Class Sessions

Your teams have a lot of programmers on them. How do you divide up work and make sure that everyone is productive? The secret is designing your software architecture before you start to code. That is the subject of this lecture.    More ›

The purpose of this lab is to brainstorm ideas for the nondigital prototype, which is due next week. You can also use some of this time to work on your concept document revision.    More ›

Game development often involves the creation of a lot of specialized software. But the most important elementis the game loop. This infinitely running loop is what animates the characters and makes the game responsive to player input.    More ›

The first major deliverable of the course is the nondigital prototype. In this lecture we talk about how to model a digital game without using software.    More ›

This set of labs is another round of technical topics. This time, we have what is possibly the most involved lab for the designers. For programmers, it is the last truly challenging lab.    More ›