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. Classes held MWF will meet in Upson 142 while classes held W afternoon (during the discussion section) will be held in either Gates 114 (12:20) or Hollister 206 (2:30). If you are in doubt as to the location of an activity, click on its link below.
| Mon, Jan 22 |
LECTURE:
Course Overview
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| Wed, Jan 24 |
LECTURE:
Mechanics Revisited
ENGRC: Team Orientation |
| Fri, Jan 26 |
LECTURE:
Mobile Gameplay
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| Mon, Jan 29 |
LECTURE:
Monetization
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| Wed, Jan 31 |
CRITIQUE:
Pitch Session
ENGRC: Idea Formation |
| Fri, Feb 02 |
CRITIQUE:
Pitch Session
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| Mon, Feb 05 |
LECTURE:
Architecture Revisited
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| Wed, Feb 07 |
LECTURE:
Scene Graphs
ENGRC: Concept Workshop |
| Fri, Feb 09 |
LECTURE:
Gameplay Modeling
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| Mon, Feb 12 |
LECTURE:
2D Animation
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| Wed, Feb 14 |
DELIVERABLE:
Nondigital Prototype
ENGRC: Milestones |
| Fri, Feb 16 |
DELIVERABLE:
Nondigital Prototype
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| Mon, Feb 19 |
LECTURE:
Mobile Memory
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| Wed, Feb 21 |
LECTURE:
Graphics Pipeline
ENGRC: Gameplay Workshop |
| Fri, Feb 23 |
LECTURE:
Mobile Networking
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| Wed, Feb 28 |
DELIVERABLE:
Gamplay Prototype
PLAYTEST: Gameplay Playtest |
| Fri, Mar 01 |
DELIVERABLE:
Gamplay Prototype
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| Mon, Mar 04 |
LECTURE:
Game Audio
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| Wed, Mar 06 |
LECTURE:
Multithreading
CLASS: Technical Workshop |
| Fri, Mar 08 |
CRITIQUE:
Technical Critique
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| Mon, Mar 11 |
DELIVERABLE:
Technical Prototype
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| Wed, Mar 13 |
DELIVERABLE:
Technical Prototype
PLAYTEST: Technical Playtest |
| Fri, Mar 15 |
DELIVERABLE:
Technical Prototype
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| Mon, Mar 18 |
LECTURE:
Level Design
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| Wed, Mar 20 |
LECTURE:
Procedural Content
ENGRC: Revision Workshop |
| Fri, Mar 22 |
CRITIQUE:
Level Design
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| Mon, Mar 25 |
DELIVERABLE:
Alpha Release
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| Wed, Mar 27 |
DELIVERABLE:
Alpha Release
PLAYTEST: Alpha Playtest |
| Fri, Mar 29 |
DELIVERABLE:
Alpha Release
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| Mon, Apr 08 |
CRITIQUE:
Blizzard Visit
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| Wed, Apr 10 |
CRITIQUE:
Code Walkthrough
ENGRC: App Store Workshop |
| Fri, Apr 12 |
LECTURE:
Marketing and Business
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| Mon, Apr 15 |
DELIVERABLE:
Closed Beta Release
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| Wed, Apr 17 |
DELIVERABLE:
Closed Beta Release
PLAYTEST: Closed Beta Playtest |
| Fri, Apr 19 |
DELIVERABLE:
Closed Beta Release
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| Mon, Apr 22 |
LECTURE:
Game Analytics
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| Wed, Apr 24 |
LECTURE:
Analytic Instrumentation
ENGRC: Revision Workshop |
| Fri, Apr 26 |
CRITIQUE:
Gamefeel Critique
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| Mon, Apr 29 |
DELIVERABLE:
Open Beta Release
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| Wed, May 01 |
DELIVERABLE:
Open Beta Release
PLAYTEST: Open Beta Playtest |
| Fri, May 03 |
DELIVERABLE:
Open Beta Release
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| Mon, May 06 |
CRITIQUE:
Postmortems
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