Interactive conversational pet cat experience
Case StudyDreamworks and Charisma AI came to us to develop an interactive conversational pet experience to promote the release of a new Puss in Boots movie.
A core part of the experience is a user conversing with their own digi-cat using Charisma AI’s character driven story engine. One of several unique dialogue paths is determined by a short introductory personality quiz. This quiz also informs the unique appearance of the cat.
Conversations are predetermined, but text-driven, so all vocal audio and animations are procedurally generated. The audio is synthesized through Charisma, which provides phonetic meta-data that is transformed into animation sequences by a custom viseme-based keyframe system.
Users can also guide their didi-cat around the scene to explore various aspects of the room, play the piano, and play with a toy. The pathing system makes this easy and intuitive with a click and drag mechanic.
I executed the 3D scene for the front-end build including all the playful and conversational interactions, pathing system, and viseme animation system. I also defined our strategy for animating speech and provided guidance for the 3D team on implementation.