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The Game

The Game. CS 248 Help Session Rene Patnode November 7, 2003. The Game. A movie starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn and directed by David Fincher ( Fight Club ) Also, your third and final assignment for CS 248. Help Sessions. Today: Requirements Game Design Deliverables

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The Game

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  1. The Game CS 248 Help Session Rene Patnode November 7, 2003

  2. The Game • A movie starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn and directed by David Fincher (Fight Club) • Also, your third and final assignment for CS 248

  3. Help Sessions • Today: • Requirements • Game Design • Deliverables • Wisdom of the Ancients • Tomorrow: • Lead by Ian Buck • OpenGL basics

  4. Requirements • 3D viewing and objects • e.g. Super Mario 64, not Super Mario Bros. 3 • User input • Psychic interface cool, but probably not feasible • Lighting and smooth shading • Prof. Levoy will start covering this soon.

  5. Requirements • Texture Mapping • Advanced Features • See handout for descriptions • FA = 2 * |team| • Each feature should take approx. 1 student-week • Game-play • We can’t just all get along.

  6. Example Game: Bunny World 2K3 • Goal: Help Farmer Brown keep bunnies from over-running his farm • Input: Move the farmer with the mouse. Click to grab a bunny. • Lighting: The farm is lit by a sun-like light source. • Textures: The farmer and the bunnies have “skins.” • Advanced Feature #1: Bunnies are controlled by a flocking algorithm. • Advanced Feature #2: Crops are procedurally modeled.

  7. Forming Teams • 1-3 people • Do it ASAP • Suggestion: Stay after help session if you need a team. • Otherwise, post on the newsgroup.

  8. Forming Teams • Make sure your team is compatible • Will I like this person at 7 am after an all-nighter? • Make sure everyone has the same goals • How much effort? • Desired grade? • Competition? • Make sure everyone wants the same type of game • Genre: Action vs. RPG • Game-play: Button Masher vs. Sit and Watch • Content: Blood vs. Puppies

  9. Generating Ideas • Look at existing games • Watch movies • Think about what would be fun to play • Think about what advanced features you want to use • Get a room full of monkeys and typewriters

  10. Deliverables • Proposal: Tuesday, 11/11 by 2:00 pm • First Demos: Monday, 11/17 • Final Demos: Wednesday, 12/3 • Competition (optional): Wednesday, 12/3 at 4:00 pm • Need to make a web page • Write-ups: Friday, 12/5 by 5:00 pm

  11. Proposal • Really important. Seriously. Spend some time on it. • Helps guide you in the rest of the process. • Helps us help you.

  12. Proposal • Game Name • Should be exciting. Example: Explosion! • Team members • Names and contact info for everyone • Premise • The who, what, where, when, and why (but brief) • 3D world description • How will you represent the premise?

  13. Proposal • Gameplay Mechanics • What will happen in that world? • Advanced Features • Why your game will be 1337 • Reminder: FA = 2 * |team| • Challenges expected, special tools needed, really advanced features planned • Help us help you. • “Screenshot” • Can be very low-tech

  14. Planning • Proposal is just a start • Spend a lot of time designing • Implementation AND Game-play • Make a schedule • Set priorities • Required functionality should come before extra bells and whistles. • Decide who does what • Assets • Models, Textures, Sounds, etc. • What do you need to produce? What is already available?

  15. Developing • Where to code? • Up to you, but… • Sweet Hall machines • Quality hardware • Maximize TA effectiveness • Minimize difficulty demo-ing • Windowing library • Recommended: GLUT • Use other SDKs as needed

  16. First Demo • Need: • 3D world • Basic game-play • Basic required features • Don’t need: • Detail • Performance • Advanced features

  17. Final Demo • Need: • Everything • Don’t need: • Sleep

  18. Competition • Optional. • 8 finalists will vie for several prizes • Trip to Siggraph 2004 • Dinner at Il Fornaio • X-box • Games from Electronic Arts • Jury (tentative): • Somebody from Electronic Arts • Somebody from Microsoft • Al Alcorn (a.k.a. Mr. Pong) • Reminder: Don’t get stressed about competing for grades with those entering the competition

  19. Write-Up • Let us know: • What you did • How you did it • Where you got help from • Individual write-up: • Who did what • How much each team member did

  20. Wisdom of the Ancients • Use source control (e.g. CVS) • Test code before checking it in • Give each team member ownership of certain areas • Share knowledge openly • Don’t just discuss through code • Find the tools you’ll need early • Concentrate on features that actually improve your game

  21. Wisdom of the Ancients • The web is a great resource. Use it. • http://graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs248-03/proj3/ • If you find other things that should be posted there, please tell us! • Abuse your TAs! • Office hours • Newsgroup • cs248-aut0304-tas@lists.stanford.edu • Questions?

  22. One Last Thing • See The Matrix Revolutions ASAP • It rocks IMHO

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