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 either Phillips 203 (12:25) or Snee 1120 (2:40). If you are in doubt as to the location of an activity, click on its link below.
| Mon, Jan 23 |
LECTURE:
Course Overview
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| Wed, Jan 25 |
LECTURE:
Mechanics Revisited
ENGRC: Team Orientation |
| Fri, Jan 27 |
LECTURE:
Mobile Gameplay
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| Mon, Jan 30 |
LECTURE:
Monetization
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| Wed, Feb 01 |
CRITIQUE:
Pitch Session
ENGRC: Idea Formation |
| Fri, Feb 03 |
CRITIQUE:
Pitch Session
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| Mon, Feb 06 |
LECTURE:
Architecture Revisited
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| Wed, Feb 08 |
LECTURE:
Scene Graphs
ENGRC: Concept Workshop |
| Fri, Feb 10 |
LECTURE:
Gameplay Modeling
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| Mon, Feb 13 |
LECTURE:
2D Animation
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| Wed, Feb 15 |
DELIVERABLE:
Nondigital Prototype
ENGRC: Milestones |
| Fri, Feb 17 |
DELIVERABLE:
Nondigital Prototype
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| Mon, Feb 20 |
LECTURE:
Mobile Memory
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| Wed, Feb 22 |
LECTURE:
Graphics Pipeline
ENGRC: Gameplay Workshop |
| Fri, Feb 24 |
LECTURE:
Mobile Networking
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| Wed, Mar 01 |
DELIVERABLE:
Gamplay Prototype
PLAYTEST: Gameplay Playtest |
| Fri, Mar 03 |
DELIVERABLE:
Gamplay Prototype
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| Mon, Mar 06 |
LECTURE:
Game Audio
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| Wed, Mar 08 |
LECTURE:
Multithreading
CLASS: Technical Workshop |
| Fri, Mar 10 |
CRITIQUE:
Technical Critique
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| Mon, Mar 13 |
DELIVERABLE:
Technical Prototype
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| Wed, Mar 15 |
DELIVERABLE:
Technical Prototype
PLAYTEST: Technical Playtest |
| Fri, Mar 17 |
DELIVERABLE:
Technical Prototype
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| Mon, Mar 20 |
LECTURE:
Level Design
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| Wed, Mar 22 |
LECTURE:
Procedural Content
ENGRC: Revision Workshop |
| Fri, Mar 24 |
CRITIQUE:
Level Design
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| Mon, Mar 27 |
DELIVERABLE:
Alpha Release
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| Wed, Mar 29 |
DELIVERABLE:
Alpha Release
PLAYTEST: Alpha Playtest |
| Fri, Mar 31 |
DELIVERABLE:
Alpha Release
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| Mon, Apr 10 |
CRITIQUE:
Code Walkthrough
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| Wed, Apr 12 |
LECTURE:
Marketing and Business
ENGRC: App Store Workshop |
| Fri, Apr 14 |
LECTURE:
NFTs and Games
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| Mon, Apr 17 |
DELIVERABLE:
Closed Beta Release
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| Wed, Apr 19 |
DELIVERABLE:
Closed Beta Release
PLAYTEST: Closed Beta Playtest |
| Fri, Apr 21 |
DELIVERABLE:
Closed Beta Release
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| Mon, Apr 24 |
LECTURE:
Game Analytics
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| Wed, Apr 26 |
LECTURE:
Analytic Instrumentation
ENGRC: Revision Workshop |
| Fri, Apr 28 |
CRITIQUE:
Gamefeel Critique
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| Mon, May 01 |
DELIVERABLE:
Open Beta Release
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| Wed, May 03 |
DELIVERABLE:
Open Beta Release
PLAYTEST: Open Beta Playtest |
| Fri, May 05 |
DELIVERABLE:
Open Beta Release
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| Mon, May 08 |
CRITIQUE:
Postmortems
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