COMP 3501

Foundations of Game Programming

and Computer Graphics

Fall 2012

Instructor: Doron Nussbaum

Office: 5378 Herzberg Building

Office hours: Monday 13:00-15:00

Phone: (613) 520-2600 ext. 1390,

Fax: (613) 520-4334

e-mail: nussbaum@scs.carleton.ca

Classroom: TB 234

Class Hours: Monday, Wednesday - 10:00-11:30

Course-TAs:

TA	E-mail	Office hours	Location
Gail Carmichael*	gail_c@scs.carleton.ca	Wednesday 13:00-15:30 (or by appointment)	HP 5317

* TA Course blog - http://comp3501-fall2012.blogspot.com/

Announcements

Date	Announcement
September 14, 2012	A reminder that there will be no class on Monday September 17, 2012

Deliverables and Assignments

General Course Information

Notes and Schedule

Deliverables

Assignment	Due Date	Comments/Solutions
Group Members List	September 17, 2012 at 13:00
Survey	September 18, 2012 at 16:00
Assignment 1	September 20, 2012 at 22:00	Assignment is available on webCT
Game Proposal	October 3, at 23:00	One per project. Submission is in webCT
Assignment 2	October 7, 2012 at 22:00	Assignment is available on webCT
Assignment 3	October 14, 2012 at 22:00	Assignment is available on webCT
Assignment 4	November 2, 22:00	Assignment was published last week as discuss it in class
Assignment 5	November 23, 2012 at 23:00	Published on webCT
Assignment 6	November 30, 2012 at 23:00	Published on webCT
Game Design Document	November 5, 22:00
Game Progress Demo	Week of November 12-15 (book a time slot)	Available time slots are: Tuesday, Nov. 13, 9:30-12:00 Tuesday, Nov. 13, 13:00-17:00
Project Report	December 3, at 23:00

Course Schedule and Notes

Date	Topic	Additional Material / Comments
10/9/2012	Admin, Introduction to Window Programming
12/9/2012	Game design/development, Survey
17/9/2012	No Class
19/9/2012	Game Rendering Part 1
24/9/2012	Game Rendering Part 2
26/9/2012	Input and Output
1/10/2012	Project Proposal Presentation
3/10/2012	Project Proposal Presentation
8/10/2012	Statutory Holiday
10/10/2012	Game Rendering Part 2
15/10/2012	Transformation, Coordinate system transformation and compound objects (discussed on blackboard) DirectX Mechanics
17/10/2012	DirectX Mechanics, vectors (discussed on blackboard)
22/10/2012	Shaders Overview
24/10/2012	Shaders Part II,
29/10/2012	Shaders Part II, modifying geometry (creating waves)	Simple Example of Shaders (Code)
31/10/2012	Textures & Shaders	Blending, Meshes
5/11/2012	Lighting/illumination
7/11/2012	Lighting/illumination
12/11/2012	AI
14/11/2012	AI
19/11/2012	Collisions
21/11/2012	Collisions
26/11/2012	Project Presentations
28/11/2012	Project Presentations
3/12/2012	Project Presentations