====== Name ======
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  - Bishal Karki
  - Tommi Kallonen
  - Were Oyomno

===== Idea =====
The basic idea is a multi-player game over TCP/IP. In multi-player mode 2, the competition is between two players. The concept of the game is a **single** puck that is deflected by the players from their mobile screens to other players mobile screens. For each miss in deflection that player looses a life. Each player has 5 lives on the onset.

Moving the deflector (AKA Mallent) can be accomplished in two forms
  - Moving the mobile device --> acceloremeter based
  - Using keys --> For testing purposes


==== Features ====
These features have been ordered in priority manner
  - Game onset -> join game, game options and quit game
  - User capability to control puck to multiple screen with only actual mobile device in game
  - Networking feature to internconnect the two players
  - Detection of winner, draw & looser
  - Update users details on openents mallet, direction of puck & when puck is struck with mallet
  - Polishing of the UI

**QAirHockey milestones**
  - QSensor -> Accelormeter control of game **(DONE)**
  - QSound --> **for user experience** (DONE on simulator but dropped from device) 
  - Qt System info --> this enables players with different device types to play **(DONE)**
  - Qt networking **(DONE)**
  - Game setup, option & quit **(DONE)**
  - WIN/ Loose decision (DONE)
  - Qt mobility (1.2 ) -->**qhapticfeedback** **(NOT DONE)**
  - Porting to Nokia N900 **(DONE)**

===== Implementation Plan and Goals =====
Our implementation has been split into 3 main parts
  * Game logic & physics --> part where we place the puck on the screen and determine the protocol used to communicate to all stakeholders the current game situation
  * UI interactivity
  * Networking and protocol

This application is intended to be implemented on multiple devices to test the Qt run everywhere feature. However the first host devices in order will be 
  - **Nokia N900 - freemantle**
  - Nokia N8  - Symbian^3
  - Symbian s60 - Nokia N95
  - Windows mobile 6.5 ?


===== Design =====
The stracture & design of the software

===== Screen shots =====
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===== Simplified architecure =====
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===== Codding experiences =====  
  * Relatively easy you get used to
      * Especially the concept of slots & signals
      * Well documented
      * Plenty of decent library
  * Messy with the new mobility api 
  * Some not very cleary documented aspects
      * E.g. Deploy on windows CE/mobile
      * Install the new mobility1.1  beta 2
  * But all in all the experience was good
  * Plenty of answers in the internet forums 

==== Presentation slides ====
Presentation Slides:{{:qt2010:grp9:qairhockey.ppt|Slides}}

==== Report document ====
  * {{:qt2010:grp9:qairhockeybrochure.pdf|The brochure}}
  * {{:qt2010:grp9:qairhockeydoc.pdf|The report}}

==== Source Package ====

version 1.01 {{:qt2010:grp9:qairhockey.zip|}}

=== How to run software ===

===== Conclusion =====