Chicken Traders

Chicken Traders is a game based on Space Trader, a 2002 strategy game for PDAs. The main objective of the game is to earn money trading amongst the different regions in the universe. Throughout your journey, you will face random encounters and news events that may make things more difficult!

Languages used: Python, Javascript, HTML, CSS
Frameworks: Python Flask
Libraries: D3.js and Leaflet.js
Other Tools: GIT, GitHub, Adobe Illustrator, Adoble After Effects, Microsoft Excel
Period: Sept. 2019 - Jan. 2020

Live Page GitHub Repository

Inspiration:

For my Object and Design class, our semester project was to create a Space Trader game. With our team name being chicken themed, it was only logical for the project to be chicken themed as well.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Team Leader:
  I was responsible for distributing the workload, organizing meeting times, facilitating group discussions, and overlooking the progression of our project.


• Front-end Developer:
  I handled everything dealing with the front-end of the project.
  • Creating the home, settings, skillpoints, confirm, ship, travel, market, encounter, and end pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Building an interactive map using the leaflet.js library
  • Designing the icons for 13 items, the main logo, and the map using Adobe Illustrator
  • Connecting the front-end and back-end together using the Python Flask Framework


• QA Tester:
  I tested the web application for its responsiveness using Chrome Dev Tools. In addition, I also tested for bugs and game balance. I documented issues under the GitHub Issues section of our repository.

Post Project

After the semester, I continued to independently add more features and improvements to the game handling every aspect of the project including back-end development.

• Creating a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel to help ensure the item properties and game mechanics are relatively balanced
• Conducting research for the historic accuracy between each game item and tech level
• Designing over 40 additional items and their icons
• Adding the Collections page, randomly occuring news events, and time effects
• Used the D3.js library to visualize the player's net worth over time
• And many more various improvements and changes!!