CS281: introduction to Game Development
                                        

News

  • The evaluations for this course are available on webct
  • Check out this game called Judith
  • You are invited to attend the IGT-UNR seminar which is held this Friday at the Knowledge center, there will be 3 speakers from the game industry. schedule poster
  • Don't forget to send me your design document before next class starts.
  • Deadline for burning rubber is pushed back one week
  • the half finished bejeweled example we made in class can be downloaded here
  • The grades for the 1st midterm can be found on WebCT. Solutions to the midterm can be downloaded here
Schedule

Week Topics Tutorial GMA GDE Homework
1-19 Martin Lr King Jr. Day - No class 1 -
1-26 Introduction | Minor
Pong 2 1
2-2 The History of Games,myhistory, video Breakout 3 2 submit ch1
2-9 What makes a good game? 4 3 submit ch2
2-16 Presidents Day - No Class - 5 4 submit ch3
2-23 Demo Day: Asteroids Paratrooper 6 5 submit ch4
3-2 Gameplay: Challenge, Conflict & Interaction slides Platform 7 6 submit ch5
3-9 Demo Day: Combat Tower Defense 8 7 submit ch6
3-16 Spring Break -
3-23 Midterm I GDE 1-6 - 9 8 submit ch7
3-30 The Business of Games Bejewelled 10 9 submit ch8
4-6 Jonathan blow lecture slides audio 3D games 11 10 submit ch9
4-13 Demo Day: Burnin' Rubber Lecture: interaction design - 11 submit ch10
4-20 James Kosta Invited talk Design document FP due
- 12 submit ch11
4-27 Midterm II GDE 7-12
- submit ch12
5-4 Work on final project
Sudoku
5-11 Final Project Presentations