Game Programming - Class Two

First assignment

• First incursion on XNA
• Main components of an XNA game loop
• Tutorial including:
  • Creation of game components
  • Image and audio assets
  • Simple animation
  • Input handling
  • Collision detection
  • etc…

• Build on the example from last class
• Start a project that also involves players and a ball
• Game mechanics that are familiar
• Exercise your recently-acquired game programming skills

FES'2010 - FEUP Evolution Soccer

• A soccer game for two players or one player vs computer
• Option to implement regular soccer or table soccer (“matrecos”)
• Human player must control different team players
• More details and resources for the assignment can be found in Moodle

• Game Prototype
  • Should include most of the game mechanics for two human players
  • Very little artwork
  • reduced interface
  • no menus needed

• Game Demo
  • Should include AI and artwork, interface and menus

• March 8th
  • Team formation, Project start, Analysis and discussion of the Game Concept Document, Team planning, Beginning of prototype
• March 15th
  • Conclusion of prototype, individual team presentation, Beginning of demo version
• March 22nd
  • Conclusion of demo version
• March 26th
  • Game Demo final submission

• These will beprovided along the way
  • Animated Sprites in XNA
  • Sprites resources
  • Notes on collision detection
  • Notes on AI

• Version control (SVN, GIT, Mercurial)
• Wiki for documentation (not critical for this assignment)

• Team formation
• Analysis of the Game Design Document
• Team planning
• Beginning of prototype