Game Programming - Beginner Course Outline
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Game Programming - Beginner Course Outline
7:30am Organized off campus activities (for youth) BreakFast for overnighters Organized off campus activities (for youth)
8:00am Commuter Registration Classroom Open
8:30am Review & Questions Review & Questions Review & Questions Review & Questions
9:00am INTRODUCTION Game programming overview SPRITES Objects with images LOOPS
Doing things more than once
FUNCTIONS Part I Organizing your code FINAL PROJECT Program player
9:30am
10:15am BREAK
10:30am TYPES &EXPRESSIONS Calculating new values INPUT
Reading the mouse and keyboard
LISTS Groups of objects FUNCTIONS Part II
More organizing
FINAL PROJECT Program falling debris
11:00am
11:30am
Noon LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
1:00pm VARIABLES Working with computer memory CONDITONS Making decisions DESIGN Planning your Final Project FINAL PROJECT Program sound effects, music and scoring
1:30pm
2:00pm ANIMATION Sprites with multiple images
2:30pm
3:00pm Registration & Check-in for Overnighters BREAK
3:15pm OBJECTS
Objects, attributes and methods
COLLISIONS When sprites overlap AUDIO
Sound and music
ASSETS Finding the right graphics and sound Show and Celebration
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm Dinner for overnighters Home for the day or back to the dorm
5:30pm Dinner for overnighters Dinner and a movie for those staying Friday night
6:00pm Orientation
6:30pm Organized on campus activities (for youth) Classrooms open for project work/optional athletic activities
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm
9:00pm
9:30pm