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Cryopunk: Episode 1

Cryopunk is a Role-Playing Game inspired by the classic RPG style created by Mike Pulis, Don Terrell, Pete Ficorelli, and Scott O’Connor. This is a semester-long project for CSE-480 Winter 2015 at Oakland University under the supervision of Professor Singh. Our goal was to make a game that is fun to play, unique, and can be shown (in total) in under 15 minutes. We created a game that can be broken up into episodes that may be completed in under 15 minutes but there are optional mini-games and Easter eggs hidden all over the place. Episode 1 contains hidden elements specific to the classroom environment (other groups).
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Status:

Priority	Task	Due Date	Status
1	Scene Transitions	04/19/2015	Complete
1	Battle Items	04/19/2015	Complete
2	Menu Positioning	04/19/2015	Complete
3	Web Player	04/19/2015	Testing
4	Clipping	04/19/2015	Render overhaul

The world:

Worldv2 is the second generation of the world map. The first render of the world map was the standard size Unity terrain. This was good because it gave us the ability to spread out and add special features and secret areas. Unfortunately, the map was so big, it would take too much time to travel from one area to another. We needed a much smaller map in order to condense the project presentation down to 10 minutes or so. This new version of the world terrain offers 2 pre-defined battle zones while using B.A.S.S. (Battle area switching system), a city location, a cave entrance, a basketball court, and a nice ocean view.

The city scene is the first scene where the player is allowed to move around freely. We switched from each room needing a new scene to transition to an open city with a few rooms at the base of buildings. To create these rooms, each wall needed to be placed, textured, and tested. Once the over-all playable area was set, the scenery was improved with graffiti, posters, piles of garbage, and a non-playable character. This gives the player a more realistic environment while adding to the backstory.

Caves are often places of increased danger; this cave is no exception. Once inside the cave, the difference in ambient light sets the mood. Enemies are stronger in this area than outside and they often hunt in packs. To showcase environmental interactivity, we have included a small puzzle where the player must clear the path before proceeding into the boss area.

Battle System:

Every good RPG needs a good battle system. Battles add a level of strategy and management to the game. The player must keep an eye on the health and condition of the party members or else the game could quickly be over. The difficulty grows the longer the player plays because enemies in the cave are harder, have more significant status effects, and generally grow in number. A good player will be able to use status effects to ensure victory, but a better player will be able to ration special power points more effectively.

Once the enemies have been defeated, the battle controller switches states to the win state. The win state is one of many states in the battle controller and must have conditions before entering. We have spent many hours testing the various states to ensure perfect execution under every circumstance. We need to test every possible outcome combined with every possible status effect, and every possible move. The battle system alone is complicated enough to be its own senior project.

To enhance user experience, the battle system interacts with the environment in order to change the setting (or backdrop) of the battle scene. The battle controller is passed variables which indicate which enemies appear, how many, how often, and what background to use. This is an example of running into a battle in the cave environment. Notice the different class of enemies in a different environment.

Menu System:

The menu system is as complex as the battle system with the added difficulty of managing over-lap and different aspect ratios. Each button must look good, and function properly.

The in-game menu system lists statistics for party members, items, system settings, and controls.

Each character can be selected giving the menu system more depth and a higher perception of analytics and back story.

5th Party Member:

UML Development Diagrams:

Scene changer logic. On collision with an object containing a scene changer script, the character controller will react to the motion and the scene changer will transfer game play to another scene.

R.A.B.i. (Random action battle initializer) is the backbone for the random battles encountered in the game. The architecture is fairly simple, but the real work is done dealing with getting javascript elements to communicate with c sharp code.

This is one example of the many state diagrams needed to control flow in Cryopunk. While viewing the menu system, only one state can be active at a time to prevent over-lapping data

Merchandising: Where the real money from the game is made


Cryopunk the Oven T-Shirt	Cryopunk the Shower Curtain

Cryopunk the Oven Mitt	Cryopunk the Mug

Projects:

Java-PHP Inception

Yo dog, I heard you like java and php so I just made a java program that makes php files accessable on a php page made with the java program.

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Java Sockets and LAMP Server

The practice of setting up a personal LAMP server and using that static ip address for facilitating communication between clients and the server in a java socket program. Basically 4 hours of work to send strings between 2 computers.

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Unity 4 3D: Cryopunk

Senior Project: Oakland University. Cryopunk is the ultimate test of learning how to handle scripting languages such as C#, Javascript, and Boo. With Mike, Pete, & Don.

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The Pipeline:

Queue Position	Project Name	Current Interest	Status
0	Unity: Cryopunk	Random battle init() method	Active
1	Socket Programming	Cross-firewall connections	Active
2	Laravel Framework	Integration	Active
3	Bootstrap	Integration with MVC	Active
4	Multi-threading programs	Preliminary Research	Waiting on Adam...

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