Class lectures are based on the following lecture notes. Games reviewed in class are listed in italics.
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Jan. 6 |
Course overview [PDF] Legend of Zelda |
| Jan. 9 | Juul's Classic Game Definition [PDF] Super Mario Brothers, Sim City, Chutes and Ladders |
| Jan. 11 | Careers in the computer gaming industry [PDF] Gradius |
| Jan. 13 | Rules and State Machines [PDF] Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Jan. 18 | Viewed "Video Game Invasion: The History of a Global Obsession" |
| Jan. 20 | Viewed "The Video Game Revolution" |
| Jan. 23 | Using Photoshop to make Sprites [PDF] Katamari Damacy |
| Jan. 25 | Game rules, algorithmic rules, games of emergence and progression [PDF] Guitar Hero |
| Jan. 27 | Emergence and interesting choices, possible exam topics [PDF] |
| Feb. 1 | Creating games with Game Maker (overview) [PDF] Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
| Feb. 3 | Creating games with Game Maker: Events [PDF] Dance Dance Revolution |
| Feb. 6 | Creating games with Game Maker: Movement and Rooms [PDF] Psychonaut Game Maker demo: multi-room movement [GM6] |
| Feb. 8 | Creating games with Game Maker: Inheritance, Variables, Conditionals [PDF] Ico Game Maker demo: Space Eggs 2006 [GM6] |
| Feb. 10 | Perspectives on design: Challenge and Conflict [PDF] Soul Caliber III |
| Feb. 13 | Perspectives on design: Interactivity, Graphic Realism [PDF] Rez |
| Feb. 15 | Design essays: Centipede, Adventure, Eastern Front [PDF] |
| Feb. 17 | Narrative and Conversation [PDF] Shadow of the Colossus, Zork, Book and Volume, Facade |
| Feb. 22 | Basic behaviors in Game Maker [PDF] Perfect Dark Zero Game Maker demos: homing-bullets-too-good [GM6], homing-bullets-alarm-adjust [GM6], monsters-run-toward-player[GM6] |
| Feb. 24 | Panel questions about games for women, and women in games [PDF] Street Fighter III |
| Feb. 27 | Character behaviors that depend on seeing the character [PDF] Resident Evil 4 Game Maker demo: firing-moving-in-maze [GM6] |
| Feb. 28 | Potential exam 2 questions [PDF] |
| Mar. 3 | Economics of Virtual Worlds [PDF] Oni |
| Mar. 6 | Governance of Virtual Worlds [PDF] Spore video |
| Mar. 8 | Project Q & A (no lecture notes) Donkey Kong Jungle Beat |
| Mar. 10 | Future Directions [PDF] Mega Man 2 |
| Mar. 20 | Potential final exam questions and topics [PDF] |
Last updated: 3/20/2006