| Name | Number | |
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| Carlos Veríssimo | 201907716 | up201907716@up.pt |
| Miguel Amorim | 201907756 | up201907756@up.pt |
- Initial Idea
- Our scene consists on a replication of a pool
- Link to the scene file
- Below are the used primitives and some examples of how they were used:
- MyRectangle
- Tables and chairs by the pool
- Walls
- ...
- MyCylinder
- Table and chair legs
- Tree branches and trunk
- Shower
- MySphere
- Balls
- Simulate tree leaves
- MyTorus
- Lifebuoy
- MyTriangle
- Pool bar sides
- MyRectangle
- There were some difficulties on getting the torus right, but at the end, we were happy with result.
- There were some misunderstanding related how the texture component should be specified, however, at the end everything became clear.
Our scene is a recreation of a small town public pool. There are two water zones: a pool and a jacuzi, a big grass field with pool chairs and tables to enjoy the sun. There's also a bar and the pool is surrounded by a beautiful garden, filled with trees.
For the second assigment, focusing on graphic techniques, we added a few animations, two of them are related to two people that were added to the scene. The other one is the waving of a flag. We also added a water shader to the pool. Walls, previously made with rectangles, were replaced with patches to improve visibility.
- Complex animations, that include interaction between diffrent objects, for example, a person kicks a ball and it goes into the pool, which then interacts with the pool/jacuzi divider.
- We make great use of the newly introduced primitive, the patch. It is used in many configurations, such as a flag, a barrel and even the walls of the scene.
- We took the opportunity to add a water shader to the pool, which is a very interesting effect.
- Besided the water shader, we also implemented shaders that highlight objects in the scene, through a periodical change in size and color of that object.
- We also took the opportunity to organize the folders and files in a more organized way, which makes it easier to navigate through the project.
| Outside the bar | Inside the bar |
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In the third assignment, we were asked to implement a checkers game. We decided to implement a 2 player game, where each player can play against the other. The game is played on a 8x8 board, where each player has 12 pieces. The pieces can move diagonally, and can only move forward. If a piece reaches the other side of the board, it becomes a king, and can move in any direction. The game ends when one of the players has no more pieces.
There are 4 scenes(themes), each with a different setting. These can be changed through the interface.
Links to the scenes:
Some of the main points of the project include:
- Realistic rendering of the board and pieces (textures and materials).
- Smooth animations, including the arc-like movement of the eaten pieces to the deposit.
- Smooth transitions between the different views of the scene.
- Visual feedback when selecting a piece as well as the possible tiles to move to.
- Sound effects for the piece selection and movement.
- Interface that allows the user to configure some aspects of the game, some of them include:
- Theme of the scene
- Automatic rotation of the camera when the turn changes
- Setting the duration of the transitions between the different views of the scene
- Setting the duration of the animations of the pieces
- Setting the total time of the game
- Setting the time that the player has to make a move
- The interface also allows users to do the following actions:
- Undo the last move
- Restart the game
- Complex and visually modern timer system that displays the time remaining for each player, as well as the total time of the game.
- Spotlight that follows the movement of the moving piece.
| Pool | Space |
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| Desert | Underwater |
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| Checker | Board |
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