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Project for Imagine Cup 2010

Koray — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:05:41 +0000

- Demo coming November 2oth, 2009 -

A 72 Hour Game

DefendMyCause — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:09:52 +0000

In Fear is a simple strategy/survival game that was made for a 72 hour game programming contest called TINS ‘07 using the Allegro game library.

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The entire game, from design to artwork to implementation of the game was done withing the 72 hour period. It features push/pop game-states, particles, sound, graphics and implements constant time! At the start of the contest the following set of requirements were generated:

Rule-o-Matic
genre requirement There will be 1 genre rule genre rule #43 theme: garbage Comment: Garbage, Debris, Filth, Junk, Refuse, Trash, Rubble, Sewage, Garbage can, Garbage Disposal, Garbage man, Garbage collection, Recycling, Land fill, Sewage pipes, … Artistic requirement There will be 1 artistical rule artistical rule #54 news events: use current news events Comment: news.google.com It’s up to you how you involve this in your game. You can single out a particular recent event and use that as a theme in the game, or you can do something clever with several news items at once. Try to pick world news, something that all participants will be able to relate to. technical requirements There will be 2 technical rules technical rule #61 smoke effects technical rule #35 must use flame fx (such as in exflame.c) or explosion fx Comment: A cool fire effect can be achieved by creating random hotspots that slowly fade and scroll up (This was quite the thing back in the days of the demo scene) There is a short tutorial here: http://www.qzx.com/pc-gpe/fire.txt. I’m sure more info can be found online. Variations of this effect that are not really fire (e.g. explosions, or some kind of magical ice fire) are allowed too, as long as the graphics are generated on the fly. Smoke fx can be generated using some sort of particle engine, or using blending. The smoke can be combined with the fire fx rule to display a really awesome realistic bonfire, or they can be separate. Extra kudoes if you can make the smoke part of the gameplay in interesting ways. bonus There are no bonus rules Comment: No bonus rule this year, unfortunately. That was is it far as the additional requirements are concerned. Below are all the regular rules.

Rule-o-Matic

genre requirement

There will be 1 genre rule

genre rule #43
theme: garbage

Comment:
Garbage, Debris, Filth, Junk, Refuse, Trash, Rubble, Sewage, Garbage can, Garbage Disposal, Garbage man, Garbage collection, Recycling, Land fill, Sewage pipes, …
Artistic requirement

There will be 1 artistical rule

artistical rule #54
news events: use current news events

Comment:
news.google.com

It’s up to you how you involve this in your game. You can single out a particular recent event and use that as a theme in the game, or you can do something clever with several news items at once. Try to pick world news, something that all participants will be able to relate to.
technical requirements

There will be 2 technical rules

technical rule #61
smoke effects

technical rule #35
must use flame fx (such as in exflame.c) or explosion fx

Comment:
A cool fire effect can be achieved by creating random hotspots that slowly fade and scroll up (This was quite the thing back in the days of the demo scene) There is a short tutorial here: http://www.qzx.com/pc-gpe/fire.txt. I’m sure more info can be found online. Variations of this effect that are not really fire (e.g. explosions, or some kind of magical ice fire) are allowed too, as long as the graphics are generated on the fly.

Smoke fx can be generated using some sort of particle engine, or using blending. The smoke can be combined with the fire fx rule to display a really awesome realistic bonfire, or they can be separate. Extra kudoes if you can make the smoke part of the gameplay in interesting ways.
bonus

There are no bonus rules

Comment:
No bonus rule this year, unfortunately.

That was is it far as the additional requirements are concerned. Below are all the regular rules.

It was tough, but a lot of fun and a great learning experience! Speedhacks are a great way to learn how games work and gave me the motivation to keep pursuing game programming. Just do it!

Project for CS499 in Spring 2009

Koray — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:33:06 +0000

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PHASE is a 3D game that was developed for a senior level game development course. It was created my Mike Dulog, Koray Hagen, Robert Muller, and David Young; and was easily one of the largest game-related projects we have completed.

The game is a puzzle game akin to other titles such as Portal. In PHASE you have standard 3D FPS movement but with a slight twist. The player can alter his collision properties with the world by clicking the left mouse button. For example, if you come across a solid colored object, you can stand and jump on it at your discretion, however if you phase yourself, the object might become transparent — in which case you will not collide with that object at all. Consider that an insider tip, and try out the game!

Modes	Engine
Single Player	A realistic physics engine
Multiplayer	Simple geometry graphics engine
Kiosk	Real-time collision detection and handling
	Keyboard and mouse input
	Game sound and music handling
	Lua scripting
	And a modular game-state system

Conceptual Documents
Storyboard 1	Storyboard 2	In-Game Model List

Screenshots

In-Game Video

Credits
Developed by Mike Dulog, Koray Hagen, Robert Muller, and David Young.
Original game mechanics by Robert Muller and Eliot Lash.
Music composed by Espen Gätzschmann.