PSYCHOSOFTMatthew Fawcett

Mike McLaughlinMark SchaafBrad Calcutt

Daniel Reeves

Overview• Game Type• Game Entities• UML Classes• SAGE• Tentative Schedule

Overview• Game Type• Game Entities• UML Classes• SAGE• Tentative Schedule

Game Type

• Racing Game• Single Player (Race against the clock)• Build Car with a number of bodies and

engines• Use SAGE to show the graphics

Game Type• Target Audience is probably the hardcore

gamer.• The game will have a lot of interaction to

build the cars and prior knowledge would be helpful.

• Rated E for everyone because no real violence or language or nudity for that matter

Overview• Game Type• Game Entities• UML Classes• SAGE• Tentative Schedule

Game Entities

• Basic concept is based on the body and the engine.

• Pass parameters to the VTB engine to run the physics simulation

• Get information back from the VTB engine and show in the SAGE engine.

SAGE and VTB Pro

• Information From Garage interface will be sent to VTB pro to be used when simulating data.

• Information includes:– Body Selection– Engine Selection

• VTB Pro will provide simulation data to SAGE which will be used to calculate speed, traction, drag, fuel consumption, etc..

Picture of Game Entities

Build Car

VTB Pro

SAGE Engine

GameState Load

Race Game Object Manager

WinMain

Car Object Course Object(Terrain) Clock Object

State Garage

State Playing

SAGEEngine

State Main Menu

SAGE Side Class Diagram

Overview• Game Type• Game Entities• UML Classes• SAGE• Tentative Schedule

Objects

• 2 objects• The cars body• The cars engine• May add more objects if there is time

Car Body

Car Body

Weight

Fuel Capacity

Center of Gravity

Maximum Engine Space

Drag

Engine

Engine

Power

Fuel Consumption

Weight

Engine Volume

Overview• Game Type• Game Entities• UML Classes• SAGE• Tentative Schedule

Graphics

• SAGE: Simple Academic Game Engine– Created by Ian Parberry, University of North Texas.

• Graphic Rendering / User Interface / Collision Detection / User Input will be handled by SAGE and game classes being implemented to work with SAGE.

• Requirements– Microsoft DirectX 9.0– Graphics card that supports Pixel Shader 3.0

Graphical User Interfaces in SAGE

• Four Graphical User Interfaces will be implemented using SAGE for the game.- Main Menu Interface- Garage Interface- Racing Interface (First person)- Racing Interface (Third person)

Main Menu Interface

Garage Interface

Racing Interface (First Person)

Racing Interface (Third Person)

Overview• Game Type• Game Entities• UML Classes• SAGE• Tentative Schedule

Tentative Schedule

• Garage should be done 3/23• Objects in VTB should be done 3/16• Collision Detection and Traction Models 3/30• SAGE track modeled 3/30• Beta Version test 4/6• Sound and Graphics pluged into SAGE 3/30

Questions