Supervisor Meeting 02 - Week 05

Discussion:
In the meeting today with my supervisor we discussed;

1. Concept Document, changes that need to be made, etc.
2. Structure of the Dissertation, each chapter has it's own introduction and conclusion paragraphs, pages per chapter - min 7, max 30.
3. Chapter 1: Introduction - How, Where , Who, Why, ???, Preview of dissertation, etc.
4. Chapter 2: Background information on the Ozone Layer, research, describe design methodology etc.
5. Chapter 3: Background information on XNA, why I decided to use it, comparison with two other similar development platforms/engines, criteria, table of results, etc.
6. Chapter 4: Concept and design documents, industry standards, etc.
7. Chapter 5: Implementation, Scene graph, Engine, Models, Sounds, iteration 1, 2, 3,....., etc.
8. Chapter 6: Testing, Unit, White Box, Black Box, user testing, Play tests, testing Methodology, etc.
9. Chapter 7: Conclusion, outcomes, future work, etc.
10. My supervisor, Bryan Duggan, shared some tips to dissertation writing, one of them being to write chapter 1 last. As it is the preview of the dissertation, it may change over the course of the writing and if you write it last you'll save time in the end by not having to edit it.
11. I showed Bryan some of the tutorial and sample I was working on, mostly from the TorqueX Engine.
12. We discussed books I was reading.
    

Aims (1-2 week):

• Work on interim report, which will basically be my design document.
• Select and Use a open source XNA game engine to create a 3D world
• Work on improving my scene graph sample. Code some game rules, a loader and entities.
  

Aims (2+ weeks):

• Prepare Chapter 2 & 3, pull all research together, have it proof read by Lecturer.