Senior Design
Project XNA Game
• Team Deadly Game
– Tom Aaro
– Fenton Radford
– Cory Swanson
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Andrew Nuxoll
University of Portland
Industry Advisor
Kurt Jaegers
School of Engineering
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Introduction
• Free form fighting game
– Knock back vs heath bar depletion
– Single button input vs complex button combos
– Customize characters vs pre-set roster
• 1-4 player gameplay
– Single player training
– Multiplayer: Team battles, Free-For-All
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School of Engineering
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Scorecard
• Successes
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Finished Design Doc 1.0
Got a basic prototype up and running
Found an industry advisor, Kurt Jaegers
Put on a few delicious pounds over
Thanksgiving
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School of Engineering
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Additional Accomplishments
• Finalized our 3 character choices
– Light: Skeleton Jester
– Medium: Gladiator
– Heavy: Sumo “Phat Gai”
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School of Engineering
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School of Engineering
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Plans
• Begin development of the actual game!!!
Specifically:
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Implementing everything from the prototype
Getting our class hierarchy in place
Animation
Gravity
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School of Engineering
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Milestones
Status
Description
Original
Target
Previous
Target
Present
Target
completed
Design Doc: Class Diagram
1 Nov 11
1 Nov 11
completed
Design Doc: The Rest
4 Nov 11
4 Nov 11
completed
Design Document v.0.9
11 Nov 11
11 Nov 11
completed
Design Document v.1.0
18 Nov 11
18 Nov 11
completed
Display Game
21 Nov 11
21 Nov 11
completed
Character Movement
28 Nov 11
28 Nov 11
completed
Actions/Control Scheme
28 Nov 11
28 Nov 11
completed
Physics
28 Nov 11
28 Nov 11
Animation
5 Dec 11
5 Dec 11
Gravity
5 Dec 11
5 Dec 11
Catch-Up
12 Dec 11
12 Dec 11
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School of Engineering
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Concerns/Issues
• Unforeseen issues with animation.
• Will the artist complete sprites on time?
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School of Engineering
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Conclusions
• Gasp, we’re actually on top of things…
For now…
• DEMO TIME!!!
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School of Engineering
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