| Date | Title | Reading | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Game Dev Process | 1 | Monday Jan 6th |
Course overview | |
| 2 | Tuesday Jan 7th |
Ideas and Feedback | ||
| 3 | Wednesday Jan 8th |
Planning and Risk | ||
| 4 | Thursday Jan 9th |
Documentation | ||
| Assignment 1 due, Friday, Jan 10th | ||||
| 5 | Monday Jan 13th |
Game and Experiences | ||
| 6 | Tuesday Jan 14th |
Game Mechanics | ||
| 7 | Wednesday Jan 15th |
Prototyping | ||
Thursday Jan 16th | Trip to Runaway at 2:00pm | |||
| Assignment 2 due, Friday, Jan 17th | ||||
Game Elements | 8 | Monday Jan 20th |
Level Design | |
| 9 | Tuesday Jan 21st |
2D Graphics | ||
Wednesday Jan 22nd | Trip to RocketWerkz at 2:00pm | |||
| 10 | Thursday Jan 23rd |
Physics | ||
| Assignment 3 due, Friday, Jan 24th | ||||
| 11 | Monday Jan 27th |
AI | ||
| 12 | Tuesday Jan 28th |
UI | ||
| 13 | Wednesday Jan 29th | Guest lecture by Sam Barham from Balancing Monkey Games | ||
Fine tuning | 14 | Thursday Jan 30th |
Game Balance | |
| 15 | Monday Feb 3rd |
The Player and Indirect Control | ||
Other topics | 16 | Tuesday Feb 4th |
Storytelling | |
| 17 | Wednesday Feb 5th | Guest lecture by Tabitha Hayes | ||
Thursday Feb 6th | Waitangi Day | |||
| 18 | Monday Feb 10th |
Wrap up | ||
| Assignment 4 due, Friday, Feb 14th | ||||