1. Midterm Demo (Fall 2008)

2. Outline BuggyCode Studios Employees BUGS, Last Stand Squad Game Levels
Demo 1
Game mechanics
Interaction
Game engine features used
Sound effects
Graphics AI
Remaining Tasks
Demo 2
20 minutes demo 1) introduce your company 2) 1-minute statement of what your game is about 3) Demo your game 4) Slides explaining: 4.1 game interaction method 4.2 game engine's capabilities so far 4.3. game sounds so far (tarik) 4.4 game graphics so far (andrew + alper + sean) 4.5 game AI- if any, so far  (sean) 4.6 next steps in each category & timeline (what's missing in the game engine and what we plan to do) 5) demo your game again Scratch notes: everybody should speak SOUND EXCITED & PASSIONATE!!!!! demo at the beginning and at the end safe last 5 minutes for questions / comments hello my name is Farid, i'm the team lead of buggycode studios... let me introduce you to... our game engine can do x, y, z (specifically for our game) 2~3 game people form the gaming industry are coming.  High Voltage software & Mark T... from ? and some one from Midway. debug mode that show AI / Graphics / Sound scenarios that you had to handle

3. BuggyCode Studios Employees
Alper Akbal
Farid Harhad
Sean O’Connell
Andrew Staley
Tarik Teksen Tutal
Developer
Game physics
Team lead
Wiimote & AI
Concept Art
3D Art
Sound effects
Checks us out at

4. BUGS, Last Stand Squad
Protect Earth from deadly gigantic cyborg bugs (the cybugs)
Story
Armament race drives world wide conflicts
Green World’s cybug project backfires
Cybugs attack nuclear sites world wide
Multiplayer TPS & wiimote-based game
“Tower defense” game play
4 Levels
The story takes place in 2080 when….

5. Game Demo 1

6. Game Mechanics

7. Interaction
Players destroy cybugs with wiimotes

8. Game Engine Features Used
Terrain & mesh readers
irrEdit
irrKlang

9. Sound FX Needed for the Game
Sound mixing
Background music
Prioritize sounds being played
Specify 3D world position & volume of sound
(and be able to specify nothing should EVER stop the music from being played)

10. Sound FX Implemented
Console app to test the irrklang library capabilities and a test class to adjust sound FX
Music for IntroState and MenuState (thrilling)
Music for PlayerSelectionState (winding up)
Background music for TestLevel
Sound mixing
Every cybug plays its own sound
For now there are eight types of sounds for bugs. Type of sound is assigned to a bug when it is created.
(the same music is playing for these two states) (do not disturb the gameplay but give a taste)
(real insect sounds with some disgusting sounds)
There are dozens of bugs in the game at the same time, each sound is audible, and player can differ the background music.

11. Remaining Sound FX Tasks
Each bug and each weapon will have its own sound
Adjust volume according to distance
Multiple sound effects and ambient sounds in order to get rid of monotony.
Make minor adjustments for various game levels
Create our own sound effects
Background ambient may not need to change completely since our game has very simlar terrains for each level. But there will be slight changes among scenes in echo.

12. Concept Art :: Character Art (1/2)
Four distinct character types, each with his or her own strength and weakness
Here are heavy and midrange concepts

13. Concept Art :: Character Art (2/2)
Here are the Sniper and Demolition concepts

14. Concept Art :: Bugs
Techno-Organic, about 5-6ft tall, many types

15. AI :: Waypoints (1/2)
The cybugs will follow certain paths, which are determined by waypoints
For each spawn point, there will be different paths, randomly chosen by a cybug

16. AI :: Waypoints (2/2)

17. AI :: Flocking (1/4)
To create variations, there will also be a flocking algorithm
Cybugs will not collide with each other

18. AI :: Flocking (2/4)

19. AI :: Flocking (3/4) Steering Rules Separation
steer to avoid crowding local flockmates
Alignment
steer towards the average heading of local flockmates
Cohesion
steer to move towards average position of local flockmates

20. AI :: Flocking (4/4) Algorithm Basics vec3 sep = separate(flock)
vec3 ali = align(flock)
vec3 coh = cohesion(flock)
float A = 2.0
float B = 1.0
float C = 1.0
acceleration += sep * A + ali * B + coh * C
velocity += acceleration
position += velocity
acceleration = vec3(0, 0, 0)

21. Remaining Tasks HUD overlay Add character and base 3D models
Create 4 distinct levels
Finish sound dynamics
Finish waypoint AI code
Finish bug/bullet collision detection

22. Game Demo 2

23. Thank you 