Project 3 README

Patrick Kane
Alex Gukov

The goal of our game is to shoot the enemy while avoiding being shot by the enemy. You are the blue triangle on the radar. The enemies (helicopters and tanks) are the red triangles. The enemies require four hits to kill. On the first hit, it will display smoke. On the third, it will catch on fire. There is some scenery to look at on the island: trees, which you can set on fire by shooting, and a tower in the centre of the map with a large bonfire and a rippling flag. 

Controls:
W - forward
S - backward
Q - roll right
E - roll left
A - turn left
D - turn right
SPACE - toggle mouse navigation + aim to just aim
LEFT MOUSE BUTTON - shoot
RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON - roll

Advanced features we implemented:

Particle systems: fire, smoke, explosions
Procedural texturing: Perlin Noise for clouds, helicopter textures
Procedural modelling: terrain, trees, flag motion
Collision detection: with ground, all object, including missiles and trees
HUD: radar, health/speed dials, score display
Navigation: simultaneous turret aiming and movement are independent

Sources:

For procedural texturing:
http://www.robo-murito.net/code/perlin-noise-math-faq.html
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article2085.asp
http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/models/m_perlin.htm

For particle systems:
http://nehe.gamedev.net/data/lessons/lesson.asp?lesson=19

TGA Texture loading based on the code from
http://members.net-tech.com.au/alaneb/opengl.html

Terrain generation algorithm
http://www.robot-frog.com/3d/hills/code.html

Collisiion Detection Algorithm
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1026.asp

Texture resource:
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/texture/