Flash Point: Fire Rescue

Team members

• Abhijay Gupta
• Alek Bedard
• Francis Piché
• Nuri Amiraslan
• Seng Chiat Haw
• Teymur Azim-zada

Computer game version of the popular board game by the same name. From the rulebook, the objective of the game is:

Flash Point: Fire Rescue is a cooperative game. All the players are on the same team and everyone either wins or loses together. To win, the players must rescue the victims trapped inside a burning building before the fire gets out of control or the building collapses.

Learning the game:

Flash Point: Fire Rescue has two different sets of rules. Family rules for learning the game and/or playing with younger children, and the Experienced rules for more seasoned players. The rules are quick to read, and you can even play the game by yourself before teaching it to others.

Rules

The rules for the game can be found here. You can also check out these helpful videos to see how the Family and Experienced modes work.

The rules for the Veteran and Rescue Dog roles (only used in the Experienced mode) can be found here.

Models

The different models conceived during the development of the game are:

Note: These models may not necessarily reflect the game as it stands today. Rather, they provide an insight into the initial thought process that existed while the game was being developed.

• Project Sketch
• Use Cases
• Concept Model
• Environment Model
• Operational Model

Limitations

• A multiplayer (co-op) game only works out of the box on devices over the same network. (including VPN)
• Technical issues have been observed when playing on a macOS device.

Setup

Prerequisites

• python version 3.6 or higher
• pip version 9 or higher
• setuptools version 39 or higher

Installation

• Clone the repo, navigate to the FlashPoint directory and run pip install . to run the setup.py script.
• You should now be able to run FlashPoint in your command prompt to launch the game