Final Major PRoject
Final Major Project - part of the Independant Practice Module
The brief for this module can be found HERE.
Proposal
The brief for this basically give us an oppourtunity to develop a game prototype for anything we pretty much wanted. For this i decided to prototype a game called Tephra which would be a FPS with RPG elements set in the future after a volcano has erupted and made all the satellites redundant so countries are unable to communciate with each other. This combined with the extreme weather condition sets the planet into chaos as people start looking for people to blame and rising up fighting against the government/each other. You would play an engineer hired by the Mercury Corporation who would travel the globe reconnecting all the old systems that we know of today in the hope to regain communcation before the planet destroys itself
Research
I wont go into too much detail here as most of it can be found in various files which can be accessed/viewed further down, however i spent quite some time researching the game engine id use (which is primarily Unreal Tournament 3 engine) aswell as researching some images of countries to base concept art on them, aswell as seeing who were the main backbone providers which would give the story more depth.
Planning
As this was a year long project there is far too much planning and development process to go through here, we were told to keep a blog which would track our work week by week with any problems we encountered or decision making etc
My blog for this project can be found HERE
Work
I created considerable amounts of work for this project including:
About 40 images of concept art and visual mock ups for loading screen/shops/menus etc, these can be seen in a flash gallery i created found HERE
A 10min video showcasing my maps which is available at the degree show but as its over 300mb i cant host it here
3 maps created in Unreal 3 - the maps combined size are about 700mb so ive just picked a few images:
Tephra Hub
Tephra London and Subway map
1 map created in UDK - Tephra South America
120+ page design document which has more detailed screenshots, including the maps, my custom assets, all the above art work aswell as more, tables contain information such as leveling up bonuses, weapon upgrades, general equipment prices and more detailed information about the actual game, story and its mechanics.
The document can be viewed/downloaded HERE
Review/Evaluation
I usually add here how i feel the project went and how i could improve it but part of this brief wanted us to make an evaluation document at the end and upload it on the last post of our blog so instead of discussing it here you can find the link to the specific blog post HERE
NAvigation
Semester One
Semester Two
Semester One
Semester Two