Speech Soccer
It's a game of two halves
Speech Soccer, the first voice only controlled online football game, approached Peek in 2009 to help launch their new venture.
Speech Soccer is the brainchild of automatic speech recognition specialist and football fan Nick Wilkinson PhD of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire whose love of the game inspired him to create Speech Soccer.
Speech Soccer is an addictive game where the players respond to your voice to pass the ball, tackle and shoot in fast flowing football action. It is the game for the football purist that wants to recreate the art that was Brazil 1970, Liverpool 1988 or Arsenal 2004. The speech interface liberates you from focusing on the individual players giving you the freedom to play as a team . There's a formation editor too, which allows you to develop your own tactics for attacking and defending.
Once you've trained the speech recogniser you're ready to play. To score goals you must move the ball quickly about the pitch to create space for shooting. When your team has the ball, say the number of your player you wish to pass to. Or, if you keep saying the number of the player who already has the ball, he will run with it. When you are in range of the goal simply say "shoot". When the opposition has the ball you need to win it back. Say the number of one of your players and he will start moving towards the ball. When you get close say "tackle" to challenge for the ball.
Beware though, tackling from behind results in a yellow card and if that player commits another foul then a red card is given and the player is removed from the pitch!
The real fun of Speech Soccer is playing against other people online. Registration to play online is only 59p for six months access.
Peek designed and programmed the website including the ability to play the football game over the internet with another user. We consulted on the game interface design, gameplay and the sprites. We refreshed the brand and developed online PR and advertising to support the game.
Downloads tipped 300 copies on the first day of the recent launch of the World Cup 2010 edition.
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