Game Design (Undergraduate)

Course aim: To introduce students to the fundamentals of game design and construction.  

Course content
This course will have three components covering the major areas of game design

Game design, design approaches for different classes of games, flow
Programming in a widely used development environment. Development of graphics games in 2D, Basic sound generation, Game architecture
Game AI Concepts, path finding (A),  zero-sum-games (Minimax), rule-based systems, and simple learning mechanisms

Prerequisite(s)
Subject Area & Catalogue Number  

• Group 1
• Students must have completed one of the following courses:
• COMP 1048
• UO Object Oriented Programming
• COMP 1044
• UO Programming Fundamentals
• COMP 1046
• Object Oriented Programming
• COMP 1040
• Programming Fundamentals

Assessment

• Creative work, Presentation, Viva Voce

Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)

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