Computing games design and development

08 Jun Computing games design and development

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ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET

Unit Number and Title	Unit 39–Computer Games Design and Development (Level-5)
Assessment Title	Designing,DevelopingandEvaluatinga 2D game
Course Title	HND Computing & System Development
Assessment Code	HNDCSD-Unit39/January14
Hand Out Date	24/01/2014	Hand In Date	11/04/2014
Lecturer(s)	DrIoannisDoumanis MrsAnju Bansal	Internal Verifier	DrIoannisDoumanis
Sources of information	1. Course notes 2. Recommended learning textbooks a) Harbour J, Smith J and LaMothe A (editor) –Beginner’s Guide to Darkbasic Game Programming(Muska&Lipman Publishing US, 2003) ISBN 1592000096 b) McShaffrey M –Game Coding Complete,2nd Edition(ParaglyphInc US, 2005) ISBN 1932111913 3. Web sites a) www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro b) www.gamedev.net c) www.gameprogrammer.com d) www.gpwiki.org e) www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_programming f) www.gametutorials.com g) www.thegamecreators.com h) www.ultimategameprogramming.com i) https://www.yoyogames.com/studio j) http://opengameart.org/

To be filled by the student

Student Name		Lecturer
Student ID		Group(e.g. BDM019)

Assessment Requirements

· An electronic copy of your assessmentmust be fully uploaded by the deadline date and time.

· You must submit one single PDF or MS Office Word document. Any relevant images or screenshots must be included within the same MS Office Word or PDF document.

· The last version you upload will be the one that is marked.

· The file size must not exceed 20MB.

· Answer the criteria in order, clearly indicating the CRITERIA number.

· Ensure that all work has been proof-read and checked prior to submission.

· Ensure that the layout of your documents are in a professional format with font style Arial, font size 12 for the text, font 14 for sub heading and font 16 for main heading, line spacing 1.5 and justified.

· Use the Harvard referencing system and provide references [e.g. (Smith, 2011)] within the text and an entry in a references list. Otherwise, it will be considered as plagiarised work.

· Ensure that you back-up your work regularly and apply version control to your documents.

· Ensure that any file you upload is virus-free, not corrupted and not protected by a password, otherwise they will be treated as a non-submission.

· You must NOT submit a paper copy or email of this assessment to any member of staff at LSST.

· Your work must be original with the appropriate referencing

What is Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is presenting somebody else’s work as your own. It includes: copying information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material; submitting joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another student’s coursework; stealing or buying coursework from someone else and submitting it as your own work. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be dealt with according to the procedures set down by the School.

Any student for whom it has been proved that they have plagiarised the work of others will be subject to the School’s disciplinary procedures which could result in them being dismissed from their course of study

Your work will be submitted for electronic plagiarism checking. Any attempt to bypass our plagiarism detection systems will be treated as a severe Assessment Offence.

Assignment Brief

Theaimofthisproject istodesign,developandevaluate a 2D game for PC. You can choose any type of game you like (e.g., shooting, arcade, educational, etc.) and fully develop the game.Your game should meet the following requirements:

1) Only one player can play the game.

2) You should choose a working title that fully reflects the type of game

There are thousand of games on the web. Use Google to search for games for all platforms and come up with an idea and a title that fully reflects the main theme of your game (e.g., shooting, educational etc)

3) Minimum one level

You may want to add more levels, but these should be discussed in advance with your tutor

4) One challenge.

The challenge you will pose the players can be fixed throughout the game or of increased difficulty. You may want to include additional challenges, but thisshould be discussed in advance with your tutor.

5) One reward. How will you reward the player for achieving the challenge? (e.g., with a pot of gold, save Princess Leia, etc.)

You may want to add more rewards in your game, but these should be discussed in advance with your tutor.

6) Artwork that is fully developed by you or taken from copyright free resources on the WWW

The game should be developed in Gamemaker. You can download a free version of the software here https://www.yoyogames.com/studio

PART A – PASS CRITERIA ONLY

Pass

In order to achieve a Pass, students must achieve all the Pass Criteria

Task 1