For any activity marked DELIVERABLE, CRITIQUE, or ENGRC (which includes PLAYTEST), attendance is mandatory and will count towards your participation grade. For other days, attendance is appreciated, but not required. Days marked as WORKDAY are open office hours giving you free time to work on your project.
The location of a class depends upon the day of the week. For the first two weeks, all classes will take place in the Zoom classroom. Afterwards, classes held MWF will meet in Upson 142 while classes held W afternoon (during the discussion section) will be held in Phillips 203. If you are in doubt as to the location of an activity, click on its link below.
| Mon, Jan 24 |
LECTURE:
Course Overview
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| Wed, Jan 26 |
LECTURE:
Mechanics Revisited
ENGRC: Team Orientation |
| Fri, Jan 28 |
LECTURE:
Mobile Gameplay
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| Mon, Jan 31 |
LECTURE:
Monetization
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| Wed, Feb 02 |
CRITIQUE:
Pitch Session
ENGRC: Idea Formation |
| Fri, Feb 04 |
CRITIQUE:
Pitch Session
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| Mon, Feb 07 |
LECTURE:
Gameplay Modeling
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| Wed, Feb 09 |
LECTURE:
Architecture Revisited
ENGRC: Concept Workshop |
| Fri, Feb 11 |
LECTURE:
Scene Graphs
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| Mon, Feb 14 |
LECTURE:
2D Animation
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| Wed, Feb 16 |
DELIVERABLE:
Nondigital Prototype
ENGRC: Milestones |
| Fri, Feb 18 |
DELIVERABLE:
Nondigital Prototype
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| Mon, Feb 21 |
LECTURE:
Mobile Memory
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| Wed, Feb 23 |
LECTURE:
Graphics Pipeline
ENGRC: Gameplay Workshop |
| Fri, Feb 25 |
LECTURE:
Mobile Networking
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| Wed, Mar 02 |
DELIVERABLE:
Gamplay Prototype
PLAYTEST: Gameplay Playtest |
| Fri, Mar 04 |
DELIVERABLE:
Gamplay Prototype
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| Mon, Mar 07 |
LECTURE:
Game Audio
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| Wed, Mar 09 |
LECTURE:
Multithreading
ENGRC: Technical Workshop |
| Fri, Mar 11 |
CRITIQUE:
Technical Critique
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| Mon, Mar 14 |
DELIVERABLE:
Technical Prototype
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| Wed, Mar 16 |
DELIVERABLE:
Technical Prototype
PLAYTEST: Technical Playtest |
| Fri, Mar 18 |
DELIVERABLE:
Technical Prototype
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| Mon, Mar 21 |
LECTURE:
Level Design
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| Wed, Mar 23 |
LECTURE:
Procedural Content
ENGRC: Revision Workshop |
| Fri, Mar 25 |
CRITIQUE:
Level Design
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| Mon, Mar 28 |
DELIVERABLE:
Alpha Release
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| Wed, Mar 30 |
DELIVERABLE:
Alpha Release
PLAYTEST: Alpha Playtest |
| Fri, Apr 01 |
DELIVERABLE:
Alpha Release
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| Mon, Apr 11 |
CRITIQUE:
Code Walkthrough
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| Wed, Apr 13 |
LECTURE:
Marketing and Business
ENGRC: Video Workshop |
| Fri, Apr 15 |
LECTURE:
NFTs and Games
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| Mon, Apr 18 |
DELIVERABLE:
Closed Beta Release
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| Wed, Apr 20 |
DELIVERABLE:
Closed Beta Release
PLAYTEST: Closed Beta Release |
| Fri, Apr 22 |
DELIVERABLE:
Closed Beta Release
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| Mon, Apr 25 |
LECTURE:
Game Analytics
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| Wed, Apr 27 |
LECTURE:
Analytic Instrumentation
ENGRC: App Store Workshop |
| Fri, Apr 29 |
CRITIQUE:
Gamefeel Critique
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| Mon, May 02 |
DELIVERABLE:
Open Beta Release
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| Wed, May 04 |
DELIVERABLE:
Open Beta Release
PLAYTEST: Open Beta Release |
| Fri, May 06 |
DELIVERABLE:
Open Beta Release
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| Mon, May 09 |
CRITIQUE:
Postmortems
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