Game Design

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

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

 

 

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
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

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	2 hours x 5 weeks
Lecture	1 hour x 4 weeks
Computer Practical	3 hours x 9 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External	NA x 9 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Group assignment, Group presentation, Online presentation, Supervisor evaluation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.