An Assignment weighted at 100% assessing Learning Outcomes 1-4.
The assignment will be the design and creation of a mobile game and a mobile multimedia application. This will be backed up by a 1500 word report on a reflection of the current and future state of mobile multimedia and gaming.

Uses of media on mobile devices for applications and games
Smart Phones and their media restrictions
Developing applications with high media content for smart phones
Mobile Games and game play in a mobile environment

Mobile device hardware and operating systems
Accelerometer and mobile multimedia and game development and interaction
Multiplayer in a mobile environment

Mobile Multimedia and Mobile Game Development - Flash, Silverlight, Java

The lecture will support the lab session of two hours each week. The lab sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module, and will be facilitated with booklets, course texts, and the internet. Group discussions will also take place in these sessions. The lecture will some weeks take place in a lab with projector facilities so that the students can interactively engage with the practical content.
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Mobile Devices - phones, ipods etc
Adobe Master Collection CS3
Microsoft Expression Suite 4 (including mobile 7 emulator)

Petzold C (2010) Programming Windows Phone 7 Publisher: MICROSOFT PRESS; 1 edition ISBN-10: 0735643350
Dolce J (2010) Android Development with Flash: Your Visual Blueprint for Developing Mobile Apps Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN-10: 0470904321
Elrom E (2010) High Performance Flash CS5: Performance Tuning For Flash, Flex, AIR & Mobile Applications Publisher: FRIENDS OF ED; 1 edition
ISBN-10: 1430229977