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Area/Catalogue
INFT 3034

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

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

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Course ID
156789

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
UniSA STEM

Course aim

Using a recognised game development methodology, design and implement a game for use on the Android mobile platform.

Course content

Mobile game design methodology: role of programmers in the developer’s team, conceptualization, design, prototyping and playtesting

Android Java development environment: project structure, build tools, cross compiling, emulators, debugging, library installation

Fundamentals of the Android platform using Java: the application lifecycle, activities, intents, user interface development

Android game engine fundamentals using Java: the game loop, touch input events, 2D sprite atlas and animation, 2D physics, 2D scene graphs, audio

Java network programming using sockets

Overview of advanced topics: Android native development, 3D

Textbook(s)

Andreas Oehlke 2013, Learning Libgdx Game Development , Packt Publishing

Mark L. Murphy 2014, The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development , Version 6.0, CommonsWare, LLC

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
Group 1
Students must have completed one of the following courses:
COMP 2012 Data Structures Essentials
COMP 1040 Programming Fundamentals
COMP 1044 UO Programming Fundamentals
COMP 2033 UO Applied Data Structures

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture 1 Hour x 13 weeks
Computer Practical 1 Hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External N/A x 13 weeks

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


Assessment

Assessment plan, Continuous assessment, Creative work, Presentation, Programming exercise

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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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.

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