Two lectures per week will cover fundamental principles in game development and how to implement them in the C# programming language and XNA development environment. In the twice-weekly practicals you will apply these principles and learn practical techniques to gradually build a complete game.
(1:n)2 (1:20)2

A test length one hour assessing learning outcome 1 and 2

An assignment, consisting of a practical implementation of a game, with associated documentation, assessing learning outcome 2 and 3

Aaron Reed, Learning XNA 3.0: Game Development for the PC, XBox 360 and Zune, (2008), O'Reilly Media ISBN 978-0596521950

Computer Games Programming lab with high-spec PCs, graphics cards, and XBox controllers. XNA Game Studio Development Environment. XBox and Zune consoles

Prior study of Computing Skills (CE00225-M) or equivalent programming knowledge

Survey of game platforms and technologies
Mathematical techniques for 2D and 3D graphics and games development (such as vectors, matrices, and equations of lines and planes)
Computer graphics fundamentals ¿ representation of 2D images and 3D models
Introduction to the 3D graphics pipeline
Techniques for input, animation, collision detection and sound
Implementing game states, statistics and levels to create a complete game
Use of Object-oriented programming techniques in game development
2D (tiling, scrolling, isometric) and 3D techniques for games
PC and console game development using a suitable environment such as Microsoft XNA and language such as C#