Design: Functional Modules

Functional Modules

Explorer

Knows about: Player, input manager, move manager, query manager

→ Receives sanitized, platform-agnostic input from input manager

→ Makes appropriate calls to query/move manager

Movement Manager

Knows about: Player, Room

→ Collisions/Bounds

→ Movement w/ wall-following (auto-correction)

→ Turning

→ Forward movement

→ Makes calls to produce footsteps & collision noises

→ Handles exceptional movement (e.g. steps, elevators, room-to-room via doors)

QueryManager

Knows about: Player, room

→Makes call for Sonar

→ Makes calls for Reverb

→ “nearby” queries (left/right/front) (also as TTS)

→ Semantic info (TTS)

→ Later: makes calls to routing

SoundManager

Knows about: OpenAL

• OpenAL info (Listener position)

→ Sets and updates OpenAL info

→ Produces 3D sound

→ Produces “Sonar”

→ Produces Reverb