The Space Banditos present

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Outline

• Overview of the game
• Features
• The Game World
• The Fleets
• Buy System and Money
• Implementation
• Interface
• UML
• Scripting
• Timeline

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Overview

• Common Questions
• What is the game?
• A 3D multiplayer space-based tactical strategy
  simulation. The gameplay is inspired by
  Counterstrike and Homeworld games will play out
  in fast-paced rounds. 
• What is the target audience?
• Strategy fans looking for a faster-paced game
  with emphasis on combat. Trekkies, Browncoats,
  the 501st Legion, Dr. Tang and the 590E Class,
  etc.
• What is the game rating?
• Teen, because of particleFX-laden explosions.

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Features

• General
• Fully 3D space environment the player can move
  his fleets in all three directions
• Highly capable camera system with focus lock and
  free roam abilities
• Unique command and navigation interface
• Original soundtrack

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Features

• Gameplay
• Fast-paced round-based gaming
• Command entire fleets of spaceships
• Control many different ships, each with specific
  roles, strengths and weaknesses
• Acquire money by completing map objectives or
  eliminating your enemy
• Upgrade your fleet at the beginning of every
  round with a Counterstrike-inspired buy system

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Features

• Multiplayer
• Network play for up to 8 players
• Team-based and individual (e.g. deathmatch)
  gametypes
• Scripting Engine
• Simple yet flexible engine
• Can customize game objects, game types, game
  levels

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The Game World

• Location
• Players battle in various locations in space
• i.e. solar systems, nebulas, empty space, etc.
• Scale
• Large enough to make FTL travel useful
• Small enough to permit quick play

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The Game World

• Travel
• Sublight
• Ships may move from one point to another over
  time
• Players maintain full control over ships
• FTL
• Ships may move from one point to another
  instantaneously
• Ships are vulnerable while "powering up" for an
  FTL jump
• Only certain ships may travel FTL

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The Game World

• Objects
• More densely populated than a void
• Asteroid belts, gas clouds, and wreckages
• Physics
• Basic Newtonian physics, minus the effect of
  gravity
• FTL jumps are completely different

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The Fleets

• Each player controls a fleet of 10-20 ships (plus
  fighters)
• All players have access to the same ship types
• Flagship Centerpiece of the fleet
• Capital Ships Big Guns
• Battleships
• Destroyers
• Frigates

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The Fleet

• Fighters Small, fast, and lethal in large
  numbers.
• Interceptors
• Bombers
• Support Ships
• No direct combat ability
• Can be equipped to serve specific roles
• Roles include Recon, electronic warfare, FTL
  jamming, Ship Capture

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Buy System

• At the beginning of every round, the players have
  a fixed amount of time to spend money on their
  fleets. The player can access a buy menu from
  which they can purchase new ships and upgrades.
• Newly bought ships will appear in the level at
  the player's starting point, whether or not the
  rest of the player's fleet is at the starting
  point.
• The player may choose to not buy anything and
  begin playing.
• Money
• Money is obtained by completing map objectives or
  destroying enemy ships.

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Implementation Render Engine

• The rendering engine will be provided by OGRE3D.
• OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine)
• flexible 3D engine
• C
• scene-oriented
• Direct3D and OpenGL

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Implementation Camera

• Camera Vid1
• Camera Vid2

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Implementation Sound

• Sound capability will be provided by the OpenAL
  sound rendering engine.
• Music
• We hope to have at least a theme for the game,
  and maybe a simple score for the actual game.
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• Effects
• No one can hear you scream in space. But that's
  boring. So there will be soundFX for weapons fire
  and explosions.

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Frontend Interface
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Frontend Interface
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Frontend Interface
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In-Game Interface
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UML
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UML
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Scripting Engine

• Game will be highly scriptable
• Scripts will be text files
• Simple command format
• You can script maps, objects, ships, weapons, etc
• We will design our own script parser

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Timeline

• game engine             march 26
• camera system             march 26
• scripting language, parser     march 26
• frontend UI and command UI     march 31
• navigation interface         march 31
• client/server networking code     march 31
• AI/pathfinding             april 5
• maps/levels             april 12
• 3D object models/textures     april 20
• audio content             may 1
• gameplay balancing/debugging     may 1
• ship components             ?