Lerpz The Rocketeer Beat It Games CS4343 – Game Development Project AY2010-11 Semester 2 Ho Jie Hui - Producer Kenny Lim - Designer Luo Lan – Programmer.

Lerpz The Rocketeer

Beat It GamesCS4343 – Game Development ProjectAY2010-11 Semester 2

Ho Jie Hui - ProducerKenny Lim - DesignerLuo Lan – ProgrammerEsther Luar - Programmer

It Starts With Rockets

Why Rockets?

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JUMP!

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2D Side Scrolling Platform Game

JUMP MECHANISM

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FUN?

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Expectations

Endurability Engagement

FUNMeasuring Children’s Fun - J. Read, S. MacFarlane, C. Casey

Experiment Methodology

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Observed experiment 16 testers Process:• Play through the game• Answer questionnaire• Retrospective think aloud session

Observed Experiment Results

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Questionnaire: Section 1:

NASA Task Load Index (TLX)1. Mental Demand2. Physical Demand3. Temporal Demand4. Performance5. Effort6. Frustration

Observed Experiment Results

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Questionnaire: Section 2:

Measurement of Fun1. Expectation 2. Endurability3. Engagement

Observed Experiment Results

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Notable results:• Fun level for rocket jumping is higher

than conventional jump• Experts preferred rocket jumping• Significantly higher mental workload for

rocket jumping• Novices found rocket jump to be more

frustrating but would still rate rocket jumping as more fun

Taking it One Step Further

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508 507 506 505 503

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Putting the Game Online

Data Crunch

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(101to102)

(102to103)

(103to104)

(201to202)

(202to203)

(203to204)

(204to205)

(301to302)

(302to303)

(303to304)

(304to306)

(306to307)

(401to402)

(402to403)

(403to404)

(404to405)

(501to502)

(502to503)

(503to505)

(505to506)

(506to507)

(506to508)

(507to508)

(603to607)

(607to608)

(608to613)

(613to614)

(614to617)0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

Average Number of Deaths Per Obstacle

EXPERT JUMPNOVICE JUMPEXPERT ROCKETNOVICE ROCKET

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Data Crunch

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(101to102)

(102to103)

(103to104)

(201to202)

(202to203)

(203to204)

(204to205)

(301to302)

(302to303)

(303to304)

(304to306)

(306to307)

(401to402)

(402to403)

(403to404)

(404to405)

(501to502)

(502to503)

(503to505)

(505to506)

(506to507)

(506to508)

(507to508)

(603to607)

(607to608)

(608to613)

(613to614)

(614to617)0

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10

15

20

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Average Amount of Jumps per Obstacle

EXPERT JUMP

NOVICE JUMP

EXPERT ROCKET

NOVICE ROCKET

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Conclusions

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Good • Simple levels• Tilted platforms• Very small gaps• Very wide gaps• Small platforms• Low lying ceilings• Emission trail

• Set tougher obstacles• Can handle timed and

moving platforms

Bad • Moving platforms • Emission trail

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DEMO TIME