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Intro slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fryrlzugSeknaHKXytdqBFCpegXrDrd2WgDjp9hfgf8/edit?usp=sharing
#INTRODUCTION TO GAME PROGRAMMING
##1:1 Who am I? What have I made? What's the point of programming?
DIVE INTO PROCESSING GAME 1: Tower of Hanoi (in Processing)
- Variables, If/Then/Else, Loops, Arrays
- Mouse Input
- Documentaton, Drawing, Responding to Input
ASSIGN HOMEWORK 1
##1:2 GAME 2: Matching Game (in Processing)
- State
- Classes (let's make a button)
- first UI Screen
- 2D Arrays
ASSIGN HOMEWORK 2
##2:1 GAME 3: Pong (in Processing)
- Run Loop
- Keyboard Input
- Dumb AI
ASSIGN HOMEWORK 3
##2:2 Processing Examples -- Students Code!
##3:1 GAME 4: Chess (in Processing)
- JSON
- Data-driven game development
- "Rules-based" development. Load data from disk at startup. Change data = change gameplay.
ASSIGN HOMEWORK 4
##3:2 Processing Examples Studio Time to work through Examples & First 4 Homeworks
##4:1 HOMEWORK 1 (Towers of Hanoi) & 2 (Matching) DUE
Flash is Dead. But what is it?
- Display tree
- UI authoring
- Intro to Flash Builder
- MouseInput in Flash
Flash Examplse
##4:2 No more Chess! Homework 4 = one extra week. Do Chess if you're brave... or Match-3! In Flash OR Processing.
- Framework deep dive.
- Let's de-construct a finished Match-3 game in Processing.
- Walk through the steps necessary to construct that Match-3 game.
- Help with Pong if there's time.
##5:1 HOMEWORK 3 (Pong) DUE
- Port Processing Match-3 to Flash
ASSIGN PROJECT 1: PORT ONE OF THE 3 STARTER GAMES TO FLASH -- DUE 7:1 @ EOD YOUR "PORT" MUST HAVE: 3 screens -- Menu, Gameplay, Game Over at least 1 button at least 1 image loaded from disk
##5:2 Studio time! Help with Project 1 (Flash Port) & Homework 4 (Match3/Chess)
##6:1 HOMEWORK 4 DUE (Match-3 in Flash/Processing or Chess in Processing)
Introduce Unity & C# Unity exercises.
- C#.
- Using a physics engine.
- Concept of a 2D "camera."
ASSIGN PROJECT 2: MAKE A GAME (ANY GAME, ANY TECH) -- DUE ON FINAL CLASS Present ideas on a scale from easy->harder. Easy doesn't mean worse grade. Must have at least 3 screens. Must get idea approved.
##6:2 ASSIGN HOMEWORK 5 -- MINIGOLF
Project 2 initial ideas due (not graded).
Studio time -- help out with Unity setup, Project 1, Homework 5. Whiteboarding project 2 ideas.
##7:1 PROJECT 1 DUE
Prof OUT Work on Study Guide (bonus assignment) Work on Project 1, Homework 5 (GOLF)
##7:2 Game 8: Endless Runner (Unity)
- Deconstruct the gameplay.
- Obstacles/gameplay.
- Character animation.
ASSIGN HOMEWORK 6 (Endless Runner)
Project 2 ideas must be approved by the end of this class.
##8:1 HOMEWORK 5 (MINIGOLF) DUE
Javascript + photoshop scripting. Real world examples.
ASSIGN HOMEWORK 7 (PhotoShop Script)
Studio time for homework 6 (Endless Runner) & 7 (Photoshop) and Project 2.
##8:2
Studio time for homework 6 (Endless Runner)/7 (Photoshop script) and Project 2
##9:1 HOMEWORK 6 DUE
Walk through Prof H's Ludum Dare projects and how they're built (3 are Flash, 3 are Unity) Studio time for homework 7 and Project 2
##9:2 Walk through Dragon Army games -- show real-life examples of architecture and pipeline (using everything we've learned in class).
Studio time for homework 7 and Project 2
##10:1 HOMEWORK 7 DUE (Photoshop Script)
Help with Project 2.
##10:2 Present Project 2 in class.