Team:
- 3 Grad Students
- Advisor: Celia Pearce
Role:
- Design and Production
- Race Logic, Controls, and Scene programming
- Character Art and Animation
Project Highlights:
Players: 6 via LAN
Controls: Bongos
Tech: jMonkey Engine
Language: Java
Art: Maya, MS3d, Photoshop
School: Georgia Tech, Digital Media Grad Program
Class: Multiplayer Game Design - Fall '07
You are the drumbeat inside a team of heavy-metal vikings' heads as they plow through the water in a race to become the Lord of the Fjord!
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First ever Networked Viking Boat Bongo Battle... it's about time!
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Ships are controlled with Donkey Konga bongo controllers - seen here at LCC Demo Day.
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I implemented a tessellating water shader to create waves and an importer for course terrain.
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The Vikings were modeled in Maya and animated in Milkshake3d.
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The Starting line.
I wore many hats on Lord of the Fjord; designing the concept, modeling and animating the Vikings, and programming the racing mechanics, controls, Hud, 3d water, and environment importer.
"The most fun I had playing any of the games came from the bongo-driven paddle-fest, Lord of the Fjord... It was terrifically fun, with some of the tightest control I've seen in a paddle game." - gaygamer
Credits:
Veronica Peshtarianu
John Swisshelm
Ajani Thomas
2014 John Bernhelm (formerly Swisshelm)