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|Draft game presentation submission and project review|November 916
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|Final game presentation
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= Project Requirements =
Your game must involve real-time audio-visual experience in some sort of 3-D world. The user must be able to control at least some aspects of the game with a controller, and there must be some use of sound, both in the background and in response to some action in your game. The user should have control over which display devices, resolution and input devices are used at any time during the game. Your game may however offer only a subset of the available resolutions and input devices. Finally, your design code must differ significantly from the samples presented in class and you must identify the unique elements of your code in your submissions. Each game is a team effort and each member must contribute their own work in a selected area of their choosing. All members should contribute to the design part of the assignment.
== Phase 1 ==
The first phase is a 200-300 word informal, written proposal of what you intend to implement in your game: what you imagine your game doing. Your description should include one or more illustrations of your design. The illustrations may be hand-drawn and scanned. Included in your illustrations should be a map of what you'd like the 3D world of your game to look like, with 3-dimensional coordinates of all of the major points in the world. Your map should include all of the "actors" (moving objects) in the world. You should attempt to make the coordinates as realistic as possible, being aware that you may need to scale them up or down as you implement your design in code. Accompanying your proposal should be the Sprite Animation Sample from the class notes. Your instructor should be able to run this sample directly by opening the executable directly.
The purpose of this first phase is to give your instructor some idea of the scope and depth of your design: whether what you intend is too simple, too complex or about right and to ensure your instructor that you can work with your SVN repository and are ready to focus on implementing your design. Your description should enable your instructor to give you corrective feedback and to iron out any glitches with the software.
Your team must arrange a time and date to meet with your instructor to discuss your proposal and to commit the different responsibilities of the team members. This meeting should take place no later than week 6 of the semester.
== Phase 2 ==
The second phase releases a draft of your game design without sound or input control.
The purpose of this second phase is to create a draft of your design and to refine your proposal. You will have the opportunity to complete your implementation in the third and final phase.
== Phase 3 ==
The third phase presents your game to the class. Your presentation will include not only a demonstration of how the game plays but also an explanation of the innovative aspects that your team members have introduced. Each team will have 20 minutes to showcase its game.
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= Suggested Upgrades to the Framework =
* required upgrades are in bold
