CSCI 475

Video Game Design & Development

Coordinator: Chad hogg

Credits: 4.0

Description

Introduction to the knowledge and skills needed to create video games. Techniques for and important issues in game design, analysis, and implementation. Creation and use of media assets. Social, ethical, and professional issues. Students expected to build significant game projects using a modern engine. Offered periodically.

Prerequisites

C- or higher in CSCI 362.

Course Outcomes

  1. Iteratively design, prototype, implement and playtest games that are engaging to players.
  2. Use a game engine to graphically model objects and place them into virtual worlds.
  3. Write scripts to control the interactions of game objects with each other.
  4. Use artificial intelligence techniques to model believable behavior.
  5. Discuss ethical considerations, distribution and monetization models, and other non-technical issues important to video game production.