Race and Crosswords is a project made as part of a course at PolyMtl.
This project regroups a crossword and a race game.
While working on Race and Crosswords, we learned and used a lot of amazing tech including :
In order to get the words and their definitions we used the DataMuse API
The race is in itself pretty simple... It's a car race.
The following where implemented for the race:
- Map creation (in admin section)
- collision between the cars and the off-road
- Basic AI
- Drift Mechanic
- Day/Night Mechanic
- FancyMode (enables shadows and more)
- Multiple camera types (Top, third, hood, etc...)
| Feature | Key |
|---|---|
| Accelerate | W |
| Stop/Reverse | S |
| Left | A |
| Right | D |
| Drift | Space |
| Day/Night | N |
| Fancy Mode | M |
| Zoom In | + |
| Zoom Out | - |
| Change Camera | C |
The background music is Bloody Tears
The crossword is generated using an API called datamuse, words are collected and cached in a database for a boost in performance.
The crossword can be played in single player or against a friend.
Salads team contains 6 Members, who are the following: