References Used in Creating Planet Defense

Planet

• http://www.flipcode.com/cgi-bin/knowledge.cgi?showunit=20 - Generating Geospheres

Billboards

• http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~dhphan/explosions/ - Dat Phan's Webpage
• http://www.lighthouse3d.com/opengl/billboarding/ - Billboarding Tutorial

Misc

• http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalCoordinates.html - Spherical Coordinates
• http://www.infosys.tuwien.ac.at/Research/Component/tutorial/prw411.htm - STL Vectors

Impementation Break Down

Ben Cervantes

• Meshes/Models
• Missile Projection & Mangement w/ Collision Detection

Dan Fake

• Alien Movement & Mangement w/ Collision Detection
• Alien AI

Michael Jew

• Spherical Billboards & Mangement
• Player Controls

Mike Patterson

• Game Framework
• Planet w/ Collision Detection
• Player Controls
• HUD