Assignment 5: Choose your own project

You have a week to show off your new graphics skills! You can do anything related to graphics and/or what you learned this qtr, your classmates will judge the outcome. 

Required:

• You must upload code 
• You must provide a link to a running project
• You must make a 1 min (max) video showing off your project
• You must have a team name, and a list of team members, and an estimate of the percentage of work contributed by each team member, in your submission.
• You must present in class Thur Jun 4
• You must submit by 11:59pm Wed Jun 3

What makes a good project:

• New technical features. Shadows, fancy shader, etc..
• Fun to play - A game, a demo movie, a cool art project..
• Realistic rendering - Pick a real world object, and make a copy as good as possible.
• Presentation - While not explicitly graded, your communication of what you have done and why its worthy of praise, affects how it is perceived. 

Contest:

In addition to grading, we will have a contest. Class will vote on the winners. Winners of the contest will be granted the following prizes:

• 1st place - Extra credit - 3 points of assignment credit
• 2nd place - Extra credit - 2 points of assignment credit
• 3rd place - Extra credit - 1 point of assignment credit

FAQ:

• Submission policy
  • Each person on the team must submit individually 
• Allowed Group Size
  • 1 to 4 people
• Precise Grading Rubric
  • Each person in class gives a grade A+, A, A-, ... D-, F to each presented project. The median grade is assigned.
• Opt out policy
  • You may opt out of this assignment. If you make this choice the assignment won't be counted but I will cap your class final grade at B+. (The reasoning is that 'A' students do all the assignments.)
  • If you do not submit by Wed Jun 3 , this will be the assumption.
• What if my project makes my grade worse?
  • I will allow retroactive opt-out if you need to exercise that option. 
• Can I buy votes?
  • Attempting to buy votes in any manner is a creative idea, but is not allowed. 
• Can I buy myself onto an awesome team?
  • Also creative. Also not allowed. You can join any team, but you have to contribute.
• Does everyone on my team need to present?
  • Not required. Some of you are currently living in inconvenient time zones, have bad internet, or whatever. But someone on you team needs to tell us about your project in class, so that we can grade it. If no one talks, we wont know what you did.