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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

svn://zenit.senecac.on.ca/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	Assigned To
World loading / rendering		Load the world from file into an array in memory. (file format to be decided) Draw the world based on the array.	cfbale
User input		Ability to recognize all user actions based on the control list above.	mahsan3
Camera placement and movement		Camera looks down on the world in the center, between a 30-60 degree angle. Ability to rotate the camera in all four pole positions (N E S W)	mahsan3
HUD		Shows current wave number Shows current selected tile (or tower) Shows amount of enemies remaining on wave etc...	jsantos13
Enemies		Enemies traverse the map using a node based system. Enemy Class stores information: Current Health/Max Health Speed Speed Modifier (for slow/freeze towers) Current Node Next Node
Tower Building		Move through nodes. Select nodes (currently highlighted is selected?) Purchase/Place tower on node. Sell/Remove tower on node.	cfbale
Towers and Tower AI		Tower class which includes all information for the tower: Name Type Cost Sell Cost Upgrade Cost Upgrade Level Enemies Killed etc... Towers shoot little pellets at the closest enemy from them AND damage them.
Lighting		Towers emit some light. One giant light (the sun) across whole world.
Win/Lose Condition		Player has 100hp Each enemy does 10hp If all HP is lost, the player loses and lose screen is shown. If all waves are completed, the player wins and the win screen is shown.	mahsan3
Start Dialog		Make the start dialog similar to that of Unity's Simple options and easy to read interface/font.	jsantos13

Priority 2

Task	Status	Notes
Smoother Camera		Smooth rotating camera around the origin of the level.
Sound		Add sound to projectiles firing and enemies dying. Sounds from here
Fancy Dialog		Something like this possibly
More Enemies		More enemy types!
More Towers		More tower types!
More Waves		More waves!