CSE 694G (Proposed)

CSE 694G: Advanced Game Programming (Capstone)

Description

Capstone course for computer graphics and artificial intelligence areas. Quarter-long team-based project design and implement a computer game. Emphasizes teamwork and communication skills.

Level, Credits, Class Time Distribution, Prerequisites

Level	Credits	Class Time Distribution	Prerequisites
UG	4	Two 1.5 hr lectures/discussions; 3 hr group mtg per week	CSE 560, CSE 681 and CSE 630; CSE 781 and CSE 730 suggested.

Quarters Offered

General Information, Exclusions, Cross-listings, etc.

Team taught between graphics and AI faculty

Intended Learning Outcomes

To master small team communication and interaction.
To master deadline driven product development.
To master the exploration and usage of various tools and toolkits used in interactive media and game programming.
To be familiar with interactive and three-dimensional sound.
To be familiar with AI for games and simulations.
To be familiar with Physics and simulation for games.
To be exposed to Networking and concurrency issues for multi-player games.
To be exposed to interpretive or scripting languages as used within games.
To be familiar with the control of input controllers and reconfigurable bindings.
To master programmable graphics shaders, special effects and particle systems.
To be familiar with source code control principles and tools.

Texts and Other Course Materials

Topics

Number of Hours	Topic
1	Course Overview and project guidelines
2	Software engineering for games and basic game structure
2	The graphics toolkit and advanced graphics issues for games.
2	Three-dimensional interactive sound and corresponding toolkits.
4	Artificial Intelligence for games and corresponding toolkits.
2	Physics for games and corresponding toolkits.
2	Scripting for games and corresponding toolkits.
2	Networking for games and corresponding toolkits.
1	Input controllers for games and corresponding toolkits.
6	Team project presentations
1	Game Business
2	Performance optimization, CPU and GPU hardware counters and profiling.
13	In-class team game project design and development time.
10	In-class group technology research time.

Representative Lab Assignments

Timebox 1: Basic game structure and overall finite-state machine, including loading content, menu system, play start-up and cleanly terminating.
Timebox 2: Basic gameplay including 3D sound and interactivity. Packaging, compression and installation packages.
Timebox 3: Adding richness through better graphical models, shaders, sound system, AI behaviors and physics.
Final Project: Continued development, forecast for the future and game post-mortem

Grades

Quizes	10%
Timebox #1	10%
Timebox #2	10%
Timebox #3	10%
Game Design Document	10%
Final Game	10%
Presentations	10%
Technology research	20%
Homeworks	10%

Relationship to ABET Criterion 3

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Relationship to CSE Program Outcomes/Objectives

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Course Coordinator: Roger Crawfis
Prepared by Roger Crawfis
Last modified: Tuesday, November 28, 2006