2010-2011

Games Middleware Assignment

This assignment was built using Direct X and ODE . The destruction vehicle is built using a number of rigid bodies connected using fixed and hinged joints.

Typhoid Outbreak- Game Worlds  Assignment- Imagine Cup Entry

Typhoid outbreak is currently a team project which we will be entering into the imagine cup.

The game will initially feature 4 villages; each village has its own water well. The villagers can become sick if their water well becomes contaminated with a water-borne disease, namely typhoid.

The user must also prevent sick villagers from accessing a village with a clean well.

The idea behind the game is to raise awareness of the spread of disease in less well off areas, especially in Third World Africa.

2009-2010
Pacman Capture The Flag – 2010 Games Entry


The 2010 theme for Games fleadgh XNA Challenge was to create an alternative take on Pacman . I entered as part of a team of 4 . Due to our interest in multiplayer competitive games ; we decided to put a multiplayer capture the flag twist on Pacman.

The game is 2 player , each player has the ability to control their Pacman to attempt to steal the opposing players flag . Each player also has 3 ghosts which they can control and use as a form of defence against the opposing player’s Pacman .

Despite spending under 5 days on the game we managed to win an award for best multiplayer game.

Pizza Man – Pacman Clone – 3rd Year Assignment


Our 3rd year games assignment was to create a Pacman clone . This game is simply a clone which I added a pizza theme to , Pacman eats little slices of pizza … How fun !

This assignment was a good opportunity to become familiar with the workings of the Microsoft XNA framework and also various techniques such as colission detection .