IOCT Masters in Creative Technogies
Major Project
An augmented reality game based on "Breakout"

Tuesday 10 June 2008

Creating the game board

Having considered various screen sizes for the game I have decided to use a 640x480 window, as this is the largest available and will make the game easier to see.

Design ideas:
  • Blue border along the top and the two vertical sides of the screen
  • No border along the bottom of the screen, as falling off the bottom of the screen leads to the players losing a "life"
Borders:
  • 20 pixels in total in height (for top border) and in width (for vertical borders)
  • Lighter blue and darker blue lines add pseudo 3D effect
  • Each highlight or lowlight is made of three lines of varying length, to create the pseudo 3D effect