Multi-Touch Table Side Project
by William Lee Sims · 03/11/2012 (7:07 pm) · 7 comments
I'm truly sorry that I've not been on the T2D forums as much as I would like, but I have my excuses all prepared!
Finally, I've been heavily modifying T2D to support multi-touch.
We've got 9 games completed with 2 more on the way. Most are in T2D, but two are in Javascript/Canvas/Chrome.
Completed Games:
Almost Complete Games:
Here's video of some of the completed games in actions:
The Distraction
Last September I took a job in the defense industry. It was a horrible gig, but it overvalued my time in a way I couldn't ignore. That slowed down development to a crawl.The Return
After I year, I quit the job and got back to work with our company, Machine Code Games. Yippee! We finished Labyrinth: Caverns of 2073. We also finished a small Android app for the Korean Marketplace.The Future
Now we've started on a new on-line project. It's a collectible card game based upon our 2073 Universe. It's our first attempt at this, so we're going to document our progress on blog, CCG 2073: A Journey from PC Games to the Online World.Finally, I've been heavily modifying T2D to support multi-touch.
We've got 9 games completed with 2 more on the way. Most are in T2D, but two are in Javascript/Canvas/Chrome.
Completed Games:
- Bulletball - Keep the silver ball away from your base.
- Concentration Sweep - A combination of the card matching game and Mine Sweeper.
- Gem Hoarder - A commercial game that I will not name, but is great for simultaneous play.
- Solitaire Dice - A game created by Sid Sackson that turns randomness into competition.
- Space Shooter - An arcade game of spaceships fighting it out.
- Wits and Wagers - A tool that helps the game "Wits and Wagers" go much more quickly.
- Yacht - A fair version of the pre-cursor to Yahtzee.
- Hold 'Em - A poker game.
- Golf - A quick card game to play in the middle of game days between harder games.
Almost Complete Games:
- Tropical Treasure - Race others to find treasure on an island.
- Hansa Teutonica - A commerical board game that we're trying to convince the publisher to make.
Here's video of some of the completed games in actions:
About the author
#2
03/12/2012 (8:08 am)
That is cool. You should add 4 sets of arcade joysticks to each side for arcade games :) 
#3
03/12/2012 (2:14 pm)
Is that a TouchTable[TM]... or what is it? It's pretty cool and I've always wanted something like that.
#4
The frames are available at Mesa Mundi. They support TVs from 32-inch to 70-inch (although I think they support any size).
03/12/2012 (3:31 pm)
It's a ZaagTech frame over a TV. The frames support a variety of simultaneous touches (6, 10, 16, 32, 40), with more touches costing more. I got the 32-touch frame because we imagined (and have since proved) that 8 people can play around it and each may use up to 3 fingers simultaneously (for 24 touches).The frames are available at Mesa Mundi. They support TVs from 32-inch to 70-inch (although I think they support any size).
#6
03/12/2012 (5:29 pm)
By the way, I didn't ignore your games. They look great! I love the fact that you incorporated the horizontal hand touch as the show cards feature in Hold'Em Poker. Was that a T2D game?
#7
03/12/2012 (7:51 pm)
There's a mode built into the frame to detect palms (objects larger than a finger). Hold'Em is Javascript and Canvas (done by a friend). It was his idea to use the horizontal hand touch and it works surprisingly well! We'll probably incorporate it into more games that have hidden information. 
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