OLD NEWS: I'll be taking my original set of "Computer Game Programming" lectures offline for a little while, but will be publishing them again (with some revisions), week-by-week, for the Autumn 2021 version of the course, starting on August 23rd.
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Wrap-Up and Revision (2021)
The End.
Nov 22, 20216920
Copy of "A.I." and Games
Nov 10, 20218590
Breakout
Oct 06, 20142,2744
Comments?
If you wish to contact me about my slides in general, then use the comments section at the bottom of this deck to do so. In particular, if you were relying on some of the old decks (which I've made temporarily private), I might be able to give you a private link until they go up publicly again.
Aug 17, 20141,3203
Networked Games
It's "difficult, difficult, lemon difficult"
Nov 15, 20132,7455
"A.I." and Games
Nov 11, 20133,4516
"A.I." and Games
(Part One)
Nov 06, 20131,5461
Group Projects
Oct 27, 20132,5414
Diagnostics
What to do when it all goes wrong... which it will.
Oct 27, 20132,3723
Spatial Data Structures
...for quickly locating objects in space.
Oct 22, 20132,9053
Collision
Detection and Handling
Oct 19, 20133,6179
Sprite Animation
Sprite Sheets and such.
Oct 16, 201310,3344
Object Management
Oct 14, 20132,3402
After PONG!
Oct 01, 20132,8164
Dynamics
The basic "physics" of a Newtonian simulation.
Sep 29, 20133,0413
Sprites
Sep 23, 20133,2065
PONG!
The classic game, from scratch.
Sep 21, 20132,6461
Simulation Updates
It's about time. And objects.
Sep 21, 20133,02914
Input Handling
With a particular focus on the JavaScript event loop.
Sep 16, 20133,1091
Rendering
Basic intro to Rendering, Colour Vision and the Blessed CRT. Also, "scanning", V-Sync, Double-Buffering, Triple-Buffering and a whole lot more.
Sep 11, 20133,4199
Rendering (Part One)
Basic intro to Rendering, Colour Vision and the Blessed CRT.
Sep 09, 20133,6775
The Mainloop
A brief overview of the "mainloop" of a game, and where event-handling fits in.
Sep 09, 20132,2971
Intro to JavaScript (Part Two)
A high-level overview, which assumes prior familiarity with C++ and Java.
Sep 04, 20133,8536
Intro to JavaScript (Part One)
A high-level overview, which assumes prior familiarity with C++ and Java.
Sep 02, 20132,0751
Moore's Law
Some background on the famous Law
Aug 19, 20135,5468
A History Of Computer Games
A biased and selective history of computer games and the hardware they run on.