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CSS 490 – Introduction to Game Programming

Tuesday/Thursday 3:30pm – 5:30pm
            Room: CC1-041

Kelvin Sung (ksung@u.washington.edu)

 

CSS490        Computing and Software Systems        UW Bothell  


Important Links:

·   GoPost Discussion (reading materials/questions/comments etc.)

·   Playtest feedback board

·   Playtest Game Share

·   Final game eval/ranking

·  FAQ for this class.

·   Sites for Image/Audio

Tools:

·   IDE and software

·   XGCS1Lib

§  2011.4.18 Release (BgAudio fix)

§  Lib source (2011.4.18)

§  Font file

§  Documentation

·   Windows Phone 7:

§  Tutorials

 

Other Tools:

·   WinMerge

·   Source version control

·         Free site: assembla

·   Bug tracking support

·         Free site: fogbugz


UWB Resources:

·   Quantitative Skills Center (QSC)

·   Writing Center

 

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!!Final Games From this class!!

Follow this link to check out the games we have built!!

 

 

Ranking from Peers in class:

 



If you are bored, you should try to Conqueror The Campus! Try it!! No! You cannot play this game in my class.

 

Administration:

·    Here is the Syllabus.

·    Your current standing in this class at this point.

·    Permission for showing your work

·    Interesting stuff: Work hard at your final projects! Check out potentials for showing your work to the world!

·    WARNING: using copyrighted materials without explicit permission is illegal! You will receive zero credit if your game contains any unauthorized materials.

 

Other Stuff:

·    In class examples: Week1 (basic math: speed, velocity, following path), Week2 (more math: vector decomposition, collision behavior, chasing a moving object), Week3 (Finite State Machine), Week4 (Stupid Camera and Fake Physics), Week5 (Particle systems).

·    Design Doc Template: based on T. Fullerton’s text.

·    Information on Final Project!

 

Team feedback stats:

·    Week of 5/28 – 6/5. Here is the stat of Final Game PlayTest eval from class.

·    Week of 5/20 – 5/27. Here is the stat of Beta Playtest eval from class.

·    Week of 5/14 – 5/20. Here is the stat of Alpha Playtest eval from class.

·    Week of 5/7 – 5/13. Here is the stat of Game demo eval from class.

·    Week of 4/29 – 5/6. Here is stat of Prototype eval from class.

·    Week of 4/21 – 4/28. Here is stat of Game Pitch eval from class.

 

MP Assigning Dates: (Due date: refer to MP Submission Area)

·    March 29: MP1. One person project. Make sure you read through tutorials 1-3 on XGCS1Lib!

·    April 7: MP2. One person project. This is very involved and difficult!! I promise!! Here are some hints on handling collision.

·    April 19: MP3. Group project

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