It should be noted that while I am fully capable of VRML creation and editing, I could not, with my current level of knowledge, create a game similar to Spaceman Spiff without someone to code for it.

This is a 3D realisation of a modified Bradford City Stadium (Valley Parade.) WHEN we get back into the Premiership, obviously ;)

Interactive elements include being able to choose several different camera views (click on the view text in between the two arrows in the VRML browser), take a free kick + penalty, walk/fly around the stadium using the correct mode (left menu bar) and your keyboard's arrow keys. Apologies for the crowd chant, sound was a project requirement.

This project could have been undertaken in one of two ways. I could have modelled the objects in Lightwave (which would have allowed for much more complex and realistic 3D models) and imported them into the code, or I could model them using the code directly. I chose to hand code all models for the simple reason that it would allow me to get to grips with the coding system and provide a more thorough understanding of the techniques involved.

The Cortona VRML client, click here to download it.

A university group project, bringing together graphics, animation and code to create a basic three level computer game.

The project brief specified that each level must be a different type of game. Therefore, we went for a quiz, a time crisis style fixed point 'shoot the pop-up baddies' game and a Space Invaders style space shooter.

Each section is linked by an intro to that level and a text continuation of the overarching plot (which begins with the intro.) If you die on the second or third levels, you get a screen related to the type of death suffered.

My contributions to the project were, in order of appearance - opening screen showing Spiff, the Earth and part of a Paranoid, menu buttons, intro text, quiz questions, level 2 intro text, level 2 death screen (shown if you fail), level 3 intro text, level 3 graphics, level 3 death screen (show if you fail) and the end game winning screen.

I should probably point out that none of the spelling mistakes in the final version of the game were in the original text files I sent in, and I'm currently trying to get hold of the Director files so that I can modify those sections.