Description:   

A 3D action fighting game where up to 32 players can duke it out in teams to see what team can dunk the dude the most times. Just think of capture the flag, but instead of a flag you "Capture The Dude". The director's cut adds technical improvements, while the game play holds true to the original.

Technology:     

The "CTD Directors Cut" is actually a full re-write of the original CTD from 5th and 6th semester. The new tech we brought in was the use of BSP trees for culling world geometry as well as lightmaps for lighting the world. The addition of a console was also a well received improvement, as it simplified running and testing game functionality. We also re-wrote our renderer using DirectX8 rather than OpenGL, which is what we were using in the old CTD. For our map editor, we ditched our old one and decided to use the WorldCraft editor ( by Valve ) for creating levels, placing objects and applying textures. We also gave the AI a complete overhaul thereby improving the bot AI so that it uses steering and flocking techniques as well as single and team oriented tactics to capture the dude. There is also a 3rd person camera that smoothly positions itself to a "behind your shoulder" view. We also wrote the engine as separate dlls rather than just a single .exe file. We had our renderer, networking, sound, input all as different dlls. Much like what you would see in the Unreal engine.

What I Learned:

CTD DC was a venture back to CTD with the sole intent of making it better. By better I mean adding all sorts of sweet things I've always wanted to put into one of my games. A console, PVS culling using a BSP tree, per polygon collision detection, lightmaps, improved skeletal animation, and anything else I could think of. I defiantly learned a whole bunch working on this title. Stuff that I finally think employers would like to hear, rather than... ooooh look I have 3D graphics! heh.