Kinect Fun Labs
Application development hub (2011-2012)
Kinect Fun Labs is an application development hub that allows users to play, create and share their own Kinect experiences. As of July 2012, there were fifteen games in the Fun Labs range. The games were developed by Good Science Studio, Smoking Gun Interactive, Relentless Software, Wahoo Studios, Asobo Studio, and N-Space and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360.
01Gameplay
In Bobble Head, the player can put costumes on their friends and collect them as bobbleheads. In Avatar Kinect, the players' avatar can act and it tracks their mouth so their lips will move. Kinect also knows where the players' cheekbones are, their eyebrows, so they can make them go up and down.
02Released games
There are fifteen games in Kinect Fun Labs. In the given table, is displayed the title, developer(s) and release dates for each game.
| Title | Developer | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| Kinect Me | Good Science Studio, Smoking Gun Interactive | June 6, 2011 |
| Build a Buddy | Good Science Studio | |
| Kinect Googly Eyes | Good Science Studio, Smoking Gun Interactive | |
| Bobble Head | Good Science Studio | |
| Avatar Kinect | July 25, 2011 | |
| Kinect Sparkler | Good Science Studio, Smoking Gun Interactive | July 28, 2011 |
| Air Band | Relentless Software, Good Science Studio | August 22, 2011 |
| Mutation Station | September 26, 2011 | |
| Musical Feet | Smoking Gun Interactive | October 24, 2011 |
| Battle Stuff | November 28, 2011 | |
| Junk Fu | Wahoo Studios | February 20, 2012 |
| I Am Super! | Smoking Gun Interactive | March 26, 2012 |
| Kinect Rush: Snapshot | Asobo Studio | April 6, 2012 |
| 5 Micro Lab Challenge | N-Space | July 2, 2012 |
| Mars Rover Landing | Smoking Gun Interactive | July 16, 2012 |
03Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 80/100 |
Kinect Fun Labs received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.
Dan Whitehead on Eurogamer stated that "Mostly, it's disappointing that the technology on display feels so clumsy. It feels like a step backwards for Kinect, displaying its limitations more than its strengths - right when mainstream developers are starting to do interesting things with the device outside of the obvious motion control applications."
GamePro stated that "Kinect Fun Labs displays some creative ideas, asks its boss what they think is cool, and then it tries to decide where to go from there."
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