A bunch of Angry Birds Part 1

6/3/14
For classes IFB103 I need to keep a weekly record/portfolio of what we cover and of personal development. This first assessment is about Angry Birds.

The class was split into 5 teams of about 6 people. The teams job is to create new Birds, new Pigs and a new puzzle for them to overcome. I chose to work with making the birds. We chose two main functions, a Sliding Bird and 'Hulk-out' Bird. We tried to base the designs off of actual bird species instead of trying to create some make believe super pigeon. 

My classmate (Sorry, I'm terrible with names!) worked on the Sliding Bird. We though a penguin would be most suited and since the colours blue and black were already taken we chose purple and white instead.

Coloured Penguin

I worked on the 'Hulk-Out' Bird. Its job was when tapped it would transform into a bird twice its size which meant better velocity when flung but maximum damage when it hit an object or pig. I named it Fluffles.

We based the design off of the Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis) aka 'The Transformer Owl'.

We designed two different forms. The 'Take Off' or 'Evil' form and the 'Hulk Out' form. The Launch form is based off it's slim line, sinister pose and is for greater distance. On the downside it does very little damage.

When activated, Fluffles will explode in a flurry of pink feathers to reveal the red Hulked Out form and can do massive damage. However, its weight becomes an issue and it will fall faster.

For homework I need to design 3 more birds but that's for part 2.

Another two people worked on designing the pigs. They made a 'Spring Pig' and a 'Unicorn Pig'

 Spring Piggy is constantly moving, jumping back and forth on its platform. If it spots a bird it will try to jump out of the way. The player must destroy the platform in order to destroy the pig.

First Concept

Stylised Concept

The second pig is the 'Unicorn/Rainbow Pig'. This pig will transform your last bird into a different species. What species it turns into is completely at random so the player should get rid of this pig quickly before there is no more birds.

First Concept

Stylised Concept

The last two people in the group worked on the puzzle. Their job involved building an actual structure out of cups, ice cream sticks, rubber bands and a bunch of other bits and pieces and the birds and pigs would be represented with ping pong balls. Today they made the sling for the birds and it looks fantastic. 

Cup Sling

Overall, this team is awesome and very productive. I hope the rest of this task will go along swimmingly.