by Hugo Bó and Albert Mas
Platformer game assignment for the video game development subject (CITM-UPC).
Where Is My Plane? is a platformer game which shows the adventures of a lost pilot, who will have to go through several maps where he will encounter deadly traps and enemies who will try to take him out before he escapes with his red biplane.
In this game you will have to show your jumping and precission skills to jump on tricky platforms surrounded by lava and avoid getting killed by deadly enemies.
You can watch a video of the game here:
Team Members
- Hugo Bó (Left)
-Physics -UI -Entities -Map loading -Config -Highscores -Normalization
Github: https://github.com/Hugo-Bo-Diaz
- Albert Mas (Right)
-Pathfinding -Map design -This page -Images -Sounds -Music -Testing -Enemies
Github: https://github.com/albertmas
Explanation of the core subsystems and innovations
UI
The UI subsystem works with a class named UIelement, which derives into other subclasses such as buttons, text, images, textboxes, etc… these UIelements are controlled by the module responsible for the UI, as they are all in a list that this module takes care of, calling the updates, the mouse events and other important functions.
Physics
This subsystem manages structures called objects, which hold a tiny portion of the variables needed for a simulation but they are enough for a platformer, these elements’ positions are updated every frame with their normalization corresponding to the FPS. Entities that have properties of a physical object have one of these attached to them which makes them follow the physical laws of the world.
Entities
This subsystem, while similar to the UI one (both have a list with all the elements and update/draw them) is for another use and has a lot of different properties such as having more interactions with the physics and collision modules to make sure the player doesn’t fall off the world. These entities are all the elements in the game that are not inanimated objects and are usually interactive such as enemies, coins, the player…
Innovations
As an innovation we have implemented ramps in our project, which make a collider appear under your character, that will go higher or lower depending on your position of the ramp so that when you move forward the ramp will lift you, and if you go backwards the ramp will go down with you.
We have also implemented a highscore system that will save the best runs you have made in an xml, so that you can see your highest scores even after restarting the aplication.
Controls
- D = Move forwards
- A = Move backwards
- W = Jump
- Space = Hover. Press it rapidly to maximize its effect.
Debug features
- F1 = Return to main menu
- F2 = Restart actual level
- F5 = Save game
- F6 = Load game
- F8 = Debug UI
- F9 = Visible colliders and pathfinding
- F10 = Godmode. Invincible and able to fly pressing Space repeatedly
- F11 = Enable/Disable 30 FPS cap
Download the latest version of Where Is My Plane? here!
Check out our Github repository here!
License
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2017 Hugo Bó, Albert Mas
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