Mission briefing

With this project, we will recreate a much-loved game series. At the end of the project, you will be able to invite a friend and enjoy the game you've built together. We're going to do a remake of Mario Kart and it will include a multiplayer feature.

Why is it awesome?

We will look into a very effective and efficient way of separating graphics from programming. Computer code should be as clear as possible. With fancy decorative graphics, this is not always possible. Therefore, we create fancy graphics for the player to see while they're playing, and we'll create another set of simpler graphics for the computer to work with. With only a few scripts, we can tie these graphics together to create a unified experience.

Your Hotshot objectives

We will start by creating some graphics so that we can see what we are doing. Then we will get into some scripting, and eventually tie all the bits and pieces together to create a finished game. In this project, we will deal with the following...