Leonel Dias 200503735 - leonel.j.dias@gmail.com !Nuno Castro 201203043 - nuno.al.castro@gmail.com !Pedro Gonçalves 200104332 - pedromiguelgoncalves@gmail.com !Rui Almeida 200602752 - daniel.rui.go@gmail.com !

GROUP 1!

"Feupinho" just enrolled in FEUP !and has to collect ECTS to finish his 5 year

Masters Degree...!!

...while avoiding the deadly distractions of parties and alcohol along the journey.!

 

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Abstract!"!"- Retro-style pixel art single player

platform game !"!"- The player has to complete the Msc.

Degree by gathering 2 types of collectibles, books and the master thesis, which increase feupinho ECTS count!!!!

"- Avoid touching 2 types of enemies: Beer and "Licor Beirão" bottles !

 

Abstract!"!"- Each contact with an enemy wastes one

enrolment year of five available. When the enrolment years reach 0 => Game Over!!

"- Victory Condition: completes all the disciplines (books) and also grabs the thesis ! => wins the degree, graduating from the course !!

"- Game inspired by the classic Bomb jack Distinctive Features: !!1) grabbing items unlocks Different items !2)Difficulty increases in the same level and the collectible “books” is spawned randomly too!3)Real narrative behind the game !  

Game Play!"!"!"- 12 disciplines (12 ECTS) each year till the

fourth. Fifth year composed of 5 disciplines plus thesis (difficult to reach like…) !!

"- To advance year player has to pay tuition.!!!!!!!!"!

!"- Avoid bottles. Beer move horizontally

and "Licor Beirão" vertically!!

"- Each year: more bottles in increasingly difficult positions to avoid !  

Game Play!"!"  

What we've conquered!"!"!"- Stencyl understanding: actors, scenes,

behaviours, images, sounds...!!

"- Pixel Art Skills: all the assets excluding the game trees are proprietary and the group didn't have experience in it!!

"- Chiptune Sound Design: only one Sound FX is not proprietary: cash register. Hands-on Learning of musical theory elements !!Own version for victory screen music was created, but not implemented in final version of prototype  

What were our difficulties "!"!"- Stencyl debugging is difficult: errors

are not explained !!

"- Simplification of form and color is not easy when creating pixel art . Giving an attractive look using a reduced number of sprites (32x32 resolution) => takes lots of production time (coloring px by px) !!

"- creating a musical structure that doesn’t become boring for the Chiptune (RetroGaming) genre is a challenging task!

"!"- The most useful platforms for creating

this kind of sound waves are not flexible !  

Future Developments"!"!"- Creation of personalized levels with

characteristic symbols for each FEUP course !!

"- Development of Menu and Game Instructions Screens "!!

"- More character animations – EG. jump, fall, injury!!

"- Music variations that follow the flow of the game !!

"- Final Boss inclusion …. !  

Thanks for the attention !