CSX070 -- Spring 2009 Introduction to Game Programming

Course meets M 2:30pm, TTh 2:00pm GSRC 208

Instructor: Dr. Jeff W. Smith

Office: 416 Boyd GSRC

Office hours: After class: M 3:20pm, TTh 3:15pm, or by appt email: jws@cs.uga.edu

Teaching Assistant: Kartheek Atluri email: atluri@cs.uga.edu

Office: GSRC 301

Office hours: W 11:00-12:00noon, other times by appointment

Teaching Assistant: Chinmay Kale email: kale@cs.uga.edu

Office: GSRC 301A

Office hours: Thu 1-2pm, other times by appointment

Course E-mail address: csx070@cs.uga.edu

Course Web Address: www.cs.uga.edu/~csx070

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Overview & Schedule (Under Construction)

Monitor here to find out the Assignments (Under Construction)

Read here how to submit computer assignments

Monitor this link to find out about the Final Exam

Here are some example games that are similar to the game of Projects 1-5:

• Bounce-out game example.
• Bounce-out same game, another site.

Here are some example games that are similar to the game of Projects A-?:

• Rapid Wars game example.
• Aliens Must Die game example.

No book required (so far), but there will be readings from such sources as

• Info about the Dev C++ development system is here. and here. Get the latest version (4.9.9.2).

• Info about the SDL development libraries is here. Want the latest version (1.2.12);

• You can get SDL 1.2.13 here Get the development version for win32 and mingw32.

• Intro game and graphics glossary; another gamer terms glossary

• Intro tutorial for game programming is here, click on tutorials

• Intro tutorial for 2D game programming is here

• A different point of view on introductory SDL, has different examples is here

• Intro and example site for printing text w/ SDL_ttf here

• Intro and example site for sound w/ SDL_mixer here

• Interactive tutorial on collision detection here

• Some explanation and examples on project specification here

• A top-level site on the rendering pipeline here

• The .ppt on the Video Display history, environment, and Video Monitor

Here are some sites of general interest (just a click away!):

• Game Developer magazine home page

• Game Developer Conference home page

• Game Programming Wiki Demos and Tutorials home page

• GameDev home page

• Gamasutra home page

After the basics, you might be interested in these topics:

• A good start site for game programming topics is here

• Another site for game programming overview and topics is here

• A history and overview of game consoles

• A software package for constructing tiles and sprites

• A site dedicated to PC games

• A source of texture maps and other graphics resources

• A mathematical treatment of the issues of pursuit

• Tutorial material (in Czech-like language) on shading

• Texture-mapping article and interactive applet

• Overview and Example material on C++ code improvement

• Overview and Example material on cel shading

• commercial sound effects for demo and sale

• aliasing intro

• moire pattern examples

• Sega Genesis emulator

• 2D made game Aquaria

• free game API Allegro

• free shmup game for Windows rRootage

• 3D rendering tutorial

• Game User Interface tutorial

• 3D Studio Max (3ds Max) tutorial demo

• 3D Modeling Tools comparison chart

• Game Engine catalog

• GameFaqs help and bulletin board

• Found by Mr Robt Wilson, a Sprite Library

Today's Quote:

"Education is what remains after everything you've learned has been forgotten." --B. F. Skinner