COMP 7970 Intro to Computer Game Design and Development

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COMP 7970Intro to Computer Game Design and
Development

• Dr. Cheryl D. Seals
• sealscd_at_auburn.edu
• Shelby Center

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Topics

• Following (roughly) the International Game
  Developers Association Curriculum Framework
  (http//www.igda.org/academia/curriculum_framework
  .php)
• One of the reasons your text was chosen
• Four broad themes
• Social aspects
• Technology aspects
• Software Engineering aspects
• Business aspects

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Introductions

• Instructor
• Dr. Cheryl D. Seals
• sealscd_at_auburn.edu
• Shelby 3101M
• Research
• Artificial Intelligence (in Education)
• Games2Educate
• Diversity in IT
• Human Computer Interaction User Interface Design

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Books/media

• Textbook
• Introduction to Game Development
• Ed. Steve Rabin
• May 2005 Charles River Media
• ISBN 1584503777
• Game Design Workshop Designing, Prototyping, and
  Playtesting Games (Paperback)
• Tracy Fullerton, Christopher Swain, Steven
  Hoffman
• Software
• 3D Game Studio, www.3dgamestudio.com
• Download 30-day trial version
• Available in CSSE lab

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Related Classes

• CS Classes
• Computer Graphics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Networking
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Software Engineering
• Visual Arts
• Music

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New Certificate in Gaming

• Five courses
• Undergraduate or Graduate
• Game Design I II
• Artificial Intelligence
• HCI-related class (Virtual Reality, etc)
• Graphics

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What you will do

• Analysis
• Design
• Programming
• User testing
• Programming!
• Enjoy!

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5-Phase Project

• Build a team
• Tell me your team members ASAP
• Build a game
• Phases
• Settle on a game idea
• Formal Game Proposal
• Game Design
• Progress Report
• Alpha Release
• Playtesting Results

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Course Information

• Grading
• Exams 2 20
• Project (5 parts) 40
• Assignments Participation 20
• Topic Presentation 20
• Advice Learn from past
• Content, lectures, projects, ...
• Read the book, search out other relevant resources

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Project Teams

• 4 people (diverse is best!)
• Consider schedules
• Cool name

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Software

• 3D Game Studio
• Never Winter Nights
• Alice 3D
• Anim8or
• 3D Studio Max
• 4D paint
• Sound Forge
• Unreal
• Direct X
• Others

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Hardware

• Windows computers
• Other?

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Info I Need

• Your name
• Your year of study
• Relevant classes
• Your Visual Audio Art Design experience
• Your Computer Science experience