SC443: Computer Game Programming

Assignment #4: Go Cart Collision

The purpose of this assignment is to test our knowledge on collision detection in games. In this assignment, a game focused on collision detection is to be created. Using the wall and floor created in the previous assignments, a sphere is created and used as the “go-cart”.

The purpose of this game is to score the highest possible points. Points are scored by crashing the cart against the wall. Each crash against the wall will give you 10 points. The game ends when the time limit reaches zero.

As you can see, the score and time limit is given on the “go-cart”.

Navigation buttons are supposed to be provided in this assignment, however, it has already been incorporated in the previous assignment, so the key navigations are still the same.

New buttons have been added to move the go-cart. The buttons ‘I’ and ‘K’ increases the speed of the ball along 1 axis, while the buttons ‘J’ and ‘L’ increases it along the other axis. A friction factor has been added in this programme, causing the speed of the cart to drop after each bounce. Hence, you cannot simply just start the ball moving and expect to score high points. At the end of the game, pressing the ‘R’ button will reset the game. Pressing any of the speed buttons will start the game.

The code and executable for this assignment can be found here.