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manya3084/angelssword-adventurers-overlay-test

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★ 0JavaScriptAudience · generalComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

TLDR

A free webcam based tool that animates a cartoon avatar on your livestream by reading your facial expressions in the browser.

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  root((AS Adventurer))
    What it does
      Webcam face tracking
      Animated stream avatar
      Expression based swaps
    Tech stack
      Node.js server
      Express and WebSocket
      MediaPipe in browser
    Use cases
      Livestream avatar
      Emote sequences
      Portable release build
    Audience
      Streamers
      No extra hardware needed

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add a reactive animated avatar to a livestream without buying VTube Studio or a phone rig.

USE CASE 2

Trigger expression based animation swaps (happy, sad, surprised) live using just a webcam.

USE CASE 3

Build custom emote sequences, like drawing and igniting a sword, for a streaming character.

USE CASE 4

Package a portable standalone build of the overlay to share with other streamers.

What is it built with?

JavaScriptNode.jsExpressWebSocketMediaPipeWebAssembly

How does it compare?

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LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Last pushed—2021-05-192016-11-16
Maintenance—DormantDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity2/52/52/5
Audiencegeneralgeneraldeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Needs a webcam and Node.js, or the prebuilt release if you want to skip installing Node.

No license information was provided in the README.

In plain English

AS Adventurer is a free, open source overlay tool for people who livestream themselves online. It watches your face through a webcam and uses that to control an animated character that shows up on your stream, the kind of thing streamers use so viewers see a cartoon avatar react instead of, or alongside, a real face. This version is a fork of an earlier project, and its main change is dropping the requirement for extra apps or an iPhone. The original tool needed something called VTube Studio or an iPhone running iFacialMocap to read your expressions. This fork adds a webcam only mode built on Google's MediaPipe Face Landmarker, a face tracking library that runs directly inside your web browser. You just open a control panel, click start webcam, and your expressions immediately drive the character. The older VTube Studio and iPhone options are still there as extra choices if you already use them. The system recognizes a handful of states: happy, sad, surprised, eyes closed, speaking (detected through your microphone), and typing (detected through keyboard activity). Each state can have its own idle and speaking animation clip, and you supply your own art as video or image files. On top of that there is an emote system, letting you trigger one off animations or held poses from the control panel, including layered sequences like drawing a sword, then igniting it, then swinging it. Setup involves cloning the code, running npm install, then npm start, which launches a local web server. You add it to streaming software like OBS as a browser source, and it only talks to your own machine, nothing is sent anywhere else. A prebuilt release is also offered for people who do not want to install Node.js themselves. The project also includes a script for building a standalone packaged version. The tech underneath is a Node.js server using Express and WebSockets, with the face tracking happening client side in the browser via WebAssembly, plus optional UDP connections for the VTube Studio and iFacialMocap integrations.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Walk me through setting up AS Adventurer's webcam mode and pointing OBS at its overlay page.
Prompt 2
Help me name and organize my character's animation files so AS Adventurer picks them up correctly.
Prompt 3
Explain how to build a custom nested emote, like a sword draw into an ignite into a slash, for AS Adventurer.
Prompt 4
Show me how to package AS Adventurer into a standalone EXE release using build-release.js.

Frequently asked questions

What is angelssword-adventurers-overlay-test?

A free webcam based tool that animates a cartoon avatar on your livestream by reading your facial expressions in the browser.

What language is angelssword-adventurers-overlay-test written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, Node.js, Express.

What license does angelssword-adventurers-overlay-test use?

No license information was provided in the README.

How hard is angelssword-adventurers-overlay-test to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is angelssword-adventurers-overlay-test for?

Mainly general.

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