Ninja Grandad final presentation.

Last year I was lead of a team of 9 in developing a game for a group project. We delivered a final presentation at the end of the year to the module lecturers, representatives from Disney Interactive and other students. The presentation gives an overview of the project and the development process in art, audio and programming fields.

Transcript

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3. The Team SEAN Cairns ALLAN Robertson CLIO Adams ALEX Hopkins LORNA Macmillan STUART Milne ROBIN Griffiths GREGORY Goltsov PATRICK PATRICK Ward
4. The Game Tony Hawk meets Crank with ninjas “ ”
5. The Mechanics 2.5D Platforming (Little Big Planet, not Doom!) Heartbeat mechanic Multiplayer Combos! Run Jump Land Slide Jump Wall climb Swing Roll
6. The Tech Targeting PC ────── TiledLib Lidgren Farseer XACT XNA f C# F ────── Networking Alex Audio/Graphics Allan Greg Procedural Stuart Physics
7. Summary Fast-paced platform gameplay Heartrate — environment dynamism Multiplayer Stylised artistic direction — oriental
8. Delivered
9. Delivered  platform gameplay
10. Delivered  platform gameplay , multiplayer racing
11. Delivered  platform gameplay , multiplayer racing G procedural level generation
12. Delivered  platform gameplay , multiplayer racing  infinite & timed single player modes G procedural level generation
13. Challenges
14. Procedural Pipeline Patrick Lorna Clio Tiled Group Library Models Library Models Collisions Metadata
15. Procedural Pipeline Algorithm Deleted To be generated We’re playing here Player
16. Challenges: Procedural Integrating art assets Procedural fun is hard! Block design critical!
17. Challenges: Gameplay ‘Fast and fluid‘ — very challenging! Turning tech into fun is hard Groundwork is laid — time to polish
18. Art
20. Concept
21. Development: Visual Style
22. Development: Environment
23. Development: Environment
24. Development: Environment
25. Development: Environment
26. Development: Environment
27. Development: Environment
28. Development: The Ninja
29. Development: The Ninja
30. Development: The Ninja
31. Development: The Ninja
32. Development: The Ninja
33. Development: Character Design
34. Development: Character Design
35. Development: Character Design
36. Development: Animation
37. Development: Chase Mechanic
38. Development: Chase Mechanic
39. Development: Chase Mechanic
40. Development: Heart Beat
41. Development: Heart Beat
42. Challenges Lack of visual interface for art assets Software restrictions — 3Ds Max to Maya Importing animation into the game 2D assets mixed with 3D Cel shading being dropped
43. Audio
44. Layered Audio
45. Layered Audio Layer 8 Layer 7 Layer 6 Layer 5 Layer 4 Layer 3 Layer 2 Base Layer 1
46. Chase Presence in Audio
47. Chase Presence in Audio
48. The prototype
49. What didn’t work? Gameplay experience — 2–4 weeks full-time work to polish and make more fun, less proof-of-concept • Player control • Heartbeat dynamics • Level block design • Visuals simplified for rendering
50. What did work? Sophisticated technology • Player control — event-based, tweakable and extensible • Procedural generation — robust fuzzy inference system • Networking, strong groundwork laid • Rendering — deferred rendering tech — possibility to add advanced shader effects
51. What did work? Art • Animation • Chase presence — worked well even though 2D • Colour palette — hints at the strong visual style Audio • Strong oriental identity • Layered approach — dynamically linked to the gameplay
52. Future work Level block design — much more variety and interesting challenges Player control — iteration and polish on ‘feel’, push for ‘fast and fluid’ Heartbeat dynamics — again, work on ‘feel’ Rope physics! Tied to block design Cel-shading/stylisation render-side
53. Demo Live multiplayer race
54. Thank you! Questions?