Developed:

• Cloth node system to simulate the cloth surface
• Spring system working between cloth nodes
• OpenGL window for displaying the cloth

Overrun is a student project that was created for the Structures of Game Production class at Full Sail University. A group of 3 of us was tasked with creating a full 2D game from development to completion over 2 months.

Overrun is a top down game that utilizes elements of survival shooter, a la Asteroids, combined with tower defense. The user takes control of the protagonist and must protect his fort from attacking mutant space zombies. After each wave the user is able to upgrade their fort with new walls, turrets, and new personal weaponry.

Developed:

• 2D animation system
• Turret system and targeting
• Zombie AI
• Power up system
• 2D assets

A full demo of the game can be downloaded from here.

Galactic Heroes of Ultimate Destiny (GHUD) was a 5 month student project that was created at Full Sail University. A group of 6 of us were tasked with creating a full 3D rendered game using only one external API.

GHUD is an original 3rd person super hero “beat ‘em up” game. The user is able to create their own character, assign him powers and then clean the streets of the Janitaur and his evil janitor minions.

Developed:

• Menu system using original scripting system
• Character customization tool
• 2D assets and textures for game
• Gameplay elements and bug fixes

To download a demo, go here

For this lab, the student is given a full game with common linker and build errors intentionally built in. They are tasked with then correcting all build errors. Once the game is running, they then have to read the code, make important comments within systems explaining how they work, and to then add any element that they want to to the game.

Developed:

• Rendering for the lab using OpenGL
• Game system and rules
• 2D collision
• Achievement system
• Decorator class for explosions

The full lab and demo as distributed to students can be downloaded here.

This lab was created to introduce the student to practical uses of design patterns in game situations. The student is tasked with creating a template factory object. The factory is the created with <Sphere> or <Cube> or <Explosion>. The factory creates 10 objects of each and then uses and recycles the objects as they are returned to the factory.

Developed:

• 3D viewer for lab using OpenGL
• Game play mechanics and 3D collisions of objects
• Lab concept and framework

Full lab and demo as distributed to students can be downloaded here.

This lab was created to build upon the dynamic memory reinforcement that was covered in the string lab. It also gets the student to investigate binary file formats that aren’t their own and understand how the data is stored. To complete the lab the student is tasked with reading in a .bmp file, strip the headers and utilize the information to read in the pixel data. Each pixel’s information is assigned to a separate quad that is created and stored in a 2 dimensional array.

Developed:

• 3D viewer for lab using OpenGL
• Lab format, structure and lesson

Full lab and demo as distributed to students can be downloaded here.

This lab was created to help reinforce the student’s knowledge of dynamic memory and its proper usage. The student is tasked with creating a dynamic string class that mimics the std::string class. Assignment overloading, string concatenation, and array element removal are required for complete implementation. The string class is then tested using an interface provided to them that uses the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI).

Developed:

• Interface using MFC
• SAPI integration
• Dynamic String class

Lab and Demo as distributed to students can be found here.

Developed:

• Simple 3D asset and scene management
• 3D Renderer utilizing OpenGL
• 3D assets created in Maya and exported using a Maya Static Mesh Exporter

Full Lab, Demo, and Source Code as distributed to students can be found here.

The lab was created to further the student’s understanding of the Maya C++ API. Utilization of key Maya functionality is taught to the student and they are then required to create a File Translator plug-in that will export static geometry and any animation information such as a skeletal hierarchy, weights and influences, and key frame data. The information is then written out in an XML and binary format.

Developed:

• Static Mesh Exporter using the Maya C++ API
• Animation Exporter using the Maya C++ API
• XML and Binary format for static meshes
• XML format for Scene information
• Simple Viewer using OpenGL
• Cel Shader and Outline Shader in GLSL

Demo and Lab as distributed to students can be downloaded here