PROJECTS |
Mentorship - 'Infection' , 08-07-2007, C#, XNA, coded from scratch, no engine |
"Infection"
Alpha Release, 08-07-07
Features:
- 3D vehicular combat game
- Multi-player over LAN or Internet
- Full 3D Levels
- Custom built collision detection, physics, A.I., and all original art and graphics
- Multiple vehicles, weapons, powerups, and more
Info:
Infection is a multiplayer vehicular combat game in which you score points by infecting your opponents. Once you infect someone they become your minion, at which point you get some of the points they score as well. Minions can vaccinate themselves if they find the vaccines throughout the level, so you must constantly try to maintain as large of team as possible. The player with the most score after time expires wins.
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XNA QuickStart Engine, 10-03-2007, v0.16, C# |
This is designed as a template to allow XNA users to save a lot of time when creating a 3D game. This gives them the ability to start with a world, entity management, and physics.
For full feature list, information, and screenshots, click here....
Scene Creator v0.32, 08-28-07, C#, XNA |
XNA Scene Creator v0.32
08-28-07 Release
NOTE: Scene creator updates have been cancelled. The XNA QuickStart engine has taken over the features of Scene Creator. The only thing the QuickStart engine does not yet have is vegetation and model placement into the scene (both of which are planned for future builds).
Scene creator will generate a heightmap terrain, lighting and shading that dynamically moves with the flow of time to give a daytime and nighttime effect. Scenes include a skydome which is also influenced by day/nighttime effects and moves to give the illusion of cloud animation. Billboard vegetation which moves with wind defined in the scene. Fog adds to the effect of distance.
User can customize the light colors, length of a day, fog density and color, wind intensity. Sky, terrain, and vegetation textures are all fully customizable, as well as heightmap texture and size.
Large scenes are now supported through the use of a quad-tree. Quad-tree sections can be re-defined so that a scene can be fine tuned. Further terrain optimizations may be required. I would like to have 60fps anytime more than half of a 1024x1024's quad-trees are in view.
You can place models (currently just a placeholder model) onto any section of terrain, and rotate, scale, and transform the model to your liking.
BombDizzle, 08-29-2007, C#, XNA, 2D Top-Down shooter game |
BombDizzlePrototype download now available!
Artwork - Derek Grasmick
Features:
- 2D Arcade-Style Shooter Game
- Non-stop action
- Weapons, and powerups
- Flippin' Sweet particle effects
Bugs: This version seems to have a bad path for the sound files. You may have to remove the sound calls to run. Sorry. If I weren't busy/lazy I'd do it. :)
Info:
This is a little side-project I did because it had been awhile since I did a solo-project. I'm 10 hours into the game, and I predict 10-20 more to get it finished. It is a fun game where you must shoot at enemies to collect points. Some enemies shrink when they hit the wall, and duplicate themselves. Some enemies will gravitate toward you, or come after you altogether. As the game goes on it gets faster and the enemies become more difficult. Grab powerups to save your butt, and some uber-weapons come in handy.
As far as the code goes I'm focusing very strongly on OOP. While the Infection project (above) is almost mostly OO, the project has been rushed due to time constraints and has drifted away from the original image we had (code-wise). Although this game is small and the project is short, I wanted the code to be as clean as possible, especially when it goes open-source. Anyway, I will be posting furthur details and more screenshots as soon as I can. Please note that the game is still in prototype and does not have victory conditions at this time.
