UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL PUNJAB

PGC KOT ADDU

Assignment on:
Mobile application
(Cannon Game App)

Submitted to:
Sir Alamdar Hussain

Submitted by:
Aiman

Date:
3rd july 2020
CANNON GAME APP:

for my money, there could be no better way of teaching real world

applications of angles and estimates than by showing students how to blow
stuff up with really big guns. I would make the same bold assertion on
behalf of physics teachers, as well.
CANNON CHALLENGE, brought to you by the good people at the Discovery
Channel, puts you in command of the U.S. Army’s shiny, new Non-Line-Of-
Sight Cannon. The game includes a link to an article at How Stuff Works on
the whys and what-fors of the NLOS Cannon. (See, mom and dad, it really
is an educational game!) The weapon, which is scheduled for deployment
in 2010, is a real wonder of modern military technology. It has a range of
about 18 miles and can deliver all kinds of killer ordinance, from cluster
bombs to “fire-and-forget” seeker shells that act like guided missiles.
.
Rocket, Man: As you progress in Cannon Challenge, you have more
targets to destroy—including tanks and missile silos—with the same
amount of shells.The landscape-based game’s cannon isn’t nearly as
sophisticated, but it certainly is addictive. The object is simple: Destroy a
series of targets in a range of mountains and canyons by choosing the
correct shot angle and shell velocity. Change your elevation and shell
velocity by rolling your thumbs over the scroll wheels on each side of the
screen. Precision targeting, aided not by unmanned aerial drones but only
by your eyes and knack for gauging angles and velocity, becomes crucial
as the game progresses.

Economy is key. The farther you go, the more targets you need to destroy
with the same number of shells. Eventually moving targets, such as
helicopters and missile silos, are introduced. These require not only
accurate targeting but precise timing, as well. You have 15 opportunities to
clear each of 15 levels. Sighting targets becomes more challenging as you
move on. Too much velocity, and your shell will go flying off the screen.
You can follow the arc of your shot and adjust your next shot accordingly.
The plumes of smoke from missed shots make excellent reference marks.
Just don’t waste too many rounds—the fewer rounds you fire, the higher
your score.
The app for the iPhone and iPod touch is a slightly scaled-down version of
a game available at the Discovery Channel’s Web site. Future Weapons,
which airs on the Discovery network’s Military Channel, featured the
cannon in an episode in the series’ first season. The handheld version of
the game is arguably better, with smoother controls and faster transitions
between levels.
I did notice that the iPhone version is not nearly as forgiving with my shots
—the shell needs to be right on target. A shell might just caress a target on
the Web version and I could score. But the graphics, which include
photographic backgrounds, are as gorgeous and the sound effects are as
realistic on the handheld as they are on the game’s Web version. And as a
bonus, the handheld vibrates when you score a hit.

Cannon Challenge has a couple of flaws and one significant-but-easily-

remedied bug. The app would repeatedly crash after I installed it. The
game wouldn’t play at all. Only after restarting my device would the game
work. I’ve had no problems with it since.
You cannot save your games. If you need to leave the app to take a call,
for example, all progress will be lost. Even less forgivable, the game does
not record your high scores. My triumphant 170,000-point, 15-level game
was lost the moment I pressed the Continue button. It would be nice to
record high scores and also to be able to compare your scores to other
players. I’m sure my high score looks pretty amateurish in the world of
Cannon Challenge. But I plan to keep blasting away.
Cannon Challenge is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the
iPhone 2.x software update.