1. Jan 11, Fall 2003CS44551 ITCS4010/5010-001 Computer Game Design and Development Tiffany Barnes, Ph.D. tbarnes2@uncc.edu

2. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS40102 Credits  These slides and course adapted from:  CS4455 at Georgia Tech  “Video Game Design and Programming”  By Chris Shaw

3. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS40103 Topics  Four broad themes: –Social aspects –Algorithmic aspects –Software Engineering aspects –Business aspects

4. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS40104 Introductions  Instructor –Tiffany Barnes –tbarnes2@uncc.edu  Research –Artificial Intelligence in Education –Diversity in IT –Bioinformatics

5. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS40105 Introductions  TA –Shilpa Sharma –ssharma@uncc.edussharma@uncc.edu –Back from India next week

6. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS40106 Related Classes  CS Classes –Computer Graphics –Artificial Intelligence –Networking –Human-Computer Interaction –Software Engineering  Visual Arts  Music

7. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS40107 New Certificate in Gaming  Five courses  Undergraduate or Graduate  Game Design I & II  Artificial Intelligence  HCI-related class (Virtual Reality, etc)  Graphics

8. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS40108 What you will do  Analysis  Design  Programming  User testing  Programming!  Enjoy!

9. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS40109 5-Phase Project  Build a team –Tell me your team members ASAP  Build a game  Phases –Settle on a game idea (~January 22) –Formal Game Proposal (~January 27) –Game Design (~February 22) –Progress Report (~March 15) –Alpha Release (~April 19) –Playtesting Results (~May 3)

10. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS401010 Course Information  Grading –Project (5 parts)13-16% each --> 70% –Homeworks10% –Final20%  Advice: Learn from past –Content, lectures, projects,...

11. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS401011 Project Teams  4 people (diverse is best!)  Consider schedules  Cool name

12. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS401012 Software  3D Studio Max –4D paint  Sound Forge  Unreal  3D Game Studio  Direct X  Others…

13. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS401013 Hardware  Just ask.

14. Jan 11, Spr 2005ITCS401014 Info I Need  Your name  Your year of study  Relevant 3rd & 4th year classes  Your Visual Art & Design experience  Your Audio Art & Design experience  www.cs.uncc.edu/~tbarnes/GameDesign