XBLIG gets voice-controlled shooter
Insane PewPewPew... shmup is mic-only.
Control pads, gyroscopes, accelerometers, Kinect: all old hat. The future of game control, according to one imaginative indie developer, is speech.
Out this week on Xbox Live Indie Games for 240 Microsoft Points, PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up that's controlled entirely via a microphone.
Saying "Pew" into the mic makes the game's hero simultaneously fire projectiles and boost his jet pack, while shouting unleashes your smart bomb.
A Rock Band mic is recommended, though any Xbox 360-compatible device will work, including headsets.
Check out the video, spotted by Siliconera, below to see exactly how Incredible Ape's quirky creation works.
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"this is the greatest thing I have ever seen"
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but is kinect mic compatibe too?
i suppose it compatible...
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Still, it clearly shows that XBLIG is a great thing. Games like this would never get a release on any other online platform. Maybe PewPewPew really is the next best thing ever and I just don't know it yet.
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"Saying "Pew" into the mic makes the game's hero simultaneously fire projectiles and boost his jet pack, while shouting unleashes your smart bomb."
Shouldn't you, like, play it first?
"Innovative and imaginative. And I thought that was only found in the good old days of gaming. +1 for M$ for getting something right in XBLIG."
This is nothing to do with Microsoft. Microsoft with an "S," there.
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not work with kinect?
ouch.. i gotta try this hopefully the download size not big.
kind of confused, kinect should using similar "line" as audio device like the mic... hmmm
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What are you talking about? I'm not critizising XBLIG (which is a great initiative) but the mentioned voice-controlled game.
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Getting your racism in early no?
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