Unstable Talent

This year's Game Programming Laboratory is set under the theme "Historic places & events". Since our game idea already shakes the very foundations of three-dimensional space, we have decided to embed it in a time travel storyline where the rules of space and the flow of time are slightly askew. The character controlled by the player is an artist who owns a gallery. Due to the fact that he is at his very beginning, this gallery is initially just filled with empty canvases. But on an old Chinese market, he bought some really special paints which allow him to travel through time and space by painting a picture of the desired era and location on such an empty canvas. His goal is to travel to various eras to collect motifs for several paintings for his gallery of historic art. Arrived in these eras, his special paints allow him to create objects out of thin air, or locally change the direction of gravity, which obviously comes in handy on his travels. Furthermore, he owns scissors that enable him to reassemble his surroundings like a collage.

Thanks Blackrock for winning the jury price!

Deliverables

This section covers the deliverables for the game class.

Part 1: Project Proposal

Game Proposal

Game Groposal Short Presentation

Final Game Proposal

Game Critiques

Jeronimo Bayer

Thomas Kiser

Matthias Flierl

Feedback from Black Rock on final proposal

Black Rock Proposal Feedback

Part 2: Prototype

In this weeks exercise we mainly gained confidence in our game idea. We enjoyed playing the levels of our game and were able to imagine what the real implemented game feels like. It was easier then expected to see the isometric view in real life.

In the following Powerpoint Presentation you can see a little photostory of our experience with the prototype:

Prototype Photostory & Presentation

Part 3: Interim Report

Interim Report

Black Rock Interim Feedback

Part 4: Alpha Release

Alpha Report

Some final comments from Jay, Jez, and Vas (added by Bob):

• In the end, the transition between 1st person and orthographic view seems to work well
• The big idea for this game (remember Jay's big idea sheet) could be a focus on illusion and shift of perspective
• The game reminded us of Echochrome -- check it out.

Part 5: Playtesting

Playtesting Report

Part 6: Final

Final Presentation

Final Report

Windows Installer: Keys: WSDA, E,Q, V, C.. Best screen resolution: 1920x1050
Version: 01 Jun 2010

Demos and Screenshots

Character model:

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Attachments

• Game_Proposal.pdf: Game Proposal

• Game_Groposal_PPT.pdf: Game Groposal Short Presentation

• critiques_jeronimobayer.pdf: Game critiques of Jeronimo Bayer

• comments-tk.txt: Game critiques of Thomas Kiser

• comments.txt: Game critiques of Matthias Flierl

• Game_Proposal_final.pdf: Final Game Proposal

• prototype_presentation.pptx: Photostory Prototype

• Interim_Report.pdf: Interim Report

• Alpha_Report.pdf: Alpha report

• Playtesting.pdf: Playtesting report

• final_presentation.pdf: final presentation

• final_report.pdf: Final Report