Game Programming I; Game Graphics I; Combined Calendar

Spring 2006 / Video Game Learning Community / Evening Class

Schedule will change at instructor's discretion.

January 17, Week 1
- Lab Policies
- Open Lab Information
- Student Profile
- Terragen -- for now just save the images to your hard drive or keychain drive. We will worry about uploading next class.
January 19, Week 1
- Lecture, Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 1 - Types, Variables, and Standard I/O
- Homework: How Much Paint? (due Tuesday)
  - HINT: When you start a new Visual Studio project save it to your keychain drive!
- Read Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 2 for next week
January 24, Week 2
- Lecture, Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 2 - Truth, Branching and the Game Loop
- Homework: page 69 #1 & #3 -- due Jan. 31
- Read Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 3 for next week
January 26, Week 2
- Lecture, Unreal Technologies, Ch. 3 -- CD video equiv. of Level Design 101
- Homework: Measure your home and convert its measurements to Unreal units (1 foot:16 Unreal Units). Design your home in Unreal Editor.
January 31, Week 3
- Lecture, Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 3 - For Loops, Strings and Arrays
- Read Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 4 for next week
- Homework: Fortune Teller due Feb. 7.
February 2, Week 3
- Mastering Unreal, Ch. 4 -- continue working on your house!
February 7 , Week 4
- Lecture, Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 4 - The Standard Template Library
- CPP Homework p 127 ex. #1
- Read Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 5 for next week
February 9 , Week 4
- Mastering Unreal Ch. 5 -- up to about 5.5 in class, you are responsible for the rest of the chapter. Upload all exercises.
February 14, Week 5
- Lecture, Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 5 - Functions
- CPP Homework -- #2 on page 159.
- Read Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 6 for next week
February 16, Week 5
- Lab Time, Mastering Unreal, Ch. 6
- HOMEWORK: Mastering Unreal, Ch. 7
- PROJECT: Water Garden Challenge
  - Construct a water garden using terrain, water, other skills from this semester.
  - Grade will be 50% aesthetic, 50% technical. Bonus pints for incoporating things like particle emmiters.
  - Class grades will be averaged and compared to the day class. The loosing class buys pizza for the other class.
  - Due March
February 21, Week 6
- Lecture, Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 6 - References
- Homework: page 189, Exercise #1 -- due Feb. 28
- Read Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 7 for next week
- Project #1: Connect Four . Due Thursday March 9. You can work in 2 person teams or individually.
  - Hint: Read and understand the Tic-Tac-Toe example described in the book.
February 23, Week 6
- NO CLASS MEETING due to District Conference
February 28, Week 7
- Lecture, Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 7 - Pointers
- Read Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 8 for next week
- Homework: #2 on page 217
March 2, Week 7
- Mastering Unreal, Half of Ch. 8
- Continue working on water garden.
March 7, Week 8
- Lecture, Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 8 - Classes
- Read Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 9
- C++ Game Midterm Exam
March 9, Week 8
- Mastering Unreal, Half of Ch. 8: Creating Materialsin Unreal, All of Ch. 9: Interactive Elements, Some of Ch. 10: Creating Particle Effects
- Graphics Homework: Mastering Unreal, Elevator from Ch. 9
- Links:
  Sharon's UT2004 Links:
  nlecommerce1.dcccd.edu/vgames/sharonsunreallinks.htm
  How to make a vertical fluid surface:
  www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=347610
March 13-17, Week 9
- Spring Break
March 21, Week 10
- Read up on using SDL or Allegro Graphics APIs.
  http://sol.gfxile.net/gp/ch01.html
  http://www.libsdl.org/
  http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/onlinedocs/en/
  http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/index.html
March 23, Week 10
- Matering Unreal, Chapter 11: The Karma Physics Engine
- C++ Game Project #4: Connect Four is due.
March 28, Week 11
- Learn SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) Graphics Library.
  In Class: Complete SDL Lessons 1-7
March 30, Week 11
- Matering Unreal, Chapter 13: Matinee: Creating Custom Cinematics
April 4, Week 12
- Survey of Graphics and Game Libraries for C++
  - Allegro
  - SDL
  - OpenGL
    - Mesa 3D
    - GLUT
  - DirectX
  - OpenAL
- Discussion of how to conceptually code a Space Attack game.
- Learn SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) Graphics Library.
  In Class: Complete SDL Lessons 8-14

April 6, Week 12

Matering Unreal, Chpater 14: Creating Scripting Sequences
Matering Unreal, Chapter 15: Level Optimization (Zoning) and Distribution

April 11, Week 13

Learn SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) Graphics Library.
In Class: Complete SDL Lessons 15-22
Lecture, Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 9 - Advanced Classes and Dynamic Memory
Read Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 10 for next week

April 13, Week 13

Matering Unreal, Chapter 17: Overview of Maya and Chapter 18: Polygonal Modeling Tools
Last Day to Withdraw with a Grade of "W"

April 18, Week 14

Learn SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) Graphics Library.
In Class: Complete SDL Lessons 23-30
Lecture, Beginning C++ Game Programming Chapter 10 - Inheritance and Polymorphism
Project #2: Battleship or Graphical Space Attack Invaders Game. Due Tuesday May 2. You can work in 2 person teams or individually.

April 20, Week 14

April 25, Week 15