2. Contents Overview Major Features Major Components User Interface Gameplay Testing UML Timeline

3. Overview Chrome Desires 3 rd Person Shooter War of the Mechanical BattleMasters Online Multiplayer Original Music Score Most “Explodiest” Game of the Year Rated T for Teen - Violence Requires DirectX 9.0 and Windows

4. Major Features Single Player Multiplayer Options and Settings

5. Single Player Practice Grounds Battle Automated Mechs Not Story Driven Few Consecutive Levels Not Main Focus of Game

6. Multiplayer Main Focus of Game Hosting or Joining Hosted Game –Hosted through IP or LAN –Join by IP Address –LAN Hosted Games Appear in a List No Automated Mechs Time Limit or Kill Limit Deathmatch Only

7. Major Components –Game Engine –System Specific Code –Resources

8. Game Engine Engine provided by Vaughan Young Came with DirectX book Engine modified to suit our game Handles –Rendering –Networking –Input/Output –Audio –Collision Detection –Physics –Script Handling

9. System Specific Code Player Manager –Handles all instances of Player Object Bullet Manager –Handles all instances of Bullet for each player Weapon –Owned by Player Objects –Creates instances of Bullets Menu System Game Class –Manager of managers –Handles all aspects of game

10. Resources Meshes and Textures Sounds Effects and Music Scripts –Text files containing parameters for specific in-game objects Handled using Multiple Linked Lists –Engine does not allow multiple instances of same resource –Engine removes instances when completed

11. User Interface

12. Main Menu

13. Multiplayer Game Menu Multi-Player Mode Back

14. Character Settings Menu Character Settings (Insert Player name) Mech 1Mech 2Mech 3Mech 4 BackNext

15. Host Game Menu Host Game Map Selection Back Your IP: 127.0.0.1 Port#: (Enter Port#) Play

16. Join Game Menu Join Game Enter IP:(enter IP address) Back Join

17. In-Game Screenshot

18. Gameplay Mechs –Abilities –Damage Zones Weapons –Melee –Ranged Maps –Individual Maps –Structures –Spawning

19. Mechs Light –Fast Speed –Weak Armor –Weak Melee Medium –Balanced Armor, Power, and Speed Heavy –Slow –Heavy Armor –Powerful Melee

20. Mech Abilities Stand Run Strafe (Right or Left) Jump Crouch Crouch Run Taunt Aiming Shooting Picking Up Items

21. Running Example

22. Crouch-Running Example

23. Jumping Example

24. Taunting Example

25. Weapons Mech Specific Melee Ranged Weapons –Chain Gun Default –Rocket Launcher –Laser –Mines –The Shredder –Energy Beam –Electromagnetic Stream

26. Individual Maps Wasteland Stadium Megatropolis Space Station Moon Base Temple

27. Structures Varying sizes –Small houses (Small) –Skyscrapers (Large) Most are Destructable –Bunkers provide impenetrable protection Repair Stations –Mechs stand on platform –Repaired by small mechanical robots

28. Spawning Player Spawn Points –Maps contain multiple spawn points –No grace period after spawning Each spawn is random Weapons Spawn Points –Vary on each map –Respawn after set amount of time Ammo Spawn Points –Similar to Weapon SP but with ammo

29. UML

30. Testing –Done constantly throughout development –After first version release, major testing phase starts –Set of test cases applied to the game

31. Timeline Mechs completed – March 16 Levels completed – March 20 Weapons completed – March 30 Beta Version (Multiplayer only) – April 2 Beta Testing Phase Begins – April 2 End Testing Phase – April 9 LAN Party with Tang – April 10 Next Development Phase – April 11 Alpha Version – May 5

32. Questions, Comments or Suggestions?