Making Games in TouchDesigner?

TouchDesigner is the best tool out there for new media installations, experiments, visual art explorations, large-scale interactive systems, etc. etc., but can it be used to make games? What are the pros and cons? Let’s get into it!

In addition to a deep dive on the ins and outs of using TouchDesigner to make games, we also talk to Simon Alexander-Adams, aka Polyhop ( 👉 https://www.instagram.com/polyhop ), about his experiences building games in TouchDesigner. Who else should we talk to about games in TD? Let us know in the comments!

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This is our first video as Third Wave Arcade 👉 https://thirdwavearcade.com. We’re a brand-new startup building an immersive roomscale gaming platform.

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Third Wave Arcade: 👉 https://thirdwavearcade.com
Host: Noah Norman aka Hard Work Party:
👉 https://hardwork.party / https://instagram.com/hardworkparty
Edited by schnoodle VIDEO 👉 @schnoodlevideo https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsHdhKx9ccuKZvxNl-c8tjw
Music by Breakmaster Cylinder: 👉 https://soundcloud.com/breakmaster-cylinder

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LINKS:

TouchDesigner: 👉 https://derivative.ca
pytransitions Python finite state machine package: 👉 https://github.com/pytransitions/transitions
TouchEngine: 👉https://derivative.ca/UserGuide/TouchEngine
TouchPy by IntentDev: 👉 https://github.com/IntentDev/touchpy
sudoSignals: 👉 https://www.sudosignals.com/
Pixera: 👉 https://pixera.one/en/ (now with TouchEngine support since this was recorded!)
David Braun’s TD jump flood implementation: 👉 https://github.com/DBraun/TouchDesigner_Shared/blob/master/TOPs/jump_flood_algorithm.tox

Noah’s interview with Derivative about Elsewhere:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AENHccIaNs&pp=ygULbm9haCBub3JtYW4%3D
Noah’s interview with the Interactive and Immersive HQ:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sQM7izOlIE&pp=ygUObm9haCBub3JtYW4gaHE%3D

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Next episode:
Realtime
Multicamera
Multiplayer
Markerless
Infrared
Motion Capture!
Tons of research going into this one – subscribe so you don’t miss it!