KidPRO: Sweat Games

No controller. No tapping. Your body is the controller.

Connect your device to the TV, stand it up, and step back. The front camera
watches how you move, and the game moves with you.

SETTING UP
Connect to the TV, stand the device in landscape at roughly waist height facing
the room, then step back two or three metres so the camera can see all of you.

TWO WORLDS
Galaxy Run sends you down a neon road through deep space, with asteroids
drifting past and odd little creatures blocking the lanes. Cowboy Run drops you
onto the main street of a dusty frontier town, with crates to clear and critters
underfoot.

MOVES YOU ACTUALLY MAKE
Jump over things. Duck under them. Lean left or right to dodge. Run on the spot
to build speed. Freeze in a matching pose to smash through a wall.

Every cue appears as a picture rather than a word, so a young player who cannot
read yet can play without anyone translating for them.

TWO PLAYERS, ONE SCREEN
Stand side by side. Each player gets their own corner of the display and their
own score, racing the same course. Whoever finishes ahead gets the crown.

RUNS THAT END
Every race has a finish line, a score and a results screen. Nothing scrolls
forever, so nobody has to negotiate five more minutes.

IT ADAPTS
The game notices how a player is doing. Obstacles arrive at a pace that suits
them, cues lean towards the moves they are still figuring out, and spacing opens
up when they have been working hard.

PLAYS OFFLINE
No sign-in, no account, no connection needed.

WHAT YOU NEED
A device with a front camera, a cable to your TV, a TV with a spare HDMI port,
and a couple of metres of clear floor. It works on the device screen alone too,
though the TV is where it comes alive.