CS 4731 / CS 7632: Game AI Summer 2016 Schedule
The information on the course homepage bears repeating: The syllabus and webpage should be considered a living document subject to change throughout the course of the semester. This page in particular will be updated frequently. I reserve the right to modify any of these plans as need be during the course of the class; however, I won't do anything too drastic, and you'll be informed as far in advance as possible. There are multiple places in the class schedule to accommodate student interests in particular subjects.
The schedule is as follows:
| Date | Topic | Reading Due | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/17 | Intro | M Ch 1 & 2 | Hw 0: Install Pygame, Numpy and test with HW1. Peek at the Game Engine Documentation |
| 5/19 | Graphs, Search, And Movement | M Ch4, B Ch5 & 8 | Hw 1: Grid Navigation |
| 5/24 | Graphs, Search, And Movement | M Ch4, B Ch5 & 8 | Hw 1 due Tues night |
| 5/26 | Graphs, Search, And Movement | M Ch3, B Ch1 & 3 | Hw 1.5: Path Network |
| 5/31 | Steering | M Ch2, B Ch3 | Hw 1.5 due Wed night |
| 6/2 | Decision Making: FSMs | B Ch2, M 5.1,5.3 | Hw 2: Nav Mesh |
| 6/7 | Decision Making: D Trees | M 5.2, 5.4 | Hw 2 due Wed night |
| 6/9 | Decision Making: B Trees | M 5.2, 5.4 | Hw 3: APSP |
| 6/14 | Decision Making: B Trees cont. | M 5.7 | Hw 3 due Wed night |
| 6/16 | Decision Making: Planning | M 5.7 | Hw 4: A* |
| 6/21 | Decision Making: Planning | M 5.7 | Hw 4 due Wed night |
| 6/23 | Decision Making: Communication | M 5.5, 5.9, 5.10, B 6, 10 | Hw 5: Minion Agents |
| 6/28 | Decision Making: Rule-based Systems, Fuzzy Logic | M 5.5, 5.8, B 10 | Hw 5 due Wed night |
| 6/30 | PCG | T-square pcg papers | Hw 6: Hero Agents |
| 7/5 | OFFICIAL SCHOOL HOLIDAY | M 7.1-2 | Final Project |
| 7/7 | Work in groups on CAPSTONE | Catchup on readings | Hw 6 due Mon (7/11) night; pitches ready for 7/12 |
| 7/12 | PCG & Player Models | T-square pcg papers | Hw 7 (optional): SMB level generation |
| 7/14 | PCG: Search Revisited & Evolution. | M 7.8, 7.3 | - |
| 7/19 | Predictions: N-grams & CBR | M 7.7, 12 & 13 | Hw 7 (optional) due Wed Night |
| 7/21 | Game Demos, Special topics: Game Oscars | Tactics: M 6 | - |
| 7/26 | Recap & Eval | - | CAPSTONE |
| 7/29 | Final Exams Period | 2:50pm-5:40pm, here | Capstone demos |