Requirements

Three main rules#

will be collected on grades.fit.cvut.cz
100 points, 70 for the project, 30 for the exam
to pass, you need to get:
- 35 points from the project
- 15 points from the exam
- 50 points in total

1) implement a simple web game - whatever library or engine you use, the game must be available on the web
- you can either use gitlab CI/CD or any service of your choosing
2) the topic and technology/engine is up to you, yet it must be approved by the lecturer
3) the game should have at least one specific hook (from either design, gameplay, or technical perspective)
- you can create a clone of an existing game, yet there must be some improvements that would elevate the original game to the next level
4) the game should use ECS pattern (or any other component-oriented pattern if the library/engine you chose supports it)
5) you can work as an individual or as a group of two (in such a case, however, the complexity of the work should look like so)
6) the game, especially the implementation of its mechanics, must be your own contribution. If you use any 3rd party libraries, tools, assets, or any existing minigames as a template project, it must be documented in the README
7) game assets, such as images and sounds, should have Public Domain license or any other license that makes the assets freely available
8) the deadline is set for 10.1.2022

how to start
- analyse a few existing games
- pick up some interesting mechanics
- choose one mechanic that will be the most challenging from technical perspective
- make up or download some assets (dots, squares, circles)
- start prototyping
- bring your gaming mechanics to the perfection
- tidy up the gameplay and the codebase
- prepare your game for submitting (add readme, diagrams if needed,...)
pay your utmost attention to the technical solution, clean code, meaningful commit messages, and polished gameplay
if you want to build a 2D minigame and focus on the algorithmic part, it's recommended to choose PixiJS library, since it will be provided with many examples and minigames
- yet, you can use any game engine you like
it is better to submit a very simple yet polished and completed game than an ambicious but broken prototype
some mechanics you may choose from:
- interesting AI
- advanced pathfinding
- adaptive procedural generator
- dialogue tree for event-based adventure game
- particle systems
- advanced steering behaviors
- advanced randomness (Perlin Noise)
- looting table

submit until 7.10.
make it as short and as descriptive as possible, don't submit several pages of redundant text
the content: your team (if you work in a group of two or as an individual), engine/library of your choosing, list of game mechanics

Genre: Platformer
Library: PixiJS
Space: 2D world, sidescroller, grid environment, 2 maps to choose from
Objects: animated player, enemies, power-ups, weapons, platforms
Actions
- running, jumping over platforms, picking up power-ups, killing enemies, switching weapons
Rules
- player has got 2 weapons: a laser and a rifle. The laser affects the target instantly, the rifle shoots projectiles at a given speed
- enemies spawn randomly
- there is no exit. The goal is to survive as long as possible.
- power-ups are falling from above. They add damage boost and extra speed to the player
The main mechanic
- AI behavior - enemies will jump over platforms, chasing the player, capable of avoiding projectiles

create your own repository under your username. The name should be NI-APH gitlab.fit.cvut.cz/<username>/NI-APH
assign access permission (at least Reporter) to the lecturer (loginname svecadam)
if you choose to use PixiJS or ThreeJS library for your project:
- fork template repo to your own project
- share it with the NI-APH 2021 group (assign membership to this group)
- execute npm run dev
- go to localhost:1234, you should see the skeleton project
- skeleton is located in src/my-game, loaded from view/index.html
your repository must contain ONLY your game and documentation in the README (or any other files that are linked from the readme)
readme should contain the following information:
- where the game is deployed
- how to make the game install and run
- diagram of the game architecture
- short description and manual, if necessary

by 7.10
- prepare the description of your project as mentioned above
- send it all to the lecturer via MSTeams chat
on 4.11 and 11.11 for each group respectively:
- every team/individual will present their progress during the lab
by 10.1. 2022
- finish and submit your project
after 10.1. 2022
- prepare for the exam. The organization of the exam will be provided by the end of 2021

Date	Description
7.10.	Submit project description
4.11 / 11.11	Presentation of the progress
10.1.	Deadline
January/February	Evaluation + exam

1-on-one discussion over the semestral project and 3 theoretical questions
the questions will be taken from the topics that are marked with orange and red bulbs in the slides
maximum 30 points
in order to pass, you must receive 15 points from the exam and 50 points in total