Artificially Intelligent Pac-Man

ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT PAC-MAN

In my final year of university, the main focus of my Computer Science degree was Artificial Intelligence. I decided to take this into my dissertation project and combine this with my passion for the classic arcade game, Pac-Man.

Below you will see screenshots and further information on the end product I created, an Automated Pac-Man. Yes, this time the tables were turned upon the ghosts where the entire game itself was played between AI. It was a very interesting project and you can see how the project developed over time with more complex iterations. Developed in the Netlogo, it was awarded a First Class Honors, contributing considerably to my overall First Class in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) degree.

Please note: if you download my work, you will need Netlogo to run it, found here

Project Date

May 2014

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FIRST CLASS HONOURS ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT PACMAN DISSERTATION PROJECT

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Dame Alice Owens Intranet

DAME ALICE OWEN’S INTRANET

by Andrew Waterhouse

BRANDING / WEB DESIGN / IDENTITY

THE BRIEF

To provide the 1,600+ students and 270+ staff of Dame Alice Owen’s School with a professional intranet page that would be the hub of latest information. The old intranet lacked any sort of up to date news and remained very static. Designed in Microsoft Publisher, it was dated and lacked a professional look for what is a very high-end school.

WHAT I DID

I provided the secondary school with a professional, sleek new intranet that was designed for the modern age. I made the intranet responsive to mobile devices to meet the school’s ambition for Bring Your Own Device and influx of new technologies. Revision Tip of the Month proved popular both with the students and staff where for instance a timetable could be downloaded so students could better manage their revision time. The latest school news was incorporated in to the intranet site where a snapshot would entice users to read on and click through for more information.

I then presented my work to the Headmaster and Deputies of the school and sought for what else to include. By networking and discussing with the end users (including demo events with pupils) I was able to provide a complete end product. The final intranet included sortable information on which clubs the school had to offer, E-Safety and lightboxes to provide a aesthetically pleasing pop-up for the latest school calendar information and much more.

Before…

old intranet site - Dame Alice Owens Intranet

After…

Intranet first img - Dame Alice Owens Intranet

Intranet news img - Dame Alice Owens Intranet

Intranet sortable clubs img - Dame Alice Owens Intranet

Intranet esafety img - Dame Alice Owens Intranet

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Professional, Portable, Perfect.

Aliencraft

Aliencraft Flash Video Game

Aliencraft is perhaps my most exciting project to date. It’s my first video game I have developed. As a kid; I never even knew it could be so exciting and people are actually paid to do this. It was a project that started out as a university project where the specification was to design a 2D side scrolling shooter. Since graduation, I have taken Aliencraft to the next level and enjoy developing the game in my spare time.

Unique bosses and enemies where the player has to react and engage the enemies in a particular way to defeat the level
Consumables appear during gameplay for the player to activate power ups
Themed levels with scrolling backgrounds
Deep level of upgrades for the player that affect overall gameplay and feel to the game
Unlockable characters and ships
A few easter eggs (hush, hush)
High scores