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Havoc Command
Authors
Advisor
Ray Dehler
Brandon Moreno
Will Supinski
Tom Watson
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Dr. Bart Rylander
Industry Representative
Brian Olsen and Van Le
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Agenda
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Introduction
Background
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Demonstration
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Will Supinski
Will Supinski
Brandon Moreno
Tom Watson
Tom Watson
Ray Dehler
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Introduction
• Thanks to Industry Representatives
– Brian Olsen and Van Le from Harland Financial
Solutions.
• Thanks to Advisor
– Dr. Rylander
• Thanks to Volunteers
– Voice Actors: Dustin Thomas, Nicole Lesage, Kyle Rene, Kelly
Brown, Andrew Baldavin, Eric Paugh.
– Artists: Kara White, Anna Supinski.
– Music: Kessa Kagi
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Introduction continued...
• Computer Game: Havoc Command
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2D Animations
Music
Sound Effects
Voice Actors
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Introduction continued...
• Important because: combination of audio,
visual, and storytelling.
• Audience will learn: how to design, plan,
implement, and release interactive
entertainment.
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Background
What are Computer Games?
• interactive entertainment
• driving force of hardware advances
• competition
• fun
Elite
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Background continued…
Monkey Island
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Who is Playing
Computer Games?
• 60% of Americans
play games
• 61% are adults
• 43% are women
• average age is 28
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Background continued…
Why Create a Computer
Game?
• Challenge
• Creative Expression
• Fun!
Civilization 4
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Methods Overview
• Research (brainstorm phase)
– Typical game industry standards
– Using C++?
– SDL Library
• Project Definition (definition phase)
– What type of game?
– Features
– Story Concept
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Methods Overview cont.
• Project Plan (design phase)
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How to put things together
Class Definitions
Delegation of work tasks
Script
• Prototype Implementation (code phase)
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Coding
Outsourcing and Voice Actors
Debugging
Testing
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Methods - Research
• Industry Standard
– Possible with many languages
– C++ is the standard
• Using C++
– Fast, machine ready code
– Memory management problems
• Graphics integration
– SDL for audio and video
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Methods – Project Definition
• Different Game Styles
– First Person Shooter
– Role Playing Game
– Real-Time/Turn-Based
Strategy
• Features
– Look and feel of the game
– User controls and interaction
• Story Line
– Compelling and Fun
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Methods – Project Plan
• How do we implement features?
– Class Definitions
– Inheritance
• Partitioning the work
• The enticing Script
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Methods - Prototyping
• Coding
– Getting things done.
– Lots of code.
• Outsourcing and Voice Actors
• Debugging
– Bounds Checking
– Memory Management
– The Weird Stuff
• Testing
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Results
• Divided into five parts that pass data along.
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Start Screen
Hero Selection Screen
Unit Selection Screen
Battle Map
Combat Screen
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Start Screen
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Hero Selection Screen
• Main Character Class
• Classes
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Fighter
Priest:
Rogue
Mage
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Unit Selection Screen
• Units
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Footmen
Spearmen
Horsemen
Archers
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Battle Map
Takes in
• Heroes
• Units
• Tile map
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Combat screen
• Portraits
• Attack/Defense Values
• Unit animation
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Conclusions
• Team of 4 with the help of 9 volunteers created a
computer game.
• Completed in 7 months time.
• Improvements:
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Implement further features: role playing elements
Sound and image compression
Full Screen
More levels
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Demonstration
• Features Demo
– Spells and Combat
– Dialog
– Unit Actions
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