Project meeting 13 14 nov

LRG projectgroup Thursday 13/14-11-2014

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Notes of the meetings Thursday & Friday are combined.

Developing tool: Macomi suggested Unity. We do not have own preferences and the tool seems to have the right options for development of prototypes and further commercialization.

Unity

• Free use for our development
• Paid modules for little money which might come in handy
• No real time collaboration.

@Herman : Find out if separately developed modules are mergeable, and how.

Communication:

@Roger : Set up google groups because a filter in gmail will also send a copy to yourself.

Game:

Platform: stand alone, single user interface with shared score table.

Interface: Controller desk is no fun. Topdown view on the map leaves more options to make the game entertaining.

Features:

• realistic maps but no exact copy of an existing/known network. (network characteristics might also be more densely to make it fit one screen)
• Tramline density : base set up and influenceable.
• adjustable kpi’s. Automatically by the game and by hand by the player.
• graphical interface : Mouse and touch with the finger if touch devices attached.
• Powerups are to be used in disruption and solving but the existing solving solutions from the real world must always be recognizable.

1st playable:

• smooth running trains
• stop\start trains
• rerouting

Task designation:

• presentation : Roger \ Pawel
• Information gathering : Roger
• Disturbances & powerups : Pawel
• Ranking / measuring system : Roger

Agreements:

Friday :

• Stephan - won’t attend meeting, maybe afterwards if needed and asked by app.
• Pawel - Finishing Synopsys planning
• Roger : Meeting Notes , Roger sends synopsys and planning to Macomi , cc Rafa.
• Herman & Yang : sit together to dig Unity.

Monday :

• Stephan - First map design
• Herman - Find out which technique to use for map representation. Graph, update system or ...

General :

• Intensive search for information about the real time world will not be performed by developers and designer. All found information needs to be documented because it is a foundation for decisions to be made in developing.

Denotations:

We call it a lightrail game but it concerns all track guided vehicles not being a train.