CSCI 4070/6070 Introduction to Game Programming

TEXT: none required, if we find a good one we may recommend it

COURSES MATERIALS (files, usually)
may be posted/available on the class web page: www.cs.uga.edu/~csx070
 
COURSE SCHEDULE (Guideline only):

Week/material covered

1 Thu  Jan  7 Introduction, disclaimers

2 Mon  Jan 11 Compile process, Basic game loop, video game history 101
  Tues Jan 12 SDL, Game environment loop, game history 102, Assn1 due
  Weds Jan 13 ------------------- DROP/ADD DEADLINE
  Thur Jan 14 SDL man pages, Assn2 due [DEMO by jws:Proj1]

3 Mon  Jan 18 MLK Day (no class)
  Tues Jan 19 Proj1 due [DEMO by Puckett:Dawn of War/Dark Crusade]
  Thur Jan 21 Assn3 due

4 Mon  Jan 25 Proj2 due [DEMO by Bradley:Super Mario on Wii]
  Tues Jan 26 Assn4 due [DEMO by jws:SpaceOut from BeginGamePgmg]
  Thur Jan 28 Assn5 due

5 Mon  Feb  1 Assn6 due
  Tues Feb  2 Groundhog Day Assn7 due [DEMO by jws:Proj3]
  Thur Feb  4 Proj3 due [DEMO by jws:Proj4-]

6 Mon  Feb  8
  Tues Feb  9 Assn8 due [DEMO by Puckett:DOTA]
  Thur Feb 11 Proj4 due [DEMO by Yoon:Left4Dead2]
  Sun  Feb 14 Valentine's Day

7 Mon  Feb 15 Assn9 due [DEMO by jws:Proj5-][DEMO by Puckett:WoW Frozen Throne]
  Tues Feb 16 Assn10 due [DEMO by Mou]
  Thur Feb 18 Assn11 due [DEMO by Esteras:CivilizationIV-Beyond the Sword]
  Fri  Feb 19 Proj5 due

8 Mon  Feb 22 rendering [DEMO by jws:Hamurabi]
  Tues Feb 23 Assn12 due [DEMO by jws:ProjA][DEMO by Thompson:GameJam & DiabloII]
  Thur Feb 25 <<<----------- EXAM 1 CSX070 Spring 10 --------------<<<
  Fri  Feb 26 ProjA due

9 Mon  Mar  1 [DEMO by koya:Owata adventure]
  Tues Mar  2 (SNOW DAY no class) Read13 due
  Tues Mar  2 -------------------- Semester MIDTERM date Spring 2010
  Thur Mar  4
  Fri  Mar  5 ProjB due

  Mon  Mar 8-12 Spring Break

10 Mon  Mar 15 [DEMO by jws:scrolling][DEMO by jws:Pong]
   Tues Mar 16 ProjS Proposaldue [DEMO by bradley][DEMO by cotterell:torchlight]
   Thur Mar 18 shading (Garoud, Phong) [DEMO by lipham]

11 Mon  Mar 22 ProjC due [DEMO by medina]
   Tues Mar 23 texturing [DEMO by brant:god of war]
   Tues Mar 23 ------------------ WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE
   Thur Mar 25 game AI [DEMO by martin:StarcraftII]

12 Mon  Mar 29 review, America's Army, serious games [DEMO by yoon:mass effect2]
   Tues Mar 30 game network 101 [DEMO by thompson:WoW Lich King]
   Thur Apr  1 game network 102 [DEMO by yong:StarCraft]

13 Mon  Apr  5 games & cinema [DEMO by yoon:just cause2]
   Tues Apr  6 interviewing [DEMO by collins:mrmosquito]
   Thur Apr  8 code development [DEMO by puckett:last remnant]

14 Mon Apr  12 puzzler, video 7 Principles of Game Design
   Tues Apr 13 program performance improvement
   Thur Apr 15 rendering pipeline [DEMO by collins]

15 Mon  Apr 19 Pong + Pacman
   Tues Apr 20 render, GPU/GPGPU
   Thur Apr 22 Doom + Project Demo issues

16 Mon  Apr 26
   Tues Apr 27
   Thur Apr 29 [last classday] (Monday schedule) DEMO DAY (see below) ProjS due

   Thur May 6, 3:30pm  ------------ FINAL EXAM ---------------------

DEMO SESSION - show your work! (NOTE: demos can be done Wed Apr 28 or
at the scheduled time of the Final Exam if necessary; by appt).
(A demo is _voluntary_; but this is an official session of this course)
Thu Apr 29 (last class day) Demo the Semester Project (10min slot nominal).
(Also, you should hand in the ProjectS on this day):

2:30  1. jws
      2. nishio
      3. martin
      4. kwon
      5. oparah
      6. esteras
3:30  7. casey
      8. mou
      9. gresham
     10. jiva
     11. scott
     12. sanders
4:30 13. bradley
     14. medina
     15. burch
     16. lipham
     17.
     18.
5:30 19. cotterell
     20. collins
     21. thompson
     22. puckett
     23.
     24.

for interesting, instructive, and entertaining presentations and demos by:

Thur May 6, 3:30pm  ------------ FINAL EXAM ---------------------
 
GRADING:

All exams are comprehensive, but emphasize the most recent material.
Hour (midterm) exam                     .05
Final exam                          	.20

There will be some number of design/programming projects,
these may be weighted to reflect complexity.

Designs/Programs/problems assigned/labs .75