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====== CS 498 - Game Development ======

Semester: Fall 2013

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===== Information / Announcements =====

  * The final exam is scheduled for Friday, 12/20/2013, 01:00PM - 03:00PM in HH305, but as there is no final exam in this course, you will demonstrate your group-developed 2D games during the final exam period.

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===== Notes =====


    * [[Intro, History of Computer and Video Games]] (Updated: 9/1)
    * [[Game Design Principles and Game Genres]] (Updated: 9/6)
    * [[Java and Game Programming]] (Updated: 9/10)
    * [[Java User Interface Components and 2D Graphics]] (Updated: 9/13)
    * [[Java Images, Animation, Sprites]] (Updated: 9/27)
      * [[Animation framework decoupled from frame rate]] (Updated: 10/22)
      * [[On-screen menu example - Snowfall]] (Updated: 10/25)
    * [[Physics, Collisions]] (Updated: 10/8)
    * [[Overview of Software Development Methodologies, Game Testing|Overview of Software Development Methodologies]] (Updated: 10/18)
    * [[Game Quality Assurance]] (Updated: 10/29)
    * [[Scrolling, Sound, AI]] (Updated: 11/5)
    * [[Ethics, Security]] (Updated: 11/12)
    * [[Networking]] (Updated: 11/15)
    * [[Games Engines, Mobile, 3D|Game Engines, Mobile, 3D]] (Updated: 11/27)

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===== Tasks =====

 >> [[CS 498gd Assignments | Assignments]] (Updated: 11/19)

 >> [[CS 498gd Projects | Projects]] (Updated: 11/08)

 >> Reading (See Links and Resources below.)

 >> [[CS 498 Game Ideas]] (user edit-able)

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===== Links and Resources =====

  * **Java 2D, animation:**
    * http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/2d/index.html
    * http://courses.coreservlets.com/Course-Materials/java5.html (follow “Java 2D” link)
    * http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~cema/courses/CSE5910/lectureFiles/lecture7b.htm

  * **Java game programming:**
    * http://zetcode.com/tutorials/javagamestutorial/basics/
    * http://www.cokeandcode.com/info/tut2d.html - Space Invaders 101: An Accelerated Java 2D Tutorial
    * http://www.cokeandcode.com/info/tut2d-2.html - Space Invaders 102: Timing and Animation in Java
    * http://www.cokeandcode.com/info/tut2d-3.html - Space Invaders 103: Refactoring and OpenGL
    * http://www.cokeandcode.com/info/tut2d-4.html - Space Invaders 104: Rendering in LWJGL
    * Java Game Programming, from GameDev.net (old; broken links in articles):
      * http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1262.asp - Part I: The Basics
      * http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1360.asp - Part II: Making a Simple Game
      * http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1383.asp - Part III: The Power of Arrays
    * http://www.java4k.com - Home of the 4K (Game) Programming Contest

  * **Java:**
    * http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/ (Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition Documentation, Versions 1.6.0+)
    * http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/ (Introduction to Programming using Java)
    * http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ (Sun Java Tutorials)
    * http://www.disordered.org/Java-QA.html (Make Sense of Java)

  * **Game Design:**
    * http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1940.asp - Game Unified Process
    * http://archive.gamedev.net/archive/reference/articles/article1843.html - Incremental Development

  * **Game Engines:**
    * http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1947.asp - Enginuity, Part I

  * **Game Quality Assurance (QA):**
    * http://archives.igda.org/qa/IGDA_Best_Practices_QA.pdf - QA Best Practices Report from the 2003 Game Developers Conference
    * http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson5.htm - "Testers -- The Unsung Heroes of Games"

  * **Gamasutra**
    * http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051026/gabler_01.shtml - How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days: Tips and Tricks from 4 Grad Students Who Made Over 50 Games in 1 Semester

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