Teaching, Games, Virtual worlds, Accessibility, game maker

CS281: Introduction to Game Development

Teacher

Eelke Folmer
office hours:
Thursday SEM 208
3.30-5.30PM
cs281[at]eelke[dot]com

Schedule

M 5.30-8.15PM DMS 106

Resources

Syllabus
Books: GDE | GMA

News

12-5 This Friday video game party
12-5 Two more weeks!!
12-4 Grades for MT2 are up and the solution is posted
10-18 The first group project has been posted
10-5 Get those creative juices flowing! Second project has been posted
9-19 Tons of classic arcade games that you can play in your browser.
9-18 The first assignment has been posted and it is paratrooper instead of centipede
9-12 gamer's commute
8-29 Class will start today!!!

Schedule (tentative)

Week	Topic	Book	h-work	Tutorial	Project
Aug 29	Introduction	A1/E1	-	Pong
Sept 5	Labor Day no class	A2/E2	E1
Sept 12	My History of Games [video]	A3/E3	E2	Breakout\|gmk
Sept 19	Game Design	A4/E4	E3	paratrooper
Sept 26		A5/E5	E4	Towerdefense\|gmk	P1 demo
Oct 3	Game Play Workshop	A6/E6	E5
Oct 10	Midterm I (E:1-6)	-	E6
Oct 17		A7/E7		Platformer	P2 demo
Oct 24	Business of Games	A8/E8	E7	Work on game
Oct 31	Class Cancelled	A9/E9	E8		G1_P1
Nov 7	Interaction Design	A10/E10	E9	RTS
Nov 14		A11/E11	E10		G1 demo
Nov 21	Game Accessibility	E12	E11	Bejeweled	G2_P1
Nov 28	Midterm II (E:7-12)		E12
Dec 5	Work on final project			3D games
Dec 12	Work on final project
Dec 16	6-8PM Final Project Demo				G2 demo

A=game maker Apprentice / E = game development Essentials

Teams

Team 1: Shaun Davidson, Marcus Dupree, Kevin Valdez
Team 2: Denver Liu, Krystal Pascual, Jamel Alcain
Team 3: Austin Dunham, Tim Shaw, and Bryce Veronda
Team 4: Aaron Hesson, Chase Carthen, Vladimir Bajenov
Team 5: Paul Squire