Lecture Notes
Here are the lecture notes as a single pdf file.
Course Schedule
Readings from "Gregory" are from Game Engine Architecture by Jason Gregory, 2009.
| Lect |
Dates |
Title |
Related Resources |
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Tue, Jan 24 |
(No lecture. Class cancelled due to snow) |
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| 1 |
Thu, Jan 26 |
Introduction to Game Programming
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| 2 |
Tue, Jan 29 |
Computer Game and Graphics System Architectures
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Gregory, Chapt 1 |
| 3 |
Thu, Jan 31 |
Basic Elements of OpenGL and GLUT
(Updated Feb 24)
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OpenGL Web Site
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| 4 |
Tue, Feb 5 |
More about OpenGL and GLUT
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OpenGL Web Site
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| 5 |
Thu, Feb 7 |
Drawing in OpenGL: Transformations
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OpenGL Web Site
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| 6 |
Tue, Feb 12 |
3-d Viewing and Projections
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OpenGL Web Site
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| 7 |
Thu, Feb 14 |
Tips on Programming in C++
(Optional lecture — Not covered on exams.)
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C++ for Java
C++ Annotations
C++11 Overview
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| 8 |
Tue, Feb 19 |
Geometric Data Structures for Games: Meshes and Manifolds
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(See the notes)
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| 9 |
Thu, Feb 21 |
Geometric Data Structures for Games: Geometric Graphs
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(See the notes)
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| 10 |
Tue, Feb 26
Thu, Feb 28 |
Geometric Data Structures for Games: Index Structures
(Updated, Thu, Feb 28.)
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(See the notes)
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Thu, Mar 7 |
Audio for Games (Guest lecture by Prof. Duraiswami)
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| 11 |
Tue, Mar 12 |
Light Modeling for Games
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Gregory, Chapt 10
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| 12 |
Thu, Mar 14 |
Texture Mapping
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| 13 |
Tue, Mar 26 |
Animation for Games: Basics
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Gregory, Chapt 11
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| 14 |
Thu, Mar 28 |
Animation for Games: Skeletal Animation
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Gregory, Chapt 11
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| 15 |
Tue, Apr 2 |
Animation for Games: Animation and Skinning
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Gregory, Chapt 11
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| 16 |
Thu, Apr 4 |
Artificial Intelligence for Games: Basics
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| 17 |
Tue, Apr 9 |
Artificial Intelligence for Games: Planning Motion
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Rabin and LaValle
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| 18 |
Thu, Apr 11 |
Artificial Intelligence for Games: Finding Paths
(Updated Apr 20)
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(See the notes)
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| 19 |
Tue, Apr 16
Thu, Apr 18 |
Artificial Intelligence for Games: Multiple Agent Motion
(Updated Apr 25)
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(See the notes)
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| 20 |
Tue, Apr 23
Thu, Apr 25 |
Artificial Intelligence for Games: Decision Making
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(See the notes)
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| 21 |
Tue, Apr 30 |
Multiplayer Games and Networking
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(See the notes)
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| 22 |
Thu, May 2 |
Cheating in Multiplayer Games
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(See the notes)
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| 23 |
Tue, May 7 |
Semester Review
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