Team      

Development Plan 
Table of Contents  
Introduction   
Editor   
Graphics   
Hardware  
Architecture   
Data  
Code  
Demo  
Motion Capture   
Scoring   
Team   
Behavior   
3D 
Task List   
Milestones   
 

Language: C++ 

Libraries: NONE 

Algorithms:. 

Priority: High 

Requisite Components: Engine, Collision 
Detection 

Platform Dependent: No 

Data Structures:  

Description: Non-player character 
behavior is a crucial piece of the game. 
Every non-player character (NPC) must 
interact with the rest of the world. This is 
accomplished by assigning each NPC an 
object which encapsulates its current state 
and its update and collision functions.  

The current state of the NPC describes the 
type of behavior which it is currently 
performing. Possible states include 
RUNNING_AWAY, CHASING, CRASHING, 
RACING, etc. Each state may have 
sub-states, for instance chasing may have 
three states, one when searching for the 
target, one for when the target is spotted 
but far, and another for when the target is 
near. 

The update function for an NPC evaluates 
the current environment in the context of 
the current state of the NPC. The update 
function can perform any action which the 
user characters are able to perform, for 
example, push to gain speed, start or finish 
turning, start a trick. User characters which 
are not skateboarders will have mush 
simpler actions and therefore much 
simpler options in the update function. 

Each NPC may need a special collision 
function. This is useful in the case where 
causing one member of a skate gang to 
crash will incite the other members of the 
skate gang to chase the player. In this 
case, the collision function will update the 
other skaters state to be CHASING.