Mapquest Assignment

In this project, you will create a first-person pick-em-up game. That is, the user will use the keyboard and mouse to navigate a camera around a terrain and collect objects. The terrain, the collectibles, and the other objects in the environment must fit a coherent theme of your choosing. For example, an alien might traverse the moon and collect flags, ignoring spaceship parts, American flags, and soft drink cups.

Later-week Submission Requirements

You must complete these requirements by the assignment's due date to be eligible for later-week submission:

• Create your project in a folder named mapquest in the single Git repository that you are using for all your programming assignments.
• Using fetch, read in a grayscale image that serves as a heightmap. Convert the heightmap to a terrain mesh as described in the readings.
• Write the Camera and TerrainCamera classes that encapsulate the player's position and point of view. As the player moves across the landscape, the camera's height is adjusted according to the player's position on the heightmap. Allow the player to move forward, move backward, strafe left, and strafe right using WASD and the cursor keys. Allow the player to look up, down, left, and right by moving the mouse.
• Place the camera within the terrain.
• Share in the #mapquest channel a video of you moving around the diffuse-shaded terrain. This requirement is waived if you meet the full credit requirements by the due date.
• Commit and push your code to your Git repository no matter what state it is in.

If you meet these requirements, you may turn your complete project in during some later week of the semester.

Full Credit Requirements

You must complete these requirements in addition to the later-week submission requirements to receive credit for the assignment:

• Populate the terrain with collectible objects that are animated in some way and lit distinctly so the player knows they are important. When the player collides with these objects, remove them from the scene and play a congratulatory sound. Detect collisions by determining if the player's position is within the object's bounding box.
• Decorate the terrain with inert objects appropriate to your theme. For example, you might add rocks or flora.
• Texture all 3D meshes.
• Constrain the camera so the player cannot walk off the edges of the terrain.
• Share in #mapquest videos of you collecting the objects in your scene.
• Your code must be cleanly formatted, the variable names must be meaningful, and comments should explain non-obvious code.
• Your Git log should reveal a steady pattern of commits. In general, you should commit and push after every work session.

When you are ready to claim your credit, send your instructor a direct message. Ensure that all requirements have been met. If they have not, you will not receive credit and will have to submit again some other week.