Institute of Computer Science
  1. Courses
  2. 2023/24 fall
  3. Computer Game Development and Design (MTAT.03.263)
ET
Log in

Computer Game Development and Design 2023/24 fall

EleBall

The game is simple - control a circus elephant to catch falling objects while simultaneously keeping balance on a bouncy ball. A casual game to test your balance and reaction.

Link to download: https://timo654.itch.io/eleball

Milestone 1

UI Mocks (click to enlarge)

Scoreboard shows the player's best previous scores (local).
Ask the user to either retry or quit on game over.
Color palette

List of features:

  • Animated elephant
  • Player must balance on ball
  • Falling physics objects
  • Catching & balancing objects will add points
  • Score and scoreboard

Pictures

Milestone 2

List of features:

  • Jumping and ducking mechanic
  • More fluid animations and art for elephant
  • Scoring updates
  • Sound effects
  • Dynamic background music
  • More diverse falling objects
  • UI Updates and animations
  • Stools that fall on the stage and the elephant can balance on to earn more points

Pictures

Milestone 3

List of features:

  • Campaign / Story mode
  • Interactable tutorial
  • More levels
  • Cutscenes
  • Freeplay mode with configurable level options
  • More Animations
  • See-saw balancing challenge
  • Visual effects for the ball
  • Skin customization for the elephant and ball
  • New falling objects to catch
  • UI updates
  • Mobile version
  • Controller integration
  • Credits

Pictures

Peer review

Peer review document for ReVolt

Trailer

  • Institute of Computer Science
  • Faculty of Science and Technology
  • University of Tartu
In case of technical problems or questions write to:

Contact the course organizers with the organizational and course content questions.
The proprietary copyrights of educational materials belong to the University of Tartu. The use of educational materials is permitted for the purposes and under the conditions provided for in the copyright law for the free use of a work. When using educational materials, the user is obligated to give credit to the author of the educational materials.
The use of educational materials for other purposes is allowed only with the prior written consent of the University of Tartu.
Terms of use for the Courses environment