Owen

Partly inspired by the real vs. online player tag game by Blast Theory, this game (so far untitled) would pit a real person armed with colored building blocks and tiles versus an online player piloting an avatar. The real player would build enviroments with the various structural elements in a specified area (like a table top or something). A camera would be trained directly above that area and read the color coded blocks and tiles which would then be translated into a computer simulated 3d virtual enviroment (possibily in real time). The online player must nagoitate the terrian an make it too a exit point as quickly as possible. To recap, the basic structure of the game is: real world construction toys are assembled into a enviorment in a specified area, that enviroment is than translated into a virtual enviroment that a player controlled avatar can travel through. Competetive rules could be applyed. For example, if the computer and real enviroment were in the same space (like a gallery) players could switch roles and try to make the best time in each others enviroments.