Dare to be Digital Competition

OverDrive will no longer be used for the dare to be digital competition due to the entry conditions changing from last year. Instead, the project will be used soley as my Computer Game Portfolio for the coming semester.

The ideas will remain the same but the game will be on a smaller scale due to only me working on the project.

Dean.

Designs

These are some quick designs I have made for the dare to be digital competition. A write up explaining the details of the game is also included.


Gamescreen












Track

Overview:

The year is 2213AD and crime is on the rise. In an effort to combat the overcrowded prison population, the government has created a scheme, titled the Overdrive Programme. Participants (of who are taken from the prison population) must take part in a series of races where coming first does not guarantee victory. With their lives at stake, they must do anything it takes to win.

Participants are scored on their playing style as well as their finishing position, where the aim is to score as many points possible before the race finishes (usually when a time limit is reached or all but one player has finished the race). A number of points are awarded depending on the finishing position of the player, but bonus points can be given in three categories; Speed, Style and Aggression.

Points can be scored in each of these categories by fulfilling set criteria over the course of the race (i.e. a player can receive aggression points by causing damage to enemy racers). Although a player can score a majority of points by finishing in a high scoring points position, it is the bonus modifiers that may truly affect the final standings.

Scoring Points:

Race Placing:

1^st +10000

2^nd +7000

3^rd +5000

4^th +3000

5^th +1000

Speed

+10 for each second spend over 100mph

+1000 for fastest lap

+100 for "fast sector"

Aggression:

+10 for each % of damage done to enemy

+1000 for each car destroyed

Style

+100 for each successful off-road taken

+10 for each % of health remaining

+1000 bonus for no damage received

Beginning Reseach

Before jumping straight into a project with the designs, I first needed to research into what kind of game to make, as well as the target audience that type of game has. Since all of my previous projects have beendone in 2D, I decided to go with a 3D game for this project since it is an area I have not dabbled in yet. I have also decided to choose a racing game, since it will not require an extensive amount of animation, or a large amount of modelling to be done.

I have done some looking around on the internet to find out how I can implement a racing game into XNA Gamestudio. Something I came across that may be useful is a starter kit for a 3D Racing game in XNA. Link is below.

http://creators.xna.com/en-GB/starterkit/racinggame

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