CS212: Pilot Project on GBA Development

Hello GBA developers! We'll be posting resources and information for the course here.

CS212 GBA Section: M 4:40-5:30, UP 315

Resources

Course Textbook, Part A: A great introduction to the GBA hardware.
Course Textbook, Part B: A more in-depth and complete look at GBA development.
Multi-file Compilation: A reference for using Makefiles for compiling multiple interdependent files.
CVS Reference: Information about setting up and using CVS for your project.
GBA Headers: Here are the header files you will need to use for GBA development.
DevKitAdvance (for Windows): Here is an installer for your Game Boy Advance compiler.
Presentation Guidelines: a short summary of expectations for your weekly status updates.

#	Date	Topics	Materials
1	Mon 9/18	Introduction to GBA Programming
2	Mon 9/25	C Concepts Fixed Point Math
3	Mon 10/2	Tiled backgrounds Version Control	Tile Demo Tile Set
4	Mon 10/16	Review of A4
5	Mon 10/23	A4 Review (cont.) Multi-file compilation
6	Mon 10/30	Review of final project designs
7	Mon 11/6	Sprites	Sprite Tools Blender Gimp
8	Mon 10/13	GCC __attribute__

#	Due Date	Assignment	Files
1	Sun 9/24 11:59PM	Part I (SaM)
2A	Sun 9/24 11:59PM	Pong	Pong.c (stub) Sprites.h (your graphics)
2B	Mon 10/2 4:40PM	Revised Pong
3	Sun 10/15 11:59PM	Explaining Object Oriented Programming
4	Sun 10/22 11:59PM	Using Tiled Backgrounds	Tile Set
5	Sun 10/29 11:59PM	Project Design Specifications
6	Wed 11/1 11:59PM	Revised Project Design