.

Turbo Waddle Game Start Screen. The game character is suspended in the air over a grassy landscape. Bold in the screen says "Navigate this menu with your voice - say start"

A screenshot of the came. The game character is curdled into a ball next to an oversized cigarette machine. Text on the screen says: "Oh no the machine stole my money" A screenshot of the came. The game character is curdled into a ball in an abandoned building. Text on the screen says: "Please say the following sentence: I cant wait to feel the smooth texture of a cigarette in my mouth again""