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Project Marking Percentage

Group work:      40% 
Individual work: 60% +
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Total           100%

Team Members

1. Clinton Bale, Lead Programmer
2. Jesse Santos, Programmer
3. Hardik Sharma, Programmer
4. Muhammad Ahsan, Programmer

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Repository

Repo ID

dps901_123arep2

Trunk Status

Refer to #teamastar for current trunk status.

Proposal

Our game will be a Tower defense styled game. Where enemies spawn on one side of the map and you have to prevent them from getting to their destination as they wind though the paths. The camera will be in a fixed position over the field. Looking down at the world at around a 30-45 degree angle. The player will be able to rotate this camera 90' around the field but that is it. The player will start with an undetermined amount of money that will allow him to buy towers to defend off the incoming waves. The towers will be modeled in 3DS max and imported into the game. The game will have a max of 2-3 towers upon finish. There are multiple types of waves that the player will encounter: fast waves, slow but strong waves and boss waves; There could be more depending on the time we have.

Outline

• Fixed 3D camera looking down at the world on an angle from the four compass directions. (player controlled)
• Multiple waves of enemies
• Grid based tower placement.
• Node based waypoint enemy movement.

Concept Picture

• Note: 3D Representation not present in picture.

Controls

Keyboard

Left Arrow = Move camera 90' to the left.

Right Arrow = Move camera 90' to the right.

WASD = Move the currently selected tile around the level.

Space = Select tower or block

Ctrl = Place tower

F = Cycle available towers.

Xbox Controller

D-Pad Left = Move camera 90' to the left.

D-Pad Right = Move camera 90' to the right.

Left Thumb-Stick = Move the currently selected tile around the level.

A = Select tower or block

X = Place tower

Y = Cycle available towers.

• Note: All controls above are subject to change.

To-Do List

Priority 1

Task	Status	Notes
World loading / rendering		Load the world into memory from file (format to be decided). And render on screen.
User input		Ability to recognize all user actions based on the control list above.
Camera placement and movement		Get the camera at a fixed angle looking down at the world. Ability to move it to all four locations.
HUD		Create a HUD for displaying the players cash and the current selected node/tower. And what wave the player is on.
Enemies		Enemies that traverse the map using a node-based way pointing system.
Tower Building		Move though the grid, select a node, select a tower and place it on that node.
Towers AI		Towers shoot little pellets at the closest enemy from them AND damage them.
Lighting		Towers will emit light. One giant light (the sun) across whole world.
Win/Lose Condition		The player wins if he beats all the waves. The player loses if one enemy makes it to the other side. (subject to change)
Sound		Add sound to projectiles firing and enemies dying. Sounds from here
Start Dialog		Improve the starting UI's dialog box. Make it much more user friendly. (think Unity)

Priority 2

Task	Status	Notes
To be decided		...
More Enemies		More enemy types!
More Towers		More tower types!
More Waves		More waves!