| Weekly |
See schedule |
Engineering Your Soul (EYS)
Read the assigned reading and participate as directed on the course syllabus page. |
| 1/12 |
1/16 @
5:00 PM |
Picking Teams
Pick a team of up to three members and submit your teamates names to Canvas. |
| 1/16 |
1/30 @
5:00 PM |
Picking a Project
Pick a project with your team. Your project will ultimately need to include the following:
- Player controls
- NPCs
- Collisions/triggers
- UI (HUD)
- Timers
- Multiple scenes
- Animations
- Collectables
- Game start and end management
You and your team will give a short, about 5 minutes, presentation on your project. Present about the setting, the story, and game's mechanics. Be sure to present/reference any inspirations for you project. Identify essential goals i.e. minimal viable game versus stretch goals.
Your team will also submit a one page project proposal to Canvas.
Note that it is OK to use generative AI to produce images, conceptual art, diagrams, etc for your presentation. |
| 1/26 |
2/18 @
Start of class |
Milestone 1
For the first milestone, you will present your project so far, that needs to include:
- A prototype scene/level
- A player
- Player controls
- Several animations
- An NPC
You will quickly demo your project in class. Also you need to regularly commit your code to your team's Gitlab. I expect that each person contributes to the GitLab repository.
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| 2/9 |
3/4 @
Start of class |
Milestone 2
For the second milestone, you will present your progress since the last milestone. Your progress needs to include:
- At least one timer
- At least one mechanic driven by a collider
You will quickly demo your project in class. Also you need to regularly commit your code to your team's Gitlab. I expect that each person contributes to the GitLab repository.
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| 2/23 |
3/20 @
Start of class |
Milestone 3
For the third milestone, you will present your progress since the last milestone. Your progress needs to include:
- UI (HUD or pop-up menu) with text or images
- A UI button
- A collectible
- More content in general: enemies, level, items, etc
You will quickly demo your project in class. Also you need to regularly commit your code to your team's Gitlab. I expect that each person contributes to the GitLab repository. |
| 3/9 |
4/8 @
Start of class |
Milestone 4
For the fourth milestone, you will present your progress since the last milestone. Your progress needs to include:
- A complete "game loop" i.e. some system of progression in the game
- A second scene
- A mechanism to move from the first scene to the second
You will quickly demo your project in class. Also you need to regularly commit your code to your team's Gitlab. I expect that each person contributes to the GitLab repository. |
| 4/8 |
4/20 @
Start of class |
Project Presentations
You will present your complete game to the class for 20 minutes. Your presentation should include: - A demo of your game
- A discussion of the major systems and mechanics of your game
- An overview of the software i.e. a UML digram or similar visualization
- A discussion of the what was most challenging to implement
- A reflection on the process of creating the game and how did the goal or vision for the game change
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| 4/20 |
4/27 (Day before the final) |
Final Milestone
Commit your the final version of your game to GitLab. |