Pro Patria Mori: An Innovative Game Design Document

The intent of this document is to describe and detail an interactive media title which implements interesting, innovative game play with an emphasis on an artistic style which is both popular and underexplored within the game development community at large. Pro Patria Mori is a conceptual title which emphasizes originality and innovation both in its game play philosophy and in its rich and engaging art style. Our conceptual title seeks to fabricate a game play environment in which teamwork is not just one of many viable strategies, but is actually indispensable in accomplishing the main game objectives

Obsidian: Development of a Multiplayer Game with Adaptive Enemy Intelligence

The project is a game in which allied players use their speed, skills, and teamwork to defeat a single boss enemy in a multiplayer environment. The players also traverse a landscape that encourages exploration and discovery of new strategies. The boss has unique goals and desires, formed by an artificial intelligence system, capable of learning and adapting

The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests

The ChemCam instrument suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity provides remote compositional information using the first laser-induced breakdown spectrometer (LIBS) on a planetary mission, and provides sample texture and morphology data using a remote micro-imager (RMI). Overall, ChemCam supports MSL with five capabilities: remote classification of rock and soil characteristics; quantitative elemental compositions including light elements like hydrogen and some elements to which LIBS is uniquely sensitive (e.g., Li, Be, Rb, Sr, Ba); remote removal of surface dust and depth profiling through surface coatings; context imaging; and passive spectroscopy over the 240-905 nm range. ChemCam is built in two sections: The mast unit, consisting of a laser, telescope, RMI, and associated electronics, resides on the rover's mast, and is described in a companion paper. ChemCam's body unit, which is mounted in the body of the rover, comprises an optical demultiplexer, three spectrometers, detectors, their coolers, and associated electronics and data handling logic. Additional instrument components include a 6 m optical fiber which transfers the LIBS light from the telescope to the body unit, and a set of onboard calibration targets. ChemCam was integrated and tested at Los Alamos National Laboratory where it also underwent LIBS calibration with 69 geological standards prior to integration with the rover. Post-integration testing used coordinated mast and instrument commands, including LIBS line scans on rock targets during system-level thermal-vacuum tests. In this paper we describe the body unit, optical fiber, and calibration targets, and the assembly, testing, and verification of the instrument prior to launch