Antibodies

Game to learn how the body defends itself against viruses.

Team

Project Direction: Francesca Nardecchia (Pi)

Programming: Benjamín Benavides (Pi), William Benitez

UI: Herman Gonzáles (Pi)

Modeling: Federico Blaser (Pi), Herman Gonzáles (Pi)

Art Direction: Felipe Gutiérrez (Pi)

Creative Direction: Harold Quijón (Pi)

Assembly and construction: Carlos Sáez (Pi), Rafael Labrador (PI), Mim Team

Assets and videos: Cristián Cáceres, Carolina Grau

SFX and music: Sergio Angulo

Context

It was developed by Pi for the new micro-life room at the Mim museum.

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The goal was to teach that the body fights viruses using cells called plasmocytes, which emit specific antibodies to neutralize them.

The body is used as a controller to move the plasmocyte.

Result

Captured on my computer, not in the museum.

Development process

It took about 5 months of work.

In this link you can see a flowchart of the game’s development.

It can be played standing or by just leaning the torso, so it is not a problem for people in wheelchairs.

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First animated concept

First functional prototype

“Making of” made by Mim

Technical details
  • Unreal Engine 4.27
  • Perforce for version control
  • Kinect V2
  • Touchdesigner 2021 10.330 for communication with the Kinect and sending messages to Unreal via OSC
Inauguration