CPSC 4170: �Final Project Presentation�

Alex Edwards

CPSC 4170

Game description

Name title: Dice & Decks

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Genre: Digital tabletop game

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This genre is often a simulation of common real-life board games, and allows players to play online or against AI

Game description

In Dice & Decks, objectives are to:

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1. Play tabletop games against friends
• Play Farkle against friends with local multiplayer
2. Play tabletop games against AI
• Play Farkle against one or more computer algorithms

Game information

Skill rating: Suitable for beginners or advanced players

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Audience:

Suitable for players 10+

Although there is no gambling with real money in this game, some of the games in Dice & Decks may be used for gambling in casinos

Color Pallette

Game references

Entities – Player character

1. Main character
1. No player character is visible since the game is played in first person. However, originally free-roam mechanics were planned for this game, so the character would have needed to:
• Be a simple low-poly 3D character avatar
• Move using the CharacterController Unity component
• Free-roam in the 3D environment when a tabletop game is not active, and can participate in the tabletop games by navigating UI menus

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/fantasy/free-low-poly-human-rpg-character-219979

Entities - Items

1. Dice
1. Players roll 6-sided dice in Farkle
2. Output is randomly-generated
2. Tankard
• Players roll the Farkle dice by flipping a typical tavern tankard with the dice inside

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/pbr-little-games-pack-4k-237164

Game mechanics

Dice & Decks allows players to play various tabletop games in a casual or focused environment, depending on their preferred session style:

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• Local multiplayers: Players can add and name up to 8 players that can play the game locally
• Game selection: Players can select which game they want to play with friends and/or AI. Only Farkle is implemented in the game right now, but games that are added to Dice & Decks in the future will be accessible on a select game screen

Modules

1. Animations
1. Animations were done by scripting the position and rotation of various objects
2. Game algorithms
• Farkle has its own algorithm implemented by me to handle player turns and scoring
3. Multiplayer sessions
• Multiplayer sessions are a work in progress, and is utilizing the package Netcode For GameObjects
4. AI (playing against computer)
• AI decision-making algorithms were utilized for Farkle AI players

Software architecture

TableGame

- playerTurn : Player

- EndTurn()

FarkleGame

- playerScores : Dict<Player, int>

- RollDice() : List<int>

- ScoreTurn() : int

Player

- isAI : bool

PokerGame

- playerChips : Dict<Player, int>

- highestBid : int

- DealCards() : List<Card>

- CheckHand()

- Check()

- Raise() : int

- Fold()

Card

- suit : Suit

- rank: Rank

GameManager

- StartGame()

- Update()

GameMultiplayerManager

- StartSession()

- JoinSession()

Unimplemented tasks

The following tasks were planned but did not get implemented due to time constraints:

1. Multiplayer implementation
2. Free-roam and physics interaction mechanics
3. Poker implementations
4. More games, such as Blackjack
5. VR compatibility