Another trimester
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:48 am
Another college trimester been and gone.. Here's a brief of what I've done:
AI:
- Made a bot which fights other bots in an open map - kind of like Robocode but in C++ (I put in voice synthesis in mine).
- Made a bot which fights other bots in a maze-like map using path finding.
- Did a group project on genetics and neural networks (I did the NN) showing genetically evolving creatures made up of cubes and spheres in a 3D world - inspired by the works of Karl Sims.
Law:
- Essays.
- An an asset management documentation for our project management project.
Project Management:
- An essay on project management.
- Done a huge group project with the entire class. My job was to work on MP3 decryption and analysing beats.. It worked well in some songs, and others it had difficulty in. We got the game done, but the creative team didn't get a chance to test it so gameplay-wise it didn't really work. It was fun since we had a simulated company with a client, a project manager, directors, etc.
Networking:
- Made a 3D chat program where you controlled cylinders with spheres as their heads with the mouse. As you typed, characters appeared above your head in a speech bubble. The program used peer-to-peer and multicasting so there was no need to create a server or to log-in.
- Made a 3D futuristic plane fighting game that took place on a fully water planet. It had some cool things like time-syncronising across the network and a GTA-style in-game radio (see some in game videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_0B407NPo (early version with some bugs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zwDnTadUI4 (no sound
) - I'm quite proud for two weeks of work by myself.)
Another fun trimester
Next trimester we have independent research where we choose our own topic. On the last trimester we have internships in game studios and other places - so I'm hoping I'll get one
AI:
- Made a bot which fights other bots in an open map - kind of like Robocode but in C++ (I put in voice synthesis in mine).
- Made a bot which fights other bots in a maze-like map using path finding.
- Did a group project on genetics and neural networks (I did the NN) showing genetically evolving creatures made up of cubes and spheres in a 3D world - inspired by the works of Karl Sims.
Law:
- Essays.
- An an asset management documentation for our project management project.
Project Management:
- An essay on project management.
- Done a huge group project with the entire class. My job was to work on MP3 decryption and analysing beats.. It worked well in some songs, and others it had difficulty in. We got the game done, but the creative team didn't get a chance to test it so gameplay-wise it didn't really work. It was fun since we had a simulated company with a client, a project manager, directors, etc.
Networking:
- Made a 3D chat program where you controlled cylinders with spheres as their heads with the mouse. As you typed, characters appeared above your head in a speech bubble. The program used peer-to-peer and multicasting so there was no need to create a server or to log-in.
- Made a 3D futuristic plane fighting game that took place on a fully water planet. It had some cool things like time-syncronising across the network and a GTA-style in-game radio (see some in game videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_0B407NPo (early version with some bugs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zwDnTadUI4 (no sound
) - I'm quite proud for two weeks of work by myself.)Another fun trimester
Next trimester we have independent research where we choose our own topic. On the last trimester we have internships in game studios and other places - so I'm hoping I'll get one 
Well done 
. I bunk most of my college classes coz i find them worthless . We have to learn too much theory and almost no practical work , so I bunk clasess to do something worthwhile .