Computer Game Development and Design 2021/22 fall

Projects

Teams

List of Teams:

1. Fierce and Claw - Katre T, Janna-Liina L, Kristjan K, Raiko K
2. LUX INCERTA - Allan L, Karl R, Sten A
3. LeGate - Nikita B, Kalmer K, Jelizaveta K
4. Future hero - Rando V, Tatjana R, Kert K
5. Cats VS cucumbers - In Space - Karl V V, Grete H, Karoli K
6. Space nomad - Joonas P, Kertu T
7. War of Ants - Gervin I, Mattias S, Shumpei M, Max F
8. Forest Druid - Tanel O, Helar J, Magnus K
9. Construction Tetris - Ester A, Karolin K, Kadi S
10. Dungeon Master - Andreas P, Priit V, Joosep P, Vidrik T T
11. Hyperglide - Markus A, Mark R K, Ivan H, Karl-H V
12. Süvariik - Kaisa V, Peeter L, Kristen S

Here are some examples of last year games:

1. Rock n' Roll - Ingvar B, Anette M K, Ralf T
2. Volucris - Risto R, Hain Z, Rednar K
3. Boarbadour - Frederik R, Andreas T, Kristjan S

Peer-review spreadsheet: Coming soon! (write here which team you want to review, if this team has already been taken, pick another one).

Rules

1. 3 students in a group.
2. No extensive violence or improper material.
3. Each team has to give milestone presentations (at least 2 students present at the time).
4. Two teammates have the right to give a penalty of 5 points to the third student for the last milestone if they find that the third student did not do enough work.
5. The grading is subjective based on the requirements (both game design and implementation are graded).

Requirements

Design Document (28 September -> 5p):

• Submission info: Design Document
• Presentation

Milestone 1 (25 October -> 15p)

• Itch.io page with a downloadable link to the game.
• Courses project page
• UI mockups (read the requirements from the lecture slides)
• Game Loop implementation (has one gameplay mechanic)
• Win and Lose conditions implementation
• Presentation (5 min per team)
  • Remind us about your game idea
  • Demo your game (live)
  • Tell about what went well and what went wrong
  • What are you going to change compared to your original idea

Milestone 2 (22 November -> 15p)

• 5m gameplay
• 5 gameplay elements (different game systems like traps, enemies, upgrading, trading etc.)
• 3 units of scalable content (3 upgrades or 3 items or 3 types of enemies...)
• First UI implemented (at least 3 views)
• First sounds implemented (at least 5 sounds)
• First level (If your game does not have levels, it should have a similar amount of handcrafted content)
• First character partially animated (If your game does not have a character, animate at least 2 other things)
• Pick a team to peer review (write their name to the spreadsheet)
• Itch.io page has a description and at least one picture.
• Presentation (5 min per team)
  • Demo your game (live)
  • Tell about what went well and what went wrong
  • What changes are you going to make

Milestone 3 (Final presentation) 14. January -> 25p

• Gameplay trailer on Ich.io (up to 1 minute)
  • Your trailer will be displayed on the CGVR lab Youtube channel.
  • Don't use any copyrighted music.
• 30m of meaningful gameplay
• 10 gameplay elements
• 20 units of scalable content (upgrades, items, enemies...)
• Polished UI (partially animated & every action makes a sound)
• Every interaction makes a sound
• 2 characters animated
• Has an in-game guide for all main features
• Game is understandable without the presence of developer
• Game is playable from beginning to end
• Do a Peer review for another team's game
• Presentation (trailer video + 5 minutes per team + questions and discussion)
  • Introduce your team;
  • Describe your project idea;
  • Show a working demo about your project (can be a prerecorded video that is separate from your trailer);
  • Describe how things turned out in your opinion and what are your future plans;
  • Make a conclusion;

GDWC Student Competition Participation (optional, deadline 31.12.2021) -> +10% points

• Submit your game to the GDWC Student Game Award 2021 competition.
• Read the competition rules, ensure your game satisfies them. For example, that you have full rights to use your used assets.
• Competition asks for your game's name, description, a couple of screenshots, and a short gameplay video. Work well on these!
• Provide some proof (screenshot, e-mail) to us that you have submitted your game.
• Doing this will boost your project points by 10% rounded down and clamped at 5p. Meaning that, if by the end of the course you get from [50, 60] points for your project, the boost is +5p, for [40, 50) points the boost is +4p, [30, 40) is +3p, etc.
  This boost will be added to your team's score at the end of the course.