MA C130 3.00 Units
Fundamentals of Game Design A/CSU
Advisory: CSCI C265, CSCI C266
This course introduces the techniques for electronic game design production. Topics include the past, present and future of the game industry, basic game programming concepts, game art requirements, understanding palettes, file formats, creating graphics for 2D games, creating graphics for 3D games, porting of project meshes, maps, and animation data to game format files, low-polygon count modeling techniques, and motion capture. Artificial intelligence for opponent behaviors, networked systems, and the issues surrounding multi-user play will also be examined. 36 hours lecture/54 hours laboratory