| Date | Topic(s) | Reading Assignment |
| 8/22/05 |
Overview
How to Give a Talk,
Game Proposals, Genres |
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| 8/24/05 |
Design Teams
Game structure and flow
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Some Thoughts on Game Design, by Andrew Glassner
Finding flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
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| 8/29/05 |
Intro to 3DGS
Understanding Fun
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Text Chapters 1.2, 2.1
Discussion Questions: Ch 1.2 #2, #5
Game Design CD should be handed out.
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| 8/31/05 |
Game Design
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Text Chapter 2.2
Discussion Question: Ch 2.2 #5
Intro 3DGS Tutorial
Assignment 1 Due
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| 9/5/05 |
No class- Labor Day
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| 9/7/05 | Game Design issues,
Chapter 2.2 continued |
Assignment 2 Due
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| 9/12/05 | Using MED in 3DGS
Game Design
Documents
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Assignment 3 due 9/16
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| 9/14/05 |
Graphic Design
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| 9/19/05 |
HCI
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| 9/21/05 |
Game Proposal Presentations
Color & Display Pipeline
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Game Proposals Due 9/21
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| 9/26/05 |
Game Programming Languages
| Text Chapter 3.2
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| 9/28/05 |
Game Architecture
| Text Chapter 3.6, pp. 267-284
Proposal Reviews Due
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| 10/3/05 |
Animation
Collision Detection
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| 10/5/05 |
Game Entities
Collision Detection cont'd
| Text Chapters 4.1, 4.2,
Text Chapter 3.6 pp. 284-295
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| 10/10/05 | No class- Fall Break
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| 10/12/05 | Graphics:
Basics using OpenGL
| Text Chapter 5.1
Design Specs Due
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| 10/17/05 | Design Spec Presentations
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| 10/19/05 |
Lighting
Data Structures
& BSP trees
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Assignment 5 Due 10/24
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| 10/24/05 |
Zach Wartell on Graphics: Geometry
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| 10/26/05 |
Zach Wartell on
Graphics: 3D Viewing
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Exam 1
mailed 10/28/05, due 11/4/05
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| 10/31/05 |
Networks
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| 11/2/05 | Game Demos
Game AI Intro
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Minimum Target Due
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| 11/7/05 | Game AI continued
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Flocking: Reynolds, C.
Steering Behaviors For Autonomous Characters.
Pathfinding:
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| 11/9/05 | Jerry Heneghan from
Virtual Heroes
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| 11/14/05 | Mark Peskir on
Game Audio
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| 11/16/05 | Frank Boosman from
3D Solve
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| 11/21/05 | Alpha Presentations
John Stamper on Group AI/Behaviors
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Alpha Release Due
Review Play Testing Slides from GA Tech class for guidelines for playtesting
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| 11/23/05 | No class - Happy Thanksgiving
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| 11/28/05 | Student Presentations:
Riz on An Object Oriented Game Framework
Ali on
Motion Capture
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| 11/30/05 | Marq Singer from
Red Storm Entertainment
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| 12/5/05 |
Final Game Project Presentations
Ken Overholt on Games and Intelligent Tutoring Systems
John Beck on Inverse Kinematics
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Playtest/Final Paper Due
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| 12/7/05 | Last Day of Class
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| 12/14/05 | Final Exam 3:30-6:30 pm
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