Destroy The Castle: A 3D Magic Carpet-like Game

Název práce: Destroy The Castle: 3D hra inspirovaná hrou Magic Carpet Autor: Simona Ondrčková Katedra: Katedra distribuovaných a spolehlivých systémů Vedoucí bakalářské práce: Mgr. Pavel Ježek, Ph.D., Katedra distribuovaných a spolehlivých systémů Abstrakt: Cílem bakalářské práce je vytvořit počítačovou hru na bázi hry Magic Carpet. Hra má dva hlavní programátorsky zajímavé aspekty: umělou inteligenci a editor. Umělá inteligence je založená na přístupech, které umožňují více typů přemýšlení nepřátel. Editor umožňuje tvorbu vlastních úrovní zámku, kouzel a monster. Jako další cíl si bakalářská práce klade zjistit, zda se takovýto typ hry dá vytvořit v Unity a jaké to přináší problémy nebo naopak výhody. Postupně se zaměřujeme na jednotlivé problémy nebo rozhodnutí, které byly při programování potřeba udělat a jak jsme je vyřešili v rámci Unity. Klíčová slova: 3D hra, kouzla, Zničte zámek, editor, UnityTitle: Destroy the Castle: A 3D Magic Carpet-like Game Author: Simona Ondrčková Department: Department of Distributed and Dependable Systems Supervisor: Mgr. Pavel Ježek, Ph.D., Department of Distributed and Dependable Systems Abstract: The goal of the thesis is to create a computer game based on a game called Magic Carpet. The game has two main interesting aspects from the programming point of view: artificial intelligence and an editor. The artificial intelligence uses different approaches to create distinctively thinking enemies. The editor allows a designer to create new castle levels, spells and monsters. Another goal of the thesis is to make sure, that this kind of game can be created using Unity game engine, and to determine it's advantages and disadvantages. Gradually, we focus on individual problems and decisions that had to be made and how we solved them using Unity game engine. Keywords: 3D Game, spells, Destroy the Castle, editor, UnityDepartment of Distributed and Dependable SystemsKatedra distribuovaných a spolehlivých systémůMatematicko-fyzikální fakultaFaculty of Mathematics and Physic

The Echo: February 11, 2005

Book signing raises money for scholarship – TU’s own reality show takes center stage – Author helps students realign their spiritual lives – Flanigan encourages students to ‘pray’ – Data Match plays Taylor match-maker – Abel leads ‘Light at Night’ seminar – Taylor adds new ESPN channels – Worship encourages students during spiritual renewal – Hall of Fame Game Challenges – New Channel Lineup – Legend of ‘Pigland’ lives on in Upland – Professors reach new degrees of excellence – Ministry Minute: Operation Wheelchair shares ‘Christ’s love’ with veterans in Marion hospital – Grizzly goes down – Fight the numbness – The Lenten season – Letters to the Editor – Wiser, matured president – Get used to temptations – Defense of Hoosier state – Letters to the editor & cartoons – Indiana record label redefines success – Selzer captures readers through poetic excellence – Inconsistencies mar new material by French duo – Faculty Woodwind Recital – The Wright stuff – Lady trojans keep pace for second in Mid-Central Conference – Taylor Career Scoring Leaders – MCC Standings (as of Feb. 11, 2005) – Welcome to Indiana hoops – First-ever Taylor Invitational indoor track meethttps://pillars.taylor.edu/echo-2004-2005/1016/thumbnail.jp

The Cabellian: A Journal of the Second American Renaissance (Vol. IV, No. 1, 1971)

Cabell’s Comic Mask / Dorothy B. Schlegel -- Cabell’s Game of Hide and Seek / Edgar E. MacDonald -- Jurgen (a poem) / Harlan L. Umansky -- Dating in Figures of Earth / Lin C. Siegle -- Cabelliana at Several Libraries -- Ellen Glasgow: The Novelist in America / Blair Rouse -- Academic Challenge and the Humanities: Some Answers to Queries about the University in the 1970’s / Scott C. Osborn -- More Photographs from the Life Story of James Branch Cabell with Text by the Editor -- The Cabell Society: A Report / Julius Rothman -- From the Editor’s Reading -- Book Reviews: Earnest, Expatriates and Patriots / Joe Lee Davis -- Gilmer, Horace Liveright / Carl R. Dolmetsch -- Martin, The True Country / Paschal Reeves -- Hoyt, Minor American Novelists / James Ringo -- Briggs, The Novels of Harold Frederic / Anne R. Phillips -- Weinberg, The New Novel in America / Marjorie K. McCorquodale -- About the Author

Multispace & Multistructure. Neutrosophic Transdisciplinarity (100 Collected Papers of Sciences), Vol. IV

The fourth volume, in my book series of “Collected Papers”, includes 100 published and unpublished articles, notes, (preliminary) drafts containing just ideas to be further investigated, scientific souvenirs, scientific blogs, project proposals, small experiments, solved and unsolved problems and conjectures, updated or alternative versions of previous papers, short or long humanistic essays, letters to the editors - all collected in the previous three decades (1980-2010) – but most of them are from the last decade (2000-2010), some of them being lost and found, yet others are extended, diversified, improved versions. This is an eclectic tome of 800 pages with papers in various fields of sciences, alphabetically listed, such as: astronomy, biology, calculus, chemistry, computer programming codification, economics and business and politics, education and administration, game theory, geometry, graph theory, information fusion, neutrosophic logic and set, non-Euclidean geometry, number theory, paradoxes, philosophy of science, psychology, quantum physics, scientific research methods, and statistics. It was my preoccupation and collaboration as author, co-author, translator, or cotranslator, and editor with many scientists from around the world for long time. Many topics from this book are incipient and need to be expanded in future explorations

SimDialog: A visual game dialog editor

SimDialog is a visual editor for dialog in computer games. This paper presents the design of SimDialog, illustrating how script writers and non-programmers can easily create dialog for video games with complex branching structures and dynamic response characteristics. The system creates dialog as a directed graph. This allows for play using the dialog with a state-based cause and effect system that controls selection of non-player character responses and can provide a basic scoring mechanism for games

The Miracle of Peer Review and Development in Science: An Agent-Based Model

It is not easy to rationalize how peer review, as the current grassroots of science, can work based on voluntary contributions of reviewers. There is no rationale to write impartial and thorough evaluations. Consequently, there is no risk in submitting low-quality work by authors. As a result, scientists face a social dilemma: if everyone acts according to his or her own self-interest, low scientific quality is produced. Still, in practice, reviewers as well as authors invest high effort in reviews and submissions. We examine how the increased relevance of public good benefits (journal impact factor), the editorial policy of handling incoming reviews, and the acceptance decisions that take into account reputational information can help the evolution of high-quality contributions from authors. High effort from the side of reviewers is problematic even if authors cooperate: reviewers are still best off by producing low-quality reviews, which does not hinder scientific development, just adds random noise and unnecessary costs to it. We show with agent-based simulations that tacit agreements between authors that are based on reciprocity might decrease these costs, but does not result in superior scientific quality. Our study underlines why certain self-emerged current practices, such as the increased importance of journal metrics, the reputation-based selection of reviewers, and the reputation bias in acceptance work efficiently for scientific development. Our results find no answers, however, how the system of peer review with impartial and thorough evaluations could be sustainable jointly with rapid scientific development.Comment: Submitted to Scientometric

The Old Tin Cup

The world of college football, always colorful and exciting, is perhaps at its best on chilly October Saturdays, with the stands packed for Homecoming. There is a grand parade, a Homecoming Queen, an exciting game between gridiron rivals prompting the large crowd to roar with delight as the hometown heroes march dramatically down the field to victory, or perhaps dig in to preserve the lead with time running out and their backs to their own goal. Perhaps a coveted trophy will be awarded to the winning team. Ceremonies will follow the game: a trophy presentation at midfield, in full view of the cheering fans, honors for the game’s best players, and a barren spot in the trophy case filled, for at least one more year, with a much-desired symbol of victory. It is easy to imagine such a scene taking place in Notre Dame Stadium after an epic struggle with the University of Southern California, or perhaps as Stanford turns over the massive Stanford Axe to Cal after another edition of The Big Game. Maybe it is not so easy to imagine the Gettysburg Bullets gathering around their own trophy after a hard-fought triumph over their own in-state rivals, the Muhlenberg Mules. Yet in 1954 an attempt to create such a tradition did take place. While it never reached the heights of intensity that those great long-time rivalries did, a trophy called the Old Tin Cup spent eleven years as the prize for the victor’s of the Gettysburg-Muhlenberg game. During that time, it was the focus of newspaper articles, parades, and even halftime ceremonies. [excerpt] Course Information: Course Title: HIST 300: Historical Method Academic Term: Spring 2010 Course Instructor: Dr. Michael J. Birkner \u2772 Hidden in Plain Sight is a collection of student papers on objects that are hidden in plain sight around the Gettysburg College campus. Topics range from the Glatfelter Hall gargoyles to the statue of Eisenhower and from historical markers to athletic accomplishments. You can download the paper in pdf format and click View Photo to see the image in greater detail.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/hiddenpapers/1025/thumbnail.jp

Spartan Daily, March 2, 2009

Volume 132, Issue 20https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10557/thumbnail.jp