Syllabus
DONT PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO THIS. I Expect to revise this substantially.
Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Notes | Assignments |
1 | 1/9 | No class (gas leak!) | |||
1/11 | Introduction/admin, history | 1.1 | |||
1/13 | Game proposal, fun | 1.2, 2.1 | |||
2 | 1/16 | HOLIDAY | MLK Day | ||
1/18 | Game design | 2.2 | A0: Game Idea Pitch Due |
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1/20 | Pitch discussion |
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3 | 1/23 | Production/teams/projects | 3.1, 7.1 | Teams-Production | Project Part 0 Due (Team Members and Topic) |
1/25 | Languages and Architecture | 3.2-3.7 | Architecture | ||
1/27 | |||||
4 | 1/30 | A1: Engine Critique Due | |||
2/1 | Collision Detection, Physics | 4.1-4.3 | Prof AWAY | ||
2/3 | Prof AWAY | ||||
5 | 2/6 | Proposal Presentations | Project Part 1 Due (Game Proposal) | ||
2/8 | Proposal Presentations | ||||
2/10 | Proposal Presentations | ||||
6 | 2/13 | Graphics, 3D and Texturing | 5.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.6 | Graphics | |
2/15 | Living Gameworlds Symposium in TSRB on 2/16 | A2: Proposal Critique Due | |||
2/17 | CLASS CANCELED | ||||
7 | 2/20 | ||||
2/22 | Design Presentations | Project Part 2 (Game Design) | |||
2/24 | Design Presentations | ||||
8 | 2/27 | Animation | 5.2, 6.7 | Traditional Animation | |
3/1 | CharacterAnimation | ||||
3/3 | drop deadline | ||||
9 | 3/6 | Presentation Day | Project Part 3 (Progress Report) | ||
3/8 | Presentation Day | ||||
3/10 | Presentation Day | ||||
10 | 3/13 | MIDTERM | solution | ||
3/15 | AI | 5.3, 5.4 | AI | ||
3/17 | |||||
11 | 3/20 | BREAK | |||
3/22 | BREAK | ||||
3/24 | BREAK | ||||
12 | 3/27 | Playtesting | Play Testing | ||
3/29 | Networking | 5.6 | Networking | ||
3/31 | Audio (Mitch) | 5.5 | Audio | ||
13 | 4/3 | Game Demos | Project Part 4 Alpha Release | ||
4/5 | Game Demos | ||||
4/7 | Game Demos | ||||
14 | 4/10 | class canceled | |||
4/12 | Business and Legal | 7.2-7.6 | Business/Legal | ||
4/14 | AR/Facade demo | ||||
15 | 4/17 | Guest lecture: Amy Bruckman, Gender and Games | 1.2 Readings on swiki |
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4/19 | Final Play Testing | ||||
4/21 | Final Play Testing | ||||
16 | 4/24 |
Presentations & Playtesting |
Project Part 5 Final Paper Due | ||
4/26 | Presentations & Playtesting Results | ||||
4/28 | Mini-Expo | 3-6pm TSRB | |||
17 | 4/1 | Final: 2:50-5:40 | FINAL WRITEUP DUE by 4/1 (midnight) |