A Tower Defence game in Linux
Since the age of 4, when my father first introduced me to video games as a medium, my passion for games, and in more recent years, game development has continued to grow. Therefore, I was thrilled when the opportunity came to develop a game in my final year at University. My dissertation title was “Tower Defence game in a Linux environment” and, given that the … Continue reading A Tower Defence game in Linux
Walking Bassline Generator
I included this project as it was a little bit different from all the others. This one, in particular, was something that myself and 3 others constructed as part of our final project for the CS3220: Digital Audio and Applications module of 3rd year. Now I, personally, know very little about music theory, so when it came time to select a project of our own … Continue reading Walking Bassline Generator
Protected: Human-Computer Interaction
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LeJOS Robotics
As an extension of our continued learning of Java and Object-Oriented concepts being put into practice, I opted to take a module in Robotics. In this course, we learnt about various maze solving algorithms, accurate control methods and localisation. These concepts all came together when we were tasked with making a robot with a goal of our own choosing. There were a variety of ideas … Continue reading LeJOS Robotics
Asteroids
As part of our first year Games module, we were tasked with drafting a creative take on original Asteroids concept, fully utilising our, at the time, newly acquired Python knowledge. Over the course of this project, we learnt many valuable lessons regarding how to best implement a gameplay loop, object lists, and various useful design patterns, as well as my first exposure to using a window … Continue reading Asteroids
