CS281: introduction to Game Development
Teacher
Eelke Folmeroffice hours:
Monday SEM 208
3.30 PM-5.30 PM
schedule
- Mondays 5.30-8.15PM SEM 231C (ECC LABS)
resources
books
indiv. projects
group projects
links
- download gamemaker
- game maker forums
- great games experiment
- experimental gameplay
- helpyouplay
- free sounds
Past Games
News
- The First class will start on 1-26-2009, so you have to wait
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 | Analyzing Gameplay, what makes a good game? | Breakout II | 4 | 3 | submit ch2 |
| 2-16 | The Business of Games | Paratrooper | 5 | 4 | submit ch3 |
| 2-23 | Demo Day: Paratrooper | - | 6 | 5 | submit ch4 |
| 3-2 | Challenge, Conflict & Interaction | Platformer | 7 | 6 | submit ch5 |
| 3-9 | Midterm I GDE 1-6 | 8 | 7 | submit ch6 | |
| 3-16 | Demo Day: Donkey Kong | - | 9 | 8 | submit ch7 |
| 3-23 | Work on First group project | Tower Defense | 10 | 9 | submit ch8 |
| 3-30 | User tests | Bejewelled | 11 | 10 | submit ch9 |
| 4-6 | Demo Day: Top down Shooter | 11 | submit ch10 | ||
| 4-13 | Work on Final Project |
3d games | 12 | submit ch11 | |
| 4-20 | Midterm II GDE 7-12 Design document due |
submit ch12 | |||
| 4-27 | Work on Final Project |
Alpha Test | |||
| 5-4 | Work on Final Project | Beta Test | |||
| 5-11 | Demo Day : final Project |