Final Project – Assignment #5

Midterm Inspection: April 2nd

Due: April 21^st and 23^rd

Objective: Create a real-time 3D game, simulation, or animation

Three person team

1 – Artist/modeler

2 – Graphics programmer

3 – Program Manager / Game Designer / Audio / Physics / Quality Assurance

Technical requirements:

• Introduction
• Complex 3D environment
• Collision detection
• Audio (e.g. OpenAL)
• Narrative
• Help
• Manual
• Each person on the team must implement and *code* 1 3D graphical component (e.g. curved surfaces, textures, blending, shaders, lighting, animation, particle systems, etc.)
• User interactivity

You can use the following from the web:

• 3D Models
• Software/graphics libraries
• Audio

However you must denote them in your report. If you do not, you will get a 0!

Grade: 25% of your final grade.

• 10% project proposal
• 20% of project grade will be a prototype on April 2^nd (Wednesday) showing at least 25% progress (tier 1)
• 40% technical component
• 20% originality / quality / funness
• 10% webpage and report

Turn in by February 29^th (1 page document):

· Schedule

· Plan broken up into 4 tiers of completeness (which will roughly correspond to grade letters)

· Risky Areas/Backup Plan

· Design document

Final Demo day (last two days of class).

· Monday: Group #1,2,3,4,5,8

· Wednesday: Group #6,7,9,10,11,12,13

· Presentation Info:

1. Maximum 5 minutes (suggest walk up w/ laptop tested and ready to go)

2. Show web page

3. Run game (you don’t have to download it from your webpage), play for a few minutes

4. While playing have group members talk about

1. the game

2. the technologies

· Group Report (2 pages) <- link via webpage (DUE: 3PM Wednesday for ALL groups)

· Individual report (1 page) <- email directly to TA and myself (DUE: 3PM Friday)

Report

Describe your game, and include technologies incorporated

Individual Report

Discuss what each person in your group worked on.

Divide up 100 points of effort amongst your group members.