Angry Spartan

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TECH: C++ and SFML

WE DID GREAT

Current Phase

DONE

Assigned works

Abonty

Illustrator and Character Animator

Sabil

SFML & game development basics

Abir

Game design and project planning

How the Camera works

I have added a view which is basically the camera. The view moves with the player.

this->view = sf::View(sf::Vector2f(0.0f, 0.0f), sf::Vector2f(windowX, windowY));

But if I move the camera from the start of the game then this happens

So I have added a minimum threshold and camera will only move if the player crosses that threshold.

if (spartan.GetPosition().x >= minCameraX)	//camera will only move if player crosses the threshold
  {
  	view.setCenter(spartan.GetPosition());
  	window.setView(view);
  }

But before the theshold, if I jump too high then the player goes out of view and things like these happens

So, I have put platforms away from the threshold so that player can never jump too high inside the threshold. But this is a hack and still gameplay might be a little glitchy near the border areas. Need a fix.

How the UI Texts work

Pause

All texts for pause and gameOver are initialized when UIElements class is initialized. If anyone presses Space in the game, the game triggers updatePause() function which determines if the game is in paused position or unpaused and acts accordingly. If the game is paused then all update of enemy and players is suspended temporarily.

The texts appear in a default location on the screen at first. But if the player crosses the minimum threshold for camera to work then the texts also recenter themselves with the player.

if (isMoreThanThreshold)
	{
		pauseText.setPosition(pos.x - 50.f, pos.y- 100.f);
		gameOverText.setPosition(pos.x - 50.f, pos.y - 100.f);
	}

Game Over

It is only game over when the player dies. The game class triggers the checkGameOver function of UIElements and passes two bools(one for close attack death and another for ranged attack death, this method will change). Then the function checks if player has died and acts accordingly.

if (closeDeath) {
		this->isGameOver = true;
	}

	if (rangedDeath) {
		this->isGameOver = true;
	}

How Combat works

From game.cpp a function attack of combat class is called

this->combat.attack(&spartan, &this->level.enemies, arrows, deltaTime);

This function then manually iterates over every enemy and uses their respective functions.

Swordsman

If the global bounds of a swordsman insersects with the player then the swordsman can attack.
But if the player presses left shift, the attack is blocked.

Archer

For the archer enemy we need a projectile container which is created in the game class and the reference is passed to combat class.
The archer shoots projectiles which after shooting is on their own and have have no affliation to any other class but the game class.
They are own on their on, on a lonesome journey towards hitting the player or dissappearing from the edge of the screen into the abyss, never to seen or heard ever again.

Spartan (Player)

We check every enemy separately to see if any intersects with the spartan's global bounds.
If any does, then the spartan can attack them(may attack multiple at once).
For now, there is only close quarter attack of the spartan.

Additional Contents

Well, I have holding on to these because I am not sure we will be able to finish them.
But here goes rest of the plan:

More features

Features that were in the initial plan but still not implemented:

1. Blocking attacks.
2. Rage mode.
3. Stamina.
4. Spear throw.
5. Dashing, charging.
6. Player skin change.
7. Hit from above.
8. Frenzy.
9. Intelligent enemy.
10. Shield health.

Game Modes

There will be total 4 game modes

Battle of The Hot Gates

The original story mode we are making.

Valley of The Dead

A fictional story featuring demons, ghouls, undead soldiers(both greek and persian). In this mode the player has to escape the valley of the dead and thus the game will be over. There will also be:

1. Vertical spaces ( you will find new places either above the main screen or below)
2. Obstructions (fire, rocks, mountains, pile of bones, etc.)
3. You will need to solve puzzles, time jumps perfectly in order to move forward.
4. The game will be based on checkpoints, on ui you will be shown how many checkpoints you completed.
5. There will be shortcuts where you can skip a few checkpoints.
6. Lives will be limited and there will be pickups to increase lives.
7. In the case you lose all lives, you will foreced to start from the beginning.

Survival Mode

Just round based survival.

Horde Mode

Unlimited enemies. Just kill for high score.

However, all these plans were from the start, maybe they evolved a bit. But more or less this was the initial vision which we did not yet share with SPL committee.