How does it choose a winner in 2 player? Just random?
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My 2 kids were playing today and 1 of them was clearly doing better poses as he was actually trying to copy properly, but my other kid was just messing about making whatever shapes he wanted and he kept getting higher points and winning. It got to the point where my kid that was trying his best, just gave up and sat down on the sofa out of the camera view and it took a picture of no-one stood there and for that round he actually got a higher score! Is it just random or is AI or some specific shape matching algorithm used to determine who's pose is the most accurate to the image they're copying?
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We are in-fact doing very deliberate pose matching based on the player's pose! Here's how it works:
- Each sticker has 1-3 'correct' answers (reference poses) that are accepted
- Based on the player's detected pose, we check against each of the answers and return the highest score.
- The resulting score is based on how well they matched the references.
What could be happening:
- Sometimes, the references poses may be different than users imagine. They could require a completely different leg or arm arrangement than what the user attempted.
- When the reference pose has some unusual characteristics (like squatting down, or sticking a leg out), the legs factor more into the calculation. So they can get a lot higher score if one thing is really matching.
When no user is detected, we often default to a standing pose to preserve the game flow rather than stopping the game entirely. In this case, it's possible that simply standing straight up is closer to one of the correct answers than other things a user might try.
I hope that gives you better insight into how the scoring system works!
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Austin Kwong Thank you for the detailed response, it's much appreciated. So it seems like it was pure fluke that my kid who was messing about managed to get higher scores, maybe because his legs were accidentally matching better. Hopefully it won't happen this way again as it was a shame for the kid that was trying his best to end up giving up, but from your explanation it seems unlikely that it would,