CS 328 Semester Projects

Due: end of semester, with deliverable milestones.

For your semester project you are to execute your own complete game idea.

Ideally, something you might market in a "Play Store" or publically distribute from a website.
Grading emphasis on fun, including novelty, variety and (re)playability, etc.
Game should execute through multiple levels, a golden path, or feature tangible player capability progression over time.
Game should be winnable or scorable.
Any genre, but be creative.
You may work alone or in teams; teams should execute a larger game proportional to # of members.

November 8: game premise. 1 page on blackboard. Give a 1-2 minute presentation in class
November 17: game design document, deliver on blackboard
Mon December 2: game prototype, demo on class and deliver on blackboard
Thu December 19: 12:45-2:45pm final game demos

Single-page PDF elevator pitch. Who all will want to play this game? Why? What platform(s) will it run on? Who will implement it?

The game premise must be legal (i.e. not ripping off someone's property), and not obscene (i.e. demo-able in-class to an audience with mixed tastes).

Typically three or more page PDF using prose text, diagrams, and art as needed to describe the game's rules, user interface, and content.

About the level of completeness expected of prior homeworks
Initialization, user orientation
The first minute(s) of game play and core mechanics are implemented.
Game plays to completion.
Feature-complete but content may still be added/refined.
You will do a demo in class and submit on blackboard
Dr. J will grade it, but the goal is to give you feedback with the possibility of your correcting one or more items prior to Final Demo. Include all source code, data/assets/content, build instructions and user documentation.

Class Final Exam period will be used for final project demonstrations.