MarioKart 8

MarioKart 8

1. Characters

   • Link
     • Positives
       • Higher weight (meaning I won't get knocked over by other people easily
       • Drift Agility
     • Negatives
       • Balances with the vehicle
       • Lower Acceleration if I am trying to catch up to the other players
       • Poor Traction (less grip when drifitng or turning)
   • Donkey Kong
     • Positives
       • High Top Speed
       • Massive Weight and Stability
       • Controlled momentum
     • Negatives
       • Drifts are not that easy ( character too heavy)
       • Getting hit by items takes too slow to regain back control
   • Pink Gold Peach
     • Positives
       • High Top Speeds
       • Weight Balance
     • Negatives
       • Easily bumped off by other vehicles
       • Acceleration recovery

2. Resources

   • Nintendo Switch
     • Joy Con (1)
       • Joy Con Grip (for horizontal playing)
     • Game Card

3. Self-Determined Criteria

   • Pseudocode
     • IF
     • ELSEIF
     • ELSE
     • ELIF
   • Requirements (to how to get first place)
     • ZR Button (drifts)
     • Power-Ups (e.g Mushrooms, shells)
     • Head Start at the beginning of the game (roughly start around 2 seconds in the countdown)

4. Gameplay

   • Power-Ups (shells, mushrooms, etc.
   • Drifting
   • Choosing (Character, Vehicle, Glider)
   • Grand Prix (50cc, 100cc, 150cc etc.)

5. Algorithm Constructs

   • Sequence (a set of instructions that follow one instruction at a time chronologically.)
   • Assignment (when saving a value into a variable, that is what it stands for.)
   • Selection (a statement that helps a program choose what to do next.)
   • Iteration (used for repeating something over and over again, which means the programs goes in a loop.)
   • Condition (a question that is being implemented into the selection.)