Balloon Pop
A camera game for little kids: jump up and down, and a cartoon kid on screen jumps on an air pump until the balloon pops.
status: Playable in the browser. Needs a camera.
Balloon Pop watches through the camera with MediaPipe pose detection, which runs entirely in your browser. The camera picture never leaves your device, and nothing is recorded.
Highlights
- Watches only your shoulders, so the camera just needs to see your upper body. Jumps are measured against how wide your shoulders are, so they count the same near the camera or across the room.
- Higher jumps pump more air: little hops still count, and a big jump fills the balloon faster.
- Every landing pushes the pump: a puff of air runs down the hose and the balloon swells, wobbling more as it fills.
- About sixteen good jumps pop it, with a bang, a shower of confetti and a cheer.
- Pop, squeak and fanfare sounds made with the Web Audio API.
- Can't jump? The space bar pumps too, so a grown-up can help.
- Shares its camera, pose detection and scenery code with Windmill.
