brawl stars: an xna game
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Brawl Stars: An XNA Game. Advisor Dr. Andrew Nuxoll Artist Aaron and Vera Swanson Music Max Ackley. Team Deadly Game Tom Aaro Fenton Radford Cory Swanson. Overview. Introduction Background Methods Results Demonstration Conclusion. Introduction. We like games! - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Brawl Stars: An XNA GameTeam Deadly Game
Tom AaroFenton RadfordCory Swanson
AdvisorDr. Andrew Nuxoll
ArtistAaron and Vera Swanson
MusicMax Ackley
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Overview
• Introduction
• Background
• Methods
• Results
• Demonstration
• Conclusion
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Introduction
• We like games!
• Provide a Super Smash Bros. style game for the Xbox Community
• Create a game that is easy to learn but difficult to master
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Background
• What’s an Xbox 360?– Microsoft’s latest gaming platform
• What’s XNA?– A framework/extensive set of class libraries
specifically for game development– Basically makes it really “easy” to make games
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What is Brawl Stars?• Free form fighting game– Knock back vs heath bar depletion– Single button input vs complex button combos– Customize characters vs pre-set roster• Weight Classes, 8 different skills
• 1-4 player gameplay– Single player training– Multiplayer: Team battles, Free-For-All
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Methods
• C# : A familiar language
• Based the game framework off of an already existing project
• Object-Oriented Programming and Inheritance are so helpful
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Collision Detection
• Poor assumption (porting collision detection from other game)
• Highly complex algorithm
• 5 weeks of debugging X_X
• Experimented with two types of collision detection
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Working with Outside Artists
• Constant concern regarding sprite completion
• Artist bailed on project
• Artist got a bit of encouragement and a lot of help
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Porting the Game onto the Xbox
• Required Xbox Live• Required Creator’s Club Account– Not default in MSDNAA account– Costs $100!– Tammy VanDeGrift is our savior!
• Unforeseeable Porting Bugs
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Results
• Overview of Architecture– 50+ classes
– 14,000+ lines of code
– 275+ documented man hrs
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High Level Class Diagram
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DDDDDDEMO!!!!!
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Shameless Plug
• Want to play?– Stick around after the other presentations– Grab a controller– Take a seat– And enjoy the game!
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Improvement
• More Skills
• More Conditions
• More Content
• Get it on the Xbox Live Marketplace
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Conclusion
• Team Deadly Game
• We made an Xbox Game– Character Customization– All Original Content
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Thank You
• Questions?