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Night at the Museum of the Maritime Age of Explorations - Aisle 1543


Authors
Mabel Zhang, Khanh Luc, Gary Chow


Background
      The period from  the 15th century to the 17th century is known as the Age of Explorations, where European naval navigation expanded worldwide and discovered routes to continents beyond Europe, including the Americas, Africa, and Asia. European international trading routes were first opened in this period of time.
      In this museum room exhibition that we are visiting discreetly in the middle of the night, it claims to feature a number of objects from a collection of a total of 374* artifacts found in various shipwrecks discovered in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, along with maps and ship models reproduced from ruins discovered underwater.

      In our plan to quietly visit the museum, we have obtained a blueprint of the aisle exhibiting for the year of 1543 and one of its rooms, which will be our target.
      Visit is planned during the night time to avoid over-alert human security guards. We are fully justified to carry out the act because we are the rightful owners of one of the pieces being exhibited, which was an item that belongs to our royal collection but stolen and missold to the museum by a conspiracy in an attempt to alter the maritime history.
      We have been commanded to claim back this item sacred to the maritime history by any means, as we are the rightful owners.

      * Some specific numerical figures in this proposal are fictional.


Technical Features
- Toon shading
- Environment mapping, cubic
- L-System fractal plants
- Particle effect for oil lamps in aisle / candles in room (7 skill pts)


Aesthetic Features
- Room features 3D models including but not limited to: ships in the period of 1400s-1700s, globe stand, barrels, balance, and other medieval items
- Map images from 1400-1700s are used as texture maps on exhibits on the walls.
- Entire scene has a yellow/brownish tint to make an antique and royal "feel."
- To illustrate the night time theme, there are spotlights in the room and lights following the user.
- Glass door slides open at the entering of the correct "password"
- Fire / oil lamps in the aisle
- Reflective chains separate the crowd in the normal operating hours of the museum, reflective golden globe and statue


User Interaction
The user may interact with the application with the mouse and the keyboard.

=== Mouse support: ===
Rightt click and drag: pan
(Left click and drag: trackball)

=== Keyboard support: ===
Arrow keys - navigate
  Up/Down: move foreward/backward
  Left/Right: turn 1 degree to the left/right

l/L triggers and ends L-System input.
  Enter L once to start input,
    then enter a number to indicate # recursions to go,
    then enter L again to end input.
    L System will automatically redraw to the specified # recusions.

p/P triggers and ends Particle System input.
  A/D: Decrease/increase spread
  S/W: Decrease/increase number of particles

m - turn on/off environment map
t - turn on/off toon shading
g - the password to trigger glass pane open to the maps and ships room
u - display this Usage message to the terminal


Screenshots (taken now and then during development)

Picture 1. Environment map on David and 1500 century globe stand (glass pane is temporarily behind...)



Picture 2. Environment map on David and 1500 century globe stand



Picture 3. In Aisle 1453, facing the maps and ships exhibit room



Picture 4. San Juan battle ship's shipwreck



Picture 5. in front of maps and ships exhibit room



Picture 6. inside maps and ships exhibit room

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