Mathema Project Document

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PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

PROJECT DOCUMENT SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF

WALES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENTS OF THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR BA (HONS) DIGITAL MEDIA GAME DESIGN

JUNE 2014

PREPARED BY: VENKATESH BABU CHILAKA

UID:1191977463299

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ABSTRACT

Mathema is a 3d action roleplaying educational game for android 4.2 and above developed by

missing toe games the game is developed by a single game designer called Venkatesh babu

chilaka. I am currently pursuing the degree of B.A (Hons) in digital media specialization in

video game designing. This is my final year project of designing a video game which

explains the process of game making which I have learnt all these years. It has the complete

process of designing a game which was started from the scratch including concept, ideation,

pre-production, production and finalizing with the exe.

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DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this documentation submission is my own work and to the best of my

knowledge it contains no substantiate proportions of material which has been accepted for the

award of any degree or diploma at any other educational institution, except where due

acknowledgement is made in the paper. Any contribution made to the research by others,

with whom I have worked at ICAT media and Design College, or elsewhere, is explicitly

acknowledged in the dissertation.

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Certified that this documentation titled __________________________ is the Bonafide

work of _________________________, who carried out the documentation under our

supervision. Certified further, that to the best of our knowledge the work reported herein does

not form part of any other documentation.

Signature of Guide: Signature of Head of Department

Name: Name:

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Writing this documentation was a very challenging but enjoyable experience. Writing this

document made me relive all the time I spent in making and completing this project and I

am greatly appreciative of a lot of people who helped me get through the difficult times.

Firstly I would like to thank my parents for their love and support throughout the period of

this project. Secondly, I would like to thank my mentors, Mr.Jyotheeswaran, Mrs.Balapriya,

Mr.Ganesh, Mr.John Paul, Mr. Hari ragavan other game faculties, who gave me advice and

direction in my time of need. Lastly I would like to thank my wonderful friends for their

companionship; it is always great to know there is someone who understands exactly what

you are going through in the time of distress.

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Contents

LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................................. x

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 1

PRE-PRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1

CONCEPT RESEARCH ........................................................................................................................... 1

MARKET POTENTIAL ON THE PLATFORM ........................................................................................... 2

AUDIENCE REPORT .............................................................................................................................. 2

TECHNICAL RESEARCH ........................................................................................................................ 3

CONCEPT IDEAS ................................................................................................................................... 4

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH .................................................................................................................. 6

CONCLUDING PROJECT AND ITS NATURE ......................................................................................... 14

FINALIZED GAME CONCEPT .............................................................................................................. 14

CONCEPT DESIGN AND INSPIRATION ................................................................................................ 15

GAME ART RESEARCH ....................................................................................................................... 16

CHARCTER RESEARCH ....................................................................................................................... 16

CHARACTER DESIGN .......................................................................................................................... 17

SCRIBBLES .......................................................................................................................................... 19

LEVEL RESEARCH ............................................................................................................................... 24

LEVEL DESIGN .................................................................................................................................... 27

3D LEVEL ............................................................................................................................................ 29

PRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 34

USER INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................... 34

GAME CHARACTER ............................................................................................................................ 35

TEXTURING ........................................................................................................................................ 37

GAME PROPS ..................................................................................................................................... 38

GAME LEVEL ...................................................................................................................................... 40

INTRO STORY ..................................................................................................................................... 41

GAMEPLAY ........................................................................................................................................ 42

DEVELOPER PART .............................................................................................................................. 43

DEVELOPMENT TEAM ....................................................................................................................... 43

MY ROLE IN TEAM ............................................................................................................................. 43

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................... 44

PROBLEM FACED AND THEIR SOLUTION .......................................................................................... 45

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POST PRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 46

GAME TESTING .................................................................................................................................. 46

FINAL GAME ...................................................................................................................................... 47

APPENDIX 1 GAME DESIGN DOCUMENT .......................................................................................... 49

VERSION ............................................................................................................................................ 49

HIGH CONCEPT .................................................................................................................................. 49

CORE TENETS .................................................................................................................................... 49

OVERVIEW OF THE GAME: ................................................................................................................ 50

WHY THIS GAME: .............................................................................................................................. 50

HOW DIFFERENT IT IS FROM OTHER GAMES : .................................................................................. 50

HOW DOES IT ENGAGE THE PLAYER INTO THE STORYLINE: ............................................................. 51

REPLAYABILITY .................................................................................................................................. 51

REWARD SYSTEM: ............................................................................................................................. 51

AUDIENCE TARGETED, MARKET POTENTIAL, GENRE: ....................................................................... 52

BACK STORY AND PLOT: .................................................................................................................... 52

GAME MECHANICS ............................................................................................................................ 53

TRAITS ............................................................................................................................................... 53

HEALTH BAR ...................................................................................................................................... 53

CREEP ................................................................................................................................................ 53

GAME MODES, CAMERA AND VISUALS OF THE GAME ..................................................................... 53

CHARACTER LIST: .............................................................................................................................. 54

GOKU ................................................................................................................................................. 54

LOKU.................................................................................................................................................. 54

CREEPS .............................................................................................................................................. 54

CHECKPOINTS .................................................................................................................................... 54

WEAPONS .......................................................................................................................................... 54

GAME PROGRESSION: ....................................................................................................................... 55

ACT 1: ................................................................................................................................................ 55

ACT 2: ................................................................................................................................................ 55

ACT 3: ................................................................................................................................................ 55

ACT 4: ................................................................................................................................................ 55

ESRB RATING ..................................................................................................................................... 55

MARKET STRATEGY ........................................................................................................................... 56

SURVEY .............................................................................................................................................. 56

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CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................... 58

APPENDIX 2 TECHNICAL DESIGN DOCUMENT (TDD) ........................................................................ 58

TARGET SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................................... 58

TOOLS REQUIRED .............................................................................................................................. 58

ENGINES AND MIDDLEWARE ............................................................................................................ 59

FILE FORMATS ................................................................................................................................... 59

CUSTOM GAME TYPE ........................................................................................................................ 60

CUSTOM GAME MECHANICS ............................................................................................................ 60

CUSTOM LEVELS ................................................................................................................................ 60

HEADS UP DISPLAY (HUD) ................................................................................................................. 61

CUSTOM MENU AND GUI ................................................................................................................. 61

GDD AND TDD COMPLETE ................................................................................................................ 61

ASSET LIST AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN COMPLETE ........................................................................... 61

PROTOTYPE ....................................................................................................................................... 62

Development Team ........................................................................................................................... 62

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE ............................................................................................................... 62

BUILD PROCESS ................................................................................................................................. 63

CODING STANDARDS ........................................................................................................................ 63

UML DIAGRAM .................................................................................................................................. 64

USE CASE DIAGRAM OF PLAYER ........................................................................................................ 64

STATE DIAGRAM OF PLAYER ............................................................................................................. 64

STATE DIAGRAM OF PLAYER ............................................................................................................. 65

STATE DIAGRAM OF ENEMY ............................................................................................................. 65

ACTIVITY DIAGRAM OF PLAYER......................................................................................................... 66

ACTIVITY DIAGRAM OF ENEMY ......................................................................................................... 66

SEQUENTIAL DIAGRAM ..................................................................................................................... 67

CLASS ................................................................................................................................................. 67

GAME FLOW CHART ......................................................................................................................... 68

INSPIRATION ..................................................................................................................................... 69

SAMPLE SCRIPT ................................................................................................................................. 70

MAIN CLASSES ................................................................................................................................... 70

CHARACTER CONTROL ...................................................................................................................... 70

CHARACTER ANIMATION CONTROLLER SCRIPT ................................................................................ 73

MOVING PLATFORM ......................................................................................................................... 74

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CAMERA ............................................................................................................................................ 75

CHARACTER CONTROL ...................................................................................................................... 76

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1-Survey .......................................................................................................................... 6

Figure 2-Goku ........................................................................................................................... 16

Figure 3-Goku Character Design .............................................................................................. 18

Figure 4-Loku Character Design ............................................................................................... 18

Figure 5-creep Character Design ............................................................................................. 19

Figure 6-Scribble 1 ................................................................................................................... 20

Figure 7-Scribble 2 ................................................................................................................... 20

Figure 8-Scribble 4 ................................................................................................................... 21

Figure 9-Scribble 3 ................................................................................................................... 21

Figure 10-Scribble 5 ................................................................................................................. 22

Figure 11-Scribble 6 ................................................................................................................. 22

Figure 12-Scribble 8 ................................................................................................................. 23

Figure 13-Scribble 7 ................................................................................................................. 23

Figure 14-Scribble 9 ................................................................................................................. 24

Figure 15-Level Scribble 1 ........................................................................................................ 25








Figure 23-Ice Level Design ....................................................................................................... 30
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Figure 24-Fire Level Design ...................................................................................................... 31

Figure 25-Earth Level Design ................................................................................................... 32

Figure 26-Gold Level Design .................................................................................................... 33

Figure 27-Game UI Design ....................................................................................................... 34

Figure 28-Game Character Design ........................................................................................... 35



Figure 31-Texturing .................................................................................................................. 37

Figure 32-Game prop 1 ............................................................................................................ 38

Figure 33-Game prop 2 ............................................................................................................ 39

Figure 34-level design progress ............................................................................................... 40

Figure 35-Intro story ................................................................................................................ 41

Figure 36-Final game 1 ............................................................................................................. 47




Figure 40-Inspiration ................................................................................................................ 69
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INTRODUCTION

Mathema is a 3d action roleplaying educational game for android 4.2 and above developed by

missing toe games the game is developed by a single game designer called Venkatesh babu

chilaka. This game is filled with a shader called toon shader from the Unity 3D engine to

increase the player involvement inside the game. The making of the game is divided into

three stages

PRE-PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION

POST-PRODUCTION

This document will completely explain the three stage of making Mathema concept with

ideation and concept development, the character and level designs, animation with scripting,

and the integration in to the game engine. This document will also discuss the problems

solved during the project execution in detail.

PRE-PRODUCTION

At the final year I wanted to make a full-fledged 3d game for my project this is my longtime

dream to design my own 3d game with a good concept that stands out of the box and different

from the other games that are now in the market. But I dint know which game to make so I

have thought of many ideas but I wanted to make a game that will teach the players

something this study helped me a lot in refining my game

CONCEPT RESEARCH

Whenever I start to make something I start to research about it make sure it is engaging and

fun to the user. So I have to inspect the elements of each and every aspect of the game which

should be in the equal aspects of the buyer and seller. So I started to make a survey chose the

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right questions for the people then went on with both online and offline survey before my

decision on the game I make and I got a doubt of which platform and what type of game

would people like to play and I passed on the survey to everyone. I also wanted to know what

type of games does people like a lot nowadays. People like the android platform the most as it

is advanced nowadays and they showed interest in educational game action game and many

of them liked mathematics too and I have decide to go on with the game that should be on an

anyone to steal my days of hard work in a minute and put their names in it with android no

one can steal my data if I keep it safe and secure with more secure way of saving my work.

MARKET POTENTIAL ON THE PLATFORM

Finally I made a decision to go on with the android platform and it has a high number of user

rather than the other operating system users android is also safe and secure it also helps in

developing the game easily because android is an open source platform android games also

have an higher percentage in rise of the mobile gaming industry than other platforms

especially in India so I went to some places rushing people to find out that today people do

not have to spend a lot on android devices the average price of an android device is roughly

around 5000Rs and the application in android market is more than the other operating system

marketplace. There is also a main advantage that is the game can be developed on common

operating system windows it is also user friendly and easy interface compared to the other

software

AUDIENCE REPORT

We did a research to find out the interest in video games among people and to find out which

platform games people are willing to play more and to find out how many of them like

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educational games and nearly 80% of them like educational games and many of them like

mathematics then we gave some like they like which type of environment, will they like

action games, will they allow their children to play action games and will they play a game

for its graphics or story this report helped us a lot in making the game taking decisions when

designing and developing the game then we made a market study for the popularity of video

games and many people choose the android gaming platform

TECHNICAL RESEARCH

After I chose the platform for my game I wanted my game to stand out visually also so I

decided to give my game a toon effect so first I tried the toon render in Autodesk Maya to my

surprise the output came well but the polycount went high reaching the top of the line so I

was thinking about something else so I went on with baking the character and applying the

toon effects by myself on the top but it did not come out and also toon shading can be done in

two ways we use generic textures by baking the light sets into the texture and overlapping the

bake texture on to the color texture. We can only reuse the generic textures because there is

no amount of light in the textures by keeping the color map the light can only be changed.

The light maps will react with the geometry also. Some shaders make the colors flat but I also

tried with texturing directly like a toon shade the output was good but something was lacking

in it due to the blinn shader. Shaders are great they take control of everything and give out a

visual treat they control the vertex from the light position for the texture. We can also code

our own type of shaders but memory will take the advantage and it is a disadvantage to us.

Shaders are done in cg process called cg snippet they are compiled as a low level code then

transferred into high level code in unity 3D engine. There are many engines that support these

cg they are cry engine, unreal, unity etc. finally I chose unity because of the user friendly

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interface and the work flow will be easier than many other engine and unity is also free for

the individual users it also gives out good physics with the best rendering quality.

CONCEPT IDEAS

I had ten ideas but for the time considering but it does not suit my platform and the time

consuming factor

CHEATED: A soldier is cheated by both the countries he was working with so he

comes out and starts an NGO to save the country by his own way

MNC: A don has been captured a vice president of an mnc tries to save him we a normal

police officer should try to be a nice man before the dept. and help the gangsters and later

capture them

DNA: Our friend has been kidnapped for his dna to unlock a treasure that has been

hidden in his blood through the ancestors of his family we have to find the friend and take

the treasure

EARTH INVADERS: aliens invade earth there will be a lot of species some of them

good so we have to take the help of good and kill the bad aliens

SPIES EYES ICE : a spy lost his eyes with a help of his friend he has to find who stole

his diamond ring which he bought it for his lover and we have to get back the ring

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MATHEMA: an RPG game where everything is about math and solving math

PROFIT:RPG game where u have to control all the companies to earn

: Rare species of duck is imported to china for medical purpose a

police officer has to unveil the mystery and capture the gang

Sam has an German shepherd where it is affected by zombie

virus and it can only be controlled by Sam whether faith and love wins or the zombie

wins

RAMPAGE CITY: one guy wakes up and finds that he is only alive and no one is he has

to find what happened 8hrs before he went blackout

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QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

For the pilot study I made both online and offline survey from friends, family, and common

people to make sure that the game has to accepted by all and the game has to be like by all

and I prepared some questions to help me design and develop my game.

Figure 1-Survey

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Sampling - Random

Sample -78(40 offline & 38 online)

The queries are

Do you like handheld gaming?

Yes no

According to the above question do players love handheld gaming survey it is proved that

many of them like handheld gaming by this I am sure that I can continue to develop my game

for a hand held device

72%

28%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

YES NO

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37%

54%

9%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

PHONE TABLET PHABLET

Which mobile operating system do you like?

IOS Android Blackberry OS

According to the above question for the selection of operating system to my game many of

them have selected the android platform it is also easy for me to develop and port an android

game because android is an open source operating system

Which type of hand held devices you would prefer to play games?

Phone Tablet Phablet

25%

64%

11%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

IOS ANDROID BB OS

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According to the above question for selecting the device type many of them have selected

tablet for mobile platform gaming I to have decide to go on with a tablet device because the

advantages are too high for a tablet device

Do you like isometric view for video games?

Yes no

According to the above question for selecting the game view and camera type many of them

have accepted the isometric view the game would be cool in isometric view rather than side

view or third person view

Do you like Strategy genre video games?

Yes no

87%

13%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

YES NO

74%

26%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

YES NO

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According to the above question for selecting the strategy type gameplay many of them have

accepted that they like the strategy type games for playing on a mobile device

Do you like action in video games?

Yes no

According to the above question for keeping action in video game many of them have

accepted to keep action sequences and movements in my game

Do you like educational games?

Yes no

69%

31%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

YES NO

60%

40%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

YES NO

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According to the above question for making my game an educational game many of them

like educational games nowadays so I can proceed with an educational game.

Do you like mathematics?

Yes no

According to the above question for an educational game I have selected mathematics for my

game but everyone may or may not like mathematics but many of them like mathematics

which is told by this survey

Would you play a game for its story?

Yes no

74%

26%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

YES NO

78%

22%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

YES NO

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65%

35%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

YES NO

gameplay but they play for its story also this has lead me to develop a story for my game

Which game environment do you like?

Fantasy Realistic

According to the above question for designing my levels many of them like fantasy based

levels which lead me to design fantasy levels for my game

If a video game helps for your education will you play it?

Yes no

According to the above question for designing my game it helps the player in mathematics so

everyone are willing to play if the game is helping them in their education

69%

31%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

FANTASY REALISTIC

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Imagine if u has kids will you allow them to play educational games?

Yes no

According to the above question will the players allow their kids to play educational games

many of them have accepted that they will allow their children to play an educational game

Will you play a game for its graphics or gameplay?

Graphics Gameplay Both

71%

29%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

YES NO

45%

23%

32%

VIDEO GAME SURVEY

GRAPHICS GAMEPLAY BOTH

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According to the above question I have asked about the quality of the game of graphics or

gameplay but many of them like a good gameplay and more of they need good graphics and

gameplay well mixed.

CONCLUDING PROJECT AND ITS NATURE

The pilot study I made gave me a clear idea of what should I do next and I concluded myself

to make a 3d game which should teach the players something rather than just playing it. My

game should do two things at the same time educate and entertain. Then according to the

survey study I finalized on android because it has a vast market and everyone nowadays can

easily afford an android tab or phone. The missing toe games have added many things to the

game that will make the players knowledgeable and relaxing also. So if I go on the path with

my survey I know my game will be a sure hit on the market. This game is for the ages five

plus. The game can go with the understanding of the player. This game is has action and

education als

every time it is a new game

FINALIZED GAME CONCEPT

The finalized game is Mathema a 3d. It is a 3d action educational role playing game based on

mathematics to teach kids mathematics by action role playing game which entertains kids and

create awareness to their parents to make kids learn mathematics in an easy way. All the

levels are same but different visual themes and the difficulty of the game will go on

increasing to each level. The game is not just about mathematics creeps also come in each

level the player has to fight with them to pursue the game. The camera angle is fixed that is

the isometric view each level has different theme, difficulty, and different colored creeps. The

game also has collectibles such as gold coins and a good story that will keep the player

engaged and entertained in the game

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CONCEPT DESIGN AND INSPIRATION

I dint inspire my concept from anything or any game this is my own creation I had to make

my own thinking as a game because my game should stand out of the box from other games.

The characters I have inspired on my game are not my own design I have just inspired from

many Chinese chibi models they are so cute that kids love them a lot. I saw many games to

take up themes from some other games but nothing dint do well so I tried my own themes

from general category like known themes for everyone the earth, fire, ice and I wanted a good

bold theme for the last level I tried out water but already ice is there the other form of water

so I need something to look and justify good so I went on with black which dint come out

well on shader test so I went again with black with rust but the output was awful so then I

tried gold which the output was very good and I wanted to make a game that is fun and

interesting so I wanted the age of five plus to play my game so I thought ok what do age five

kids know that they show less interest in it and I want to make it as an interest for them its

then mathematics children above five so Mathema was the correct choice for kids and adults

also can play it as a casual game it would be very easy for them. The chibi characters are the

type where the most dangerous and fearful characters can also be expressed in a cute way

with short hands and legs the anatomy will be different from the realistic characters because

of the variation in the length and breadth of the anatomy. The textures I wanted to be some

sort of cartooned effect because children like cartoons and watch them all day so I hand

painted the characters first on the paper game them different design and finally applied the

most cutest design I have ever made but I also made some technical research for some more

cartooned feel for my game so I went on with the engine called unity 3D and applied more

shaders to bring the final effect for the game

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GAME ART RESEARCH

I wanted to make a unique style of art for the game. For a game art is the most important

thing and it is a valuable asset to the game some players love the game in first sight if the art

is very good. Before I started the post production work I had to make research for the

children which art style is better looking so I tried many different styles and they were not for

the children game from their point of view so I went on with the Chinese style which made

the characters cute to the chibi style in which any type of character can be done in a cute way

by using the short length in the anatomy of the character so I stuck on with this style of art for

this game

CHARCTER RESEARCH

My game art is quite stylish and cartooned because I mixed up the realistic character with

chibi art style so and as a designer I did lot of research based on the characters to bring up

this style of art to my game. I took lot of reference from many artists they try changing the

style by changing the type of art so I took it down from them to realize that chibi art style

Figure 2-Goku

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Makes and dangerous looking characters to also look cute and stylish so eventually the art

style of the game also came after the study I made the main character called Goku the hero of

the game so I wanted to make him cuter than expected the above image shows the style of art

and I have continued to use the same art style for my whole game

CHARACTER DESIGN

In this game both the hero and the villains play a major role so I needed to give equal

importance to all the characters in this video game. Missing toe games wanted Mathema to be

big the most important thing to the character is that these are made for children so I wanted

these to be very stylish and at the same time it should be fun looking also at the first glance.

After the hero is designed I started to design the villain he is the twin brother so both of them

have same specification so I added a blazer to the villain and so there must be creep in video

games I added a dangerous character but they are fun looking and less dangerous then I added

weapons to the characters so it will be an action game and I made a lot of research to end into

these characters are made for Mathema only for kids

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Figure 3-Goku Character Design

Figure 4-Loku Character Design

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SCRIBBLES

Before I started creating my 3D modeling for my game I have done a lot of research and

scribbles to finalize my design for the game. Then I developed those design in 3d modeling

software to achieve the characters that have been shown above

Scribble

Figure 5-creep Character Design

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Figure 6-Scribble 1

Figure 7-Scribble 2

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Figure 9-Scribble 3

Figure 8-Scribble 4

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Figure 10-Scribble 5


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LEVEL RESEARCH

Once I finished my character scribbles I stared my level research so I started to design my

own level with themes I thought of many themes but so I tried my own themes from general

category like known themes for everyone the earth, fire, ice and I wanted a good bold theme

for the last level I tried out water but already ice is there the other form of water so I need

something to look and justify good so I went on with black which dint come out well on

shader test so I went again with black with rust but the output was awful so then I tried gold

which the output was very good


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Figure 15-Level Scribble 1


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LEVEL DESIGN

As my game is a 3d role playing game the level must be perfect for the players to play in it all

the obstacles and the props should be responsible and easier to the player to figure out the

level and easier to find the path without confusing in middle of the game play to disturb the

play first the game level outline is shown below


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3D LEVEL

After finishing the path way and the sketches of the level the level is again made in a 3d

modeling software to enable players to play in that level easily with textures on the level will

be visual treat to the players the modeling took many hours and the movable path area is of

for the players. Each level is designed in a very different style that the levels vary from each

other by this way the players think that the game keeps engaging them to play a lot


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Figure 23-Ice Level Design

The first level is made of ice the character spawns in one point so the creeps to the player has

to move only in the blocks this level is made of ice theme so the characters are also given ice

theme in this level this ice level is filled up with ice and ice creeps

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Figure 24-Fire Level Design

The second level is made of fire the character spawns in one point so the creeps to the player

has to move only in the blocks this level is made of fire theme so the characters are also given

fire theme in this level this fire level is filled up with fire and fire creeps

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Figure 25-Earth Level Design

The third level is made of earth the character spawns in one point so the creeps to the player

has to move only in the blocks this level is made of earth theme so the characters are also

given green theme in this level this earth level is filled up with greenery and green creeps

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Figure 26-Gold Level Design

The fourth level is made of gold the character spawns in one point so the creeps to the player

has to move only in the blocks this level is made of gold theme so the characters are also

given gold theme in this level this gold level is filled up with gold and gold creeps

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PRODUCTION

After all the design elements are over everything will be brought to one place to merge them

all into one game this place is called the production place in this chapter I will explain about

all the production stages of the game and implementing them into the engine in this phase I

explain how missing toe games did on the production side

USER INTERFACE

All the game have a user interface my user interface is so simple with static background and a

minimal design to help the kids to understand what they should do in this area of the game

my user interface consists of Play, option and help.

Figure 27-Game UI Design

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GAME CHARACTER

As the previous images shown the characters of the game are only made in 2D as it is a 3D

game the characters are again should be modeled for the game to have 3D character then

unwrap it to apply texture and then the model have to rigged to animate and then the rigged

character should be paint weighted in order to animate the character the below images show

the process of that

Figure 28-Game Character Design

This is the wireframe, Rig and model of the hero character with textures this model is based

on chibi art style and the texture is applied by unwrapping the model. The pre-production

stage all the design elements ready for production work so the job was easily done the only

thing was the low poly count made the work challenging

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TEXTURING

Texturing takes place an important role in video game history it is so important that a game

can only played by its visual content and the style for my game also texturing took place a

very important role so I did take a lot of time to texture and detail each and every part of my

game the game is for handheld devices so the models are low poly so the texturing work took

a lot of time to do and it was very challenging.

Figure 31-Texturing

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GAME PROPS

My game also has props like other games. In my game I have both usable props and non-

usable props my game have all the unique props I have applied the props with the textures of

the theme that are used for every level

This is called as the teleport tower this is used by the player at the end of each level to

teleport from one world to another world

Figure 32-Game prop 1

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Figure 33-Game prop 2

These are variable props used in this game each prop is from different level of the game so it

creates uniqueness to the game many games repeat the props in all the levels but this game

should be different from other games so I designed different props for different levels

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GAME LEVEL

After the completion of all the works I started to block the levels in Autodesk Maya by

placing my 2d sketches by the side and I researched lot about the levels based in this game.

The pre-production stage had the all the sketches of the top view of the level so it had helped

me to design the levels of this game

First the basic blocking has been done and then the meshes have been exactly scaled to the

size of the player because the size varies in the game engine and the 3D modeling software so

some extra time and care has been taken to design these levels

Figure 34-level design progress

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INTRO STORY

A game has to have a story according to its mood and style and more than anything the story

keeps the player engaged into the game. Every game nowadays has some story in it. This

game also has story it maintains a comic style this style is done by taking render of the

characters according to the storyboard and then manually painted on them in a digital

software called Adobe Photoshop. The player can skip the comic by pressing the skip button

if they are not interested or have already seen the comic

Figure 35-Intro story

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GAMEPLAY

The main objective of the player is to solve the mathematic puzzle and to kill the oncoming

creeps the player should be very careful by answering the puzzle with the correct choice

otherwise the health of the player decreases when the player falls down or he gets attacked by

the creep and to attack the creep by using the powers there are two buttons given for the

player one is attack and the other is block if the player wants to complete a level he has to

solve all the puzzles and defeat all the creeps which are spawned in the particular level and

on increasing by the puzzle difficulty increases. If the player succeeds to solve the puzzle he

will complete the levels and the player has a health bar at the top of the screen where it

decrease when the player falls down or he gets attacked by the creep. This game uses

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DEVELOPER PART

DEVELOPMENT TEAM

There are two members in this team. The members of this team are following:

Developer: Venkatesh babu chilaka

Designer: Venkatesh babu chilaka

MY ROLE IN TEAM

I am the only developer for my game this is the first 3D game I was developing I had loads of

efforts to finish this game successfully the biggest problem was deciding the game engine

first The game was planned to do in project anarchy a game engine designed by havoc

especially for mobile games Again the engine was changed to JPCT AE this engine had no

support for orthographic view So as a developer I had to drop this engine We tried unity 3D

this time it was the best and it had all the support we needed for this game so we started with

unity then the designer told the high concept that A small boy was sent out from his place

because he failed in defending his kingdom so he has to learn mathematics to acquire his

kingdom back and I thought ok for a second and to my surprise why mathematics ok but this

is a challenge for me to put on my efforts for creating puzzles too ok then I started to plan the

codes for level one it came out well so then decided to code all the levels through. But before

that I had to make prototype the teachers loved it they saw something different in the game

but this credit goes to the designer as a developer creating the code for the puzzle was the

most challenging part for me because the puzzle does not repeat each time the player plays

different puzzles come so I had to be very careful in those areas then adding the special

effects were ok for me but in unity it was made in a sec

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Mathema is a big 3D game that had to be developed for android 4.2 and above but we had to

but The game was planned to do in project anarchy a game engine designed by havoc

especially for mobile games Again the engine was changed to JPCT AE this engine had no

support for orthographic view So as a developer I had to drop this engine We tried unity 3D

this time it was the best and it had all the support we needed for this game so we started with

unity. The most important thing in unity is based on developer for the work flow and ease of

work it also has porting options to other systems and also the game can be coded easily with

C sharp or java so I made a decision to proceed with unity Then the production phase began

and I was ready with some design and the development part was lagging behind because

the developer was new to game engine but then he also started on it and actually he also

was up to the speed of the designer exactly that made the workflow easier so we worked

together and now we have the output.

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PROBLEM FACED AND THEIR SOLUTION

period was gone so I was not able to watch online video tutorial and it was taking too much

time to download a tutorial. But any how I did it and started developing game. While

working I had a lot of problems like, I was unable to get a reference form any other classes

but then I asked it on forum and then I got the solution. Then one of the most complicated

everything with proportion to size of screen. The major problem we both faced are new to

Android game development, so we are not familiar with its controls, porting and limitations.

There is one more

issues regarding my game each and every line of code was a nightmare for me it for so if I

had a good developer for my game the output would be so good

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POST PRODUCTION

In this phase I fine-tuned my full game and then the game is converted into a single

installation file for the android systems called the .APK so than it can be installed on all the

android devices which consist of the operating system version 4.2 or higher. The next phase

was the game testing it was played by all of my friends, family and my professors where

various reviews came and it also helped me in fine tuning my game by the comments and the

visual clarification of can they understand the game are they able to use the UI without any

confusion and will they able to understand the story with ease and will they able to complete

the game with ease

GAME TESTING

Below are some of the guys with whom the Missing toe games tested their game. These kids

are of 15-24 years old. If they can understand the game, it will be a success in the

implementation. Their comments were like, they said the game play is bit harder to play, so

the Missing toe games made some improvements in the gameplay to decrease the difficulty

of the game. Then their Final implementation was done and packaged into a single APK of

the game.

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FINAL GAME

Figure 36-Final game 1


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Documents

Mathema Project Document