Alex FilipowskiMA Creative Technology

May 2012

Major Project ProposalThe University of Salford

A 3D Day in the Life of

Alan Turing

• Website containing information about Alan Turing's life

• Creation of a 3D virtual game environment

• Alan Turing’s story is unique• Academic achievements

• Eccentric traits• Prejudice from the government

• People sworn to secrecy about Turing's heroic efforts in World War II until after his death

• Interactive game

• Original way of telling his story • Light-hearted game & playful manner

• See Turing in a new light• Attract a new target audience.

• Allow the user to assume the role of Alan Turing and relive his time at Bletchley Park.

• Travel around the 3D space and interact with the

environment and other characters.

• Character customisation options• Experiencing his daily routine (breakfast)

• Cycling to work• Assisting the code breakers (work at Bletchley Park)

 

The cycling portion of the game would allow the user to travel towards a specific location, either Bletchley Park or

Turing's home. The interactive segments of the game would take the form of a third-person free-roaming game in which

the user can explore an area and interact with objects to complete tasks.

Item Crafting

• Allow users to follow recipes by combining different items

• Reward experimentation• Created objects can be used to solve

puzzles (fix cogs, construct mechanisms)

Item CraftingInMinecraft

Item Crafting (continued)

Broken Valve + Spanner = Repaired Valve + SpannerCog Half + Cog Half = Cog

• Players can construct mechanisms or tools with which to fix the machines at Bletchley Park

Egg + Sausage + Bacon = English BreakfastBread + Cheese + Bread = Cheese Sandwich

Mug + Teabag + Hot Water + Milk = Tea

• Players can follow recipes to make Turing's breakfast (get points based on complexity and a healthy diet)

Turing's Bicycle

• Would ride excessive distances rather than using an alternative means of transportation; Turing rode 60 miles and slept at an inn overnight just to get to his first day at school

• Had a habit of regularly adjusting his bicycle rather than pay to have it fixed

• One of Turing’s key trademarks was his bicycle

3D environment where character utilises a bicycle to travel long distances

• To Bletchley Park• To Turing's Home

The player is able to ride a

bicycle in Grand Theft Auto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzWar_R-Wz4&feature=player_embedded#t=8s

Assassin's Creed

Brotherhood

The use of digital characters in virtual environments allows the user to be immersed and create a more believable and realistic experience.

• Turing's Colleagues

Character creation tools in The Sims series of videogames

• Allow the user to select a variety of clothing options (suit/tie)• Choose colours of garments

My project aim is to develop a 3D game which would allow the user to assume the role of Alan

Turing and relive his time at Bletchley Park.

The user can travel around the 3D space and interact with the environment and other

characters.

The game would start with some character customisation options and then allow the user to

take on Alan Turing's role by cycling to work, experiencing his daily routine and assisting the

code breakers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxDFGjz9s8E&feature=player_embedded

List of games created in Unity3D - [http://unity3d.com/gallery/made-with-unity/game-list]

Games can be published for use on PCs, smartphones and games consoles.

There are several developers who are currently working on first-person shooting games, driving games and role-playing

games. There have also been attempts to develop puzzle games and multiplayer

games.

Unity3D has been used to develop the games Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online, Battlestar Galactica Online and Rochard

Terrain Toolkit allows for rapid generation of intricate landscapes

Tree and bush models can be utilised to generate random patterns of foliage

3D Driving Game engine can be adapted to suit the project's goals

• Replace car model with bicycle model• Adjust physics and gravity• Create landscape

Third Person Example can be reworked for use in this project

• Replace model with Alan Turing• User can customise the character's appearance• Allow interactions with objects

HardwareWindows PC

SoftwareUnity3D – Developing the 3D game environment

3D Studio Max – Developing 3D ModelsAudacity – Mixing and editing of audio files

G.I.M.P. - Editing of image filesAvidemux – Editing of video files

Web ResourcesWordpress website – Place where the game will

reside

Project Plan

• Research• Game Storyboard

• 3D Model Development• Creating Game Environment

• Audio Development• Game Development

• Website Development• Finalising Game• Gameplay Video

• Obtain User Feedback• Playtesting

Aim to finish by September

My intended outcome of this project is to have created a fully interactive 3D game, in which the

user is required to relive Alan Turing's life at Bletchley Park.

The website will provide additional information about Turing and provide links to more websites

which cover the subjects in more detail.

Any Questions?