Game Design as Cultural Practice

Hal Helms

• Tether mechanic
• Wall climbing code
• Ledge climbing code
• Clinging to ground
• Camera movement
• Interactable objects (Collectables, Doors, Map Stations, and Signs)
• Loading of different maps (e.g. transition from to tutorial level to level select, then from level select to each exhibit)
• Title screen (we may change it later though)
• Cutscenes (time permitting)

Cary Chichester

• implemented wall climbing and wall jumping
• implemented player’s lives
• created tutorial level, designed Egyptian level
• implemented story prologue

Matthew Remmele

• Programmed initial platforming elements using Flixel library
• Added Heads Up Display for keeping Score
• Made demo map for first presentation
• Modified code according to initial playtest results (Made players auto-cling to walls, players don’t spawn on top of each other)
• Added the newer, differently colored sprite assets into the code.
• Added functionality for loading a background image and displaying it behind tiles
• Continuously updated the game’s tile set to match the newer art
• Created the dinosaur level based on Mikhail’s sketches
• Modified Dinosaur map background image to be more transparent
• Facilitated presentations using my computer

Mikhail Lovell

• sound effects
• background music
• dinosaur level design
• painting level design
• gathering some background images
• making some tiles

Courtney Smith

• all graphics, sprites and animations except for the map, air vents and tiles and backgrounds contributed by Mikhail
• powerpoint and documentation creations