indieDR

A rhythm game dance pad inspired by the indie music culture design style. Accompanied by custom UI and an indie song library.

Date

November 2025

Skills Used

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Interactive Design

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Visual Design

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TouchDesigner

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3D Modeling

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Fabrication

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Electrical Design

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Personal Project

Challenge

I gave myself one week to complete this passion project. The goal was to fabricate a physical game pad, and then develop a custom UI that was also indie-themed. TouchDesigner would serve as the main game engine, with embedded sensors in the pad acting as the controller.

Solution

The primary physical build included construction of the dance pad, which was built from a wood frame with each piece individually wrapped in aluminum sheets. The UI elements were designed in Photoshop and Illustrator, then animated in TouchDesigner. The game pad contained embedded sensors connected to an Arduino Uno R4 Wifi board that sent a UDP message into the TouchDesigner file, reporting the status of each arrow pad. The TouchDesigner file then handled song selection, level generation, and scoring.