| 1 |
Mon 8/26
Wed 8/28 |
Introduction to Game Engines
Source Control: Git and Perforce |
HW 1: Getting Started
READ: Course Syllabus |
Project 1 |
| 2 |
Mon 9/02
Wed 9/04 |
No Class (Labor Day)
C#: Functions, Control, and .NET |
HW 2: Classes and Coroutines
READ: The MDA Framework |
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| 3 |
Mon 9/09
Wed 9/11 |
C#: Methods, Classes, Functions
Unity: Awake, Update, Start |
HW 3: AR and XR Foundation
READ: IEEE Game Engine Comparison |
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| 4 |
Mon 9/16
UnrealMon
Wed 9/18 |
Unity: Transform and Character Controller
Unreal: Editor Interface, Assets, Tools
Unity: RigidBody Physics |
HW 4: Generics and Inheritence
UNREAL: Your First Hour in Unreal
READ: Dual Body Bimanual Coordination |
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| 5 |
Mon 9/23
UnrealMon
Wed 9/25 |
Perforce and Unity Setup
Unreal: Collision Triggers with Blueprints
Unity: RigidBody Collisions |
HW 5: Enumerations
UNREAL: Unreal Blueprints
READ: CHI Game UX Design |
Project 1 Due
Midterm Project |
| 6 |
Mon 9/30
UnrealMon
Wed 10/02 |
3D Rotations and Positions Activity
Unreal: Motion Graphics with Blueprints
Vectors, Dot and Cross Product |
HW 6: Midterm Check-In
UNREAL: C++ for Blueprinters
READ: Fostering Empathy Through Media |
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| 7 |
Mon 10/07
Wed 10/09 |
Midterm Playtest
C#: Arrays, Lists, Recursion, Coroutines |
HW 7: 3D Orientations
READ: Commentary for Playtesting |
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| 8 |
Mon 10/14
UnrealMon
Wed 10/16 |
Unity: User Interface (UI)
Unreal: Cinematics
Midterm Presentation |
HW 8: Yarn Spinner
UNREAL: Base Classes
READ: 3D User Interfaces |
Midterm Due
Final Project |
| 9 |
Mon 10/21
UnrealMon
Wed 10/23 |
Unity: uGUI in Worldspace
Unreal: Cinematics
Unity: UIToolKit for In-Game UI |
HW 9: Cinematic Studio
UNREAL: C++ Coding Standard
READ: NVIDIA Real-time Raytracing |
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| 10 |
Mon 10/28
UnrealMon
Wed 10/30 |
Unity: Rigging and Humanoid Animation
Unreal: Boss Animation
🎃 Trick or Treating 🎃 |
HW 10: Hugging Face API
UNREAL: Learn CPP
READ: MIT Spatial Computing |
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| 11 |
Mon 11/04
UnrealMon
Wed 11/06 |
Project Playtest
Unreal: Niagra Emitters
Unity: Mecanim Animation |
HW 11: AI/ML with Unity
UNREAL: Converting Blueprints to C++
READ: Vulkan Rendering for Multimedia |
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| 12 |
Mon 11/11
Wed 11/13 |
No Class (Veterans Day)
Project Playtest |
HW 12: Illumination
READ: AI and Cinema |
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| 13 |
Mon 11/18
UnrealMon
Wed 11/20 |
Unity: Perspective Projection and Cameras
Unreal: Niagra Systems
C#: Euler Angles, Quaternions |
HW 13: Netcode Multiplayer
UNREAL: Blueprints vs C++
READ: Narrative Categorization |
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| 14 |
Mon 11/25
UnrealMon
Wed 11/27 |
Unity: Pathfinding and Navigation AI
Unreal: Navigation AI with Blueprints
No Class (Thanksgiving) |
HW 14: Metahumans Deepfake
UNREAL: Optimization: Collision
READ: Machine Learning Agents |
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| 15 |
Mon 12/02
UnrealMon
Wed 12/04
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Final Playtest and Presentation
Unreal: Level Transitions Using a Collider
Final Playtest and Presentation |
HW 15: Shaders and VFX
UNREAL: WTF? Blueprints
READ: Google Generative AI Art |
Final Project Due |
| 16 |
Mon 12/09
Wed 12/11 |
No Class (Study Days)
No Class (Finals Week) |
HW 16: Interview Tips
READ: Heuristics in Game AI |
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