Rebellion

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Rebellion

• By Chris Carr and Rakan Aldukheil

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Original Timeline

• Role Playing Game
• Two different situations
• Normal
• Elaborate menu system
• Player wanders between different locations and
  interacts with other characters.
• Battle
• Galaxian style shooting game.

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What game turned out to be

• We scrapped normal mode and chose to focus on
  expanding battle mode
• Game turned out to follow timeline but less
  linearly
• We javadoced and debugged partially as we went
  along, completing more of this at the end of the
  project
• Like originally proposed battle mode but with
  enhancements

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Game Functionality

• Game turned out to be a more action oriented
  version of the original project.
• Normal mode, with the menu system and character
  interaction was not created.
• Battle mode, the galaga-style game, was created
  and was enhanced from what was originally
  planned.

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Enhancements

• Enhancements included
• Player is able to move anywhere on screen
• Implementation of keyboard as input module
• Option of player to control hero with right hand
  or left hand, firing with the other
• Attaching an AttractorTracker to the enemies
  array so that they follow the hero over the
  screen
• Changing of background color to suggest a grassy
  knoll

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Progress Presentation

• Our revised timeline was followed closely. We
  were able to add several enhancements to the game
  towards the end of the project

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Why changes

• We found we wanted a genre switch from RPG to
  action
• Best way to do this was to focus on developing
  battle mode.
• Also, we found that a month was not enough time
  to put the kind of quality development such that
  this game needed into two different modes and
  chose to limit our focus, consistent with the
  advice of Jam and Doctor Ramm, Garver, and Pete.
• This would enable us to make some meaningful
  enhancements to a quality game instead of
  overexpanding our development abilities
• Halfway through, we were not satisfied with our
  current project and really wanted to put the time
  into expanding upon Battle

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Enhancements

• Enhancements included
• Player is able to move anywhere on screen
• Implementation of keyboard as input module
• Option of player to control hero with right hand
  or left hand, firing with the other
• Attaching an AttractorTracker to the enemies
  array so that they follow the hero over the
  screen
• Changing of background color to suggest a grassy
  knoll

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Javadoc, user instructions and the game
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Basic Game Functionality

• Sound fully implemented
• Graphics fully implemented with transparency
• Both hero and enemies fire seamlessly
• Levels Advance without any problems
• Trackers are attached
• Splash screens indicate beginning and end of game
  and the start of new levels
• GUI buttons, ScorePanel, and canvas function
  correctly

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Enhancements

• Background is green
• Player can move anywhere on screen
• Keyboard functions entirely correctly
• Both righties and lefties can play!
• Enemy sprites follow hero over screen

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Bugs

• Enemy arrows fire backwards!
• Tried to change by creating additional arrow
  image that would just be a flipped version of the
  original but eclipse would never let me do it
  saying that the image already existed. Tried
  from scratch and the same thing occurred no
  matter what we named the image!
• Tried to add and subtract using MATH.PI, such
  that the arrow would be facing the opposite
  direction but this failed as the ImageSprite
  class does not accept this sort of construction
• Enemies sometimes do not appear
• Assuming slow memory since this occurs mainly in
  the higher levels

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Bugs Continued

• Score Panel disappears
• No idea but were guessing memory issues occur
  when the hero sprite gets too close to the edge
  of the canvas
• Music doesnt always function properly
• Intro music doesnt always start
• Sometimes it doesnt stop when the game has been
  start over or exited until a few seconds after or
  until the console within the Eclipse program has
  been closed
• Were guessing this has to do with slow memory!

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Future work to be done

• Some enhancements to be made
• Allow the enemies to fire in the direction of the
  hero
• Allow the hero to fire in four directions North,
  South, East, and West
• Standardize the size of the enemies as opposed to
  the Gullivers Travels world that now exists due
  to the nature of the array
• Implement a shield for the hero to block attacks
• Implementation of Normal Mode and this game
  actually becoming a Zelda-esque RPG

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What Percentage of the Total points we feel we
have completed

• Javadoc 100 points
• Every class is authored 20 points
• Every class is commented 20 points
• Method comments 60 points
• Parameters explained 20 points
• Return values explained 20 points
• Purpose of method explained 20 points
• Webpage 100 points
• Functional Applet link 30 points
• Javadoc link 15 points
• Game progress proposal links 15 points
• User Instructions 40 points

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Grading Criteria Continued

• Game Functionality 200 points
• Most basic game functions entirely correctly
  100 points
• Sound is implemented 10 points
• Graphics are implemented 10 points
• Firing and collisions completely work 20 points
• Levels are advanced at appropriate times 10
  points
• Trackers are attached and functional 20 points
• Splash screens reflect appropriate juncture in
  game 10 points
• GUI functions entirely correctly 20 points
• Some simple enhancements made 50 points
• Graphics are transparent 10 points
• Background is green 10 points
• Player can move anywhere on screen 30 points

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Grading Criteria Continued

• Several simple enhancements made or 1 to 2
  complex enhancements made 50 points
• Graphics are transparent 5 points
• Background is green 5 points
• Player can move anywhere on screen 5 points
• Keyboard has been implemented 15 points
• There are settings for both righties and lefties
  10 points
• Attractor Tracker has been attached to enemies
  array 10 points

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Grading Javadoc

• Javadoc 100/100 points
• Every class is authored 20/20 points
• Every class is commented 20/20 points
• Method comments 60/60 points
• Parameters explained 20/20 points
• Return values explained 20/20 points
• Purpose of method explained 20/20 points

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Grading Webpage

• Webpage 70/100 points
• Functional Applet link 30 points
• Javadoc link 15/15 points
• Game progress proposal links 15/15 points
• User Instructions 40/40 points

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Grading Game Functionality

• Game Functionality 200/200 points
• Most basic game functions entirely correctly
  100/100 points
• Sound is implemented 10/10 points
• Graphics are implemented 10/10 points
• Firing and collisions completely work 20/20
  points
• Levels are advanced at appropriate times 10/10
  points
• Trackers are attached and functional 20/20
  points
• Splash screens reflect appropriate juncture in
  game 10/10 points
• GUI functions entirely correctly 20/20 points
• Some simple enhancements made 50/50 points
• Graphics are transparent 10/10 points
• Background is green 10/10 points
• Player can move anywhere on screen 30/30 points

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Grading Game Functionality Continued

• Several simple enhancements made or 1 to 2
  complex enhancements made 50/50 points
• Graphics are transparent 5/5 points
• Background is green 5/5 points
• Player can move anywhere on screen 5/5 points
• Keyboard has been implemented 15/15 points
• There are settings for both righties and lefties
  to use 10/10 points
• Attractor Tracker has been attached to enemies
  array 10/10 points

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Total Evaluation

• Javadoc 100/100
• Webpage 70/100
• Game Functionality 200/200
• TOTAL 370/400 (92.5)