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Expeditious Creation of Multiplayer Games for Second
Life andOpenSimulator Virtual Worlds
David Mendes
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, [email protected]
António CoelhoINESC Porto
DEI - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto [email protected]
Armando SousaINESC Porto
DEEC - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto [email protected]
Outline
• Scope
• Solution
• Results
• Conclusions
• Future Work
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Scope
Group Dynamics
–Creation of new work groups
– Integration of newcomer students
Digital Games
FEUP Adventure
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FEUP Adventure
“Development of collaborativeactivities, in a virtual platform, for newcomerstudents.”
• Virtual levels in Second Life
• The levels are based in physics, moving objects and orienting the avatar of the player's character
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Digital Game– Simple mechanics
– Interaction between players and game elements
Virtual Space– Limited extension
–Use available space
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Problems
Objectives
Expeditious Modelling
– Streamline the levels creation process
–Reuse available space
Create Serious Game Levels
–Group Dynamics
–Model FEUP Adventure’s levels
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FEUP Adventure
Using the virtual Space: different floors
– Each game level in its own space
–Objects are permanent
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Solution
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Using the Virtual Space
Approach: Single virtual area
–One game room only
– Levels are built alternately
–Game elements are:
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Built
UsedDeleted
Levels Construction
Objects are previously created
Simple mechanics
–Ramps
–Blocks
– Spheres
–Platforms
–Walls
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Construction Seed
Initial Object
–All virtual objects are in its inventory
Interaction with supervisor
Constructing/Deleting levels
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Game Control and Identification
Game Control Object
– Start game
–Controlling game information
Identification Object
– Identification of the players and teams
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Levels Construction
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LevelDefinition
Game Information
External Files
ConstructionObject
Virtual Objects
IdentificationObjects
Level Objects
Game Information
Scores
Players andteams
Time andduration
Game ControlObject
llRezObject
Architecture
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Levels Definition
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Game Information
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Results
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Conclusions
Study Case: FEUP Adventure
– Levels recreation
–Reusing available virtual space
– Easy definition and edition of levels
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Future Work
Levels definition process
–Virtual objects management
–3D Viewer
• New game levels
• Teams and game sessions management
– Scheduling
–Rankings
• Another contexts20