Shadow Critters

Date 2025
Company CU Boulder
Role Design, Programming
Technologies Touch Designer, MediaPipe, Projection Mapping

Players make shadow puppets on the outside of a tent. Their shadow is recorded, animated, and projected back as a creature that walks around the tent wall.

Built in TouchDesigner using MediaPipe for shadow detection and a feedback network for animation. Installed at Whaaat Festival and several other venues — reception was strong once people discovered the loop, and the core interaction (make shadow → find your critter) landed consistently well.

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