FINAL PROJECT 

DUE DATE: Tuesday December 10th @ 7pm

FINAL PROJECT: clone part of a famous 3D game

• Copy everything as best as you can. The ideal project will be easy to spot as a replica of the original game, with personal touches to make it yours.
• Everyone is going to have to make at least 1 3d model and code at least 1 system.
• You cannot use any asset ripped from the game. You must paint every texture, model every object, record every song, etc.
• You obviously cannot clone the entire game. Part of this project is about scoping and planning. How much will you clone? What makes sense to do?
• Why are we doing this?
  • take game design out of the equation, focus on game development
  • art education involves copying / studying masterpieces
  • reverse-engineering is very common in the game industry

PART A: setup group collaboration systems (in-class)

1. make a group channel in Slack, invite everyone + me and Chang
2. share e-mail addresses (maybe in the slack channel?)
3. one person should initialize a GitHub repo with a blank Unity project... and then everyone else should CLONE from that repo... you make a branch called "[your_name]".

PART B: project planning (in-class)

1. finalize group consensus: which game you want to clone?
2. PLAY THE GAME to research it, discuss and take notes as you play:
   • what are the most important mechanics / subsystems in the game?
   • how should you scope this project?
3. discuss: the scope of your project (which levels to clone? which mechanics to clone? what systems? what is doable in the next 5 weeks?)

PART C FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES

DUE DATE: Tuesday December 10th @ 7pm

1. itch.io page (1 per group)

• webgl build or standalone download
• 1 paragraph description with 2+ screenshots
• link to game footage on youtube or whatever
  • hint: get OBS, build your game, set Window Source to your game, click "Start Recording", play for a few minutes, then upload the file to youtube... tutorials here
• PASTE A LINK TO THE FINAL PROJECT ITCH IO PAGE BELOW!

2. documentation (1 per person), submit via Slack DM to me

• 1 link to some code you wrote on GitHub... this should be something substantial and shipped in the game; if you need to explain your authorship, please write a sentence or two; if I find out you copy-and-pasted rando code without any modification or understanding, then I will lower your grade
• 1 image of a model you made in Blender, with wireframe overlay enabled
• 1 link to a page on your final project github wiki -- documentation that you wrote!
  • 150+ words about how 1 "system" or feature of your game works
    • try to explain as if someone else had to recreate your system without seeing your code or scene; be detailed and specific and use plain language
  • examples: "how does damage work?", "how does this NPC AI work?", "how does movement work", "how does it know when to play X sound", "how does the intro cutscene work", etc.
  • it doesn't have to be about something you coded or built personally, it can be any game system or feature made by your team