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Our game will be a take off on the popular Pac Man game series.

The user will have a choice of playing from the Coal Company’s point of view, or from an

Environmental Activist’s point of view.

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Coal Company POV

Your avatar is a Power Plant. It moves around a grid consuming small mountain icons, increasing score by one lightbulb per mountain. As the player moves around the grid, Animals and Activists try to catch it. If the player eats a Coal Lump, it gains 5 lightbulbs and is able to turn and consume an Animal or Activist, gaining 10 lightbulbs. After eating a power up (Coal Lump) an educational blurb comes on the screen such as “You just gained the rights to blast 10,000 acres of virgin forest.” Other power-ups include Legislation and Billboards. The player's score would be represented by lights kept burning.

Enivronmental POV

Your avatar is an Environmental Activist. It moves around a grid collecting small people icons, representing supporters for the cause. Each supporter raises the score by one follower As the player moves around the grid, Bulldozers and Coal Trucks try to catch it. If the player gains a Media Exposure, it gains 5 followers and is able to turn and consume a Bulldozer or Truck, gaining 10 followers. After eating a power up (Media Exposure) an educational blurb comes on the screen such as “Daryl Hannah’s protest just shown on CNN. Gain 10,000 signatures on your web site.” Other power ups include Legislation and Wind Turbines. The players score would be represented by number of signatures on a petition.

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Basic Decription | [Hillbilly Ninjas Project] This is a page dedicated to the details of Mountain Toppler.

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Mountaintop Removal Video

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The Hillbilly Ninjas

Matt Monica Wes Josh

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Backgrounds Inserted

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Power-Ups & Sounds

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End Screen and Tweaks

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End Screen Error Fix

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Enemies and AI

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Final Demo

Progress Report

Please update this table with a progress report on your work.

Topic	Date(s)	Time Spent	Notes
Graphics	08-03-09	3 Hours	It took a while but I found all the graphics we need for the characters. A zip file containing the icons has been uploaded and a doc file outlining them as well. Pac.doc Hillbilly_Ninjas_Graphics.zip
Basics	08-06-09	3-4 Hours	I'm pulling my hair out over some things but I managed to get a few basics down. I can make the power plant move and I can make a mountain disappear. I can't however do them at the same time. :( Here are the uploaded docs. Powerplantmovement.fla Powerplantmountain.fla
Progress	08-07-09	1 hour	I got the mountain to hittest the power plant and then disappear. It is a take off of the carrot being moved off screen. I would like to have done it using an array but I just am not catching on as fast as needed. The code is really rough but it works. Mtnhittestdisappear.fla
Almost a Game!	08-07-09	1 hour	I outlined a WV map. Put in a few barriers, mountains, and the power plant. I successfully got the power plant to run around (inside the barriers...mostly) and gobble up the mountains and output to a score. Wvmap.fla
Minor Update	08-09-09	.5 Hour	I got a sound effect to play when the power plant flattens a mountain. It is the pac-man eating a dot sound. Now that I have that working a power up dot won't be a problem. Wvmapwsound.fla
Return Point	08-09-09	.5 Hour	Added in a ghost (stationary for the moment) and was able to make the power plant return to a fixed starting position when being hit by the opponent. PlayerReturn.fla
Greatly Reduced Code	08-10-09	1.5 Hours	Wow I can't believe I did it! I managed to make 52 mountains and only program one! I filled the state with them and they actually work! GreatlyReducedCode.fla
Backgrounds Inserted	08-10-09	15 min	Just inserted a few backgrounds to make it look pretty. Backgrounds.fla
Power-Ups & Sounds	08-10-09	1 hour	I added in 3 power-ups and added sound to all of them plus the ghost kill sound. I also made a new game start sound. Still no ghost AI. FewPowerUps.fla
Game Logo	08-10-09	1 hour	Made a game logo. [1]
End Screen and Tweaks	08-10-09	1.5 Hours	Added an ending screen and got it to work along with a Try Again button. I added the logo that was made and tweaked on the interface some. Oh and removed all the extra graphics from the tutorial I based this game off of (bunny and carrots). EndScreenwErrors.fla
End Screen Error Fix	08-11-09	.5 Hour	Fixed an error I just can't trace. I placed a second player on the end screen and just made the alpha channel 0 so you can't see it. It got rid of the error but I'm not exactly happy with the fix. EndScreenwNoErrors.fla
Slideshow	08-11-09	2 Hour	Made a small slideshow about the project. Sorry in .sitx format. Don't have zip on this machine.[2]
Enemies and AI	08-11-09	Forever	Got 2 enemies programmed. They move about and are confined by the walls. Little on the stupid side but they do chase the player around the screen. StupidAI2ghost.fla
Facts Screen	08-11-09	1 Hour	Bunch of small tweeks. Added a couple of buttons and a "facts" screen. I have a win screen but i can't get it to work properly. Newbuttonsandfacts.fla
Win screen Works!	08-11-09	.5 Hour	Got the win screen to work! Winscreenworking.fla
Final Demo	08-11-09	Too Long	Final Demo of the game. Finaldemoninjas.fla Finaldemoninjas.swf