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, 20217650
Copy of "A.I." and Games
Nov 10, 20219350
Breakout
Oct 06, 20142,3384
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, 20141,3743
Networked Games
It's "difficult, difficult, lemon difficult"
Nov 15, 20132,8195
"A.I." and Games
Nov 11, 20133,5426
"A.I." and Games
(Part One)
Nov 06, 20131,6261
Group Projects
Oct 27, 20132,6204
Diagnostics
What to do when it all goes wrong... which it will.
Oct 27, 20132,4393
Spatial Data Structures
...for quickly locating objects in space.
Oct 22, 20132,9763
Collision
Detection and Handling
Oct 19, 20133,7089
Sprite Animation
Sprite Sheets and such.
Oct 16, 201310,5464
Object Management
Oct 14, 20132,4082
After PONG!
Oct 01, 20132,8744
Dynamics
The basic "physics" of a Newtonian simulation.
Sep 29, 20133,1273
Sprites
Sep 23, 20133,2835
PONG!
The classic game, from scratch.
Sep 21, 20132,6991
Simulation Updates
It's about time. And objects.
Sep 21, 20133,09714
Input Handling
With a particular focus on the JavaScript event loop.
Sep 16, 20133,1791
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, 20133,4749
Rendering (Part One)
Basic intro to Rendering, Colour Vision and the Blessed CRT.
Sep 09, 20133,7595
The Mainloop
A brief overview of the "mainloop" of a game, and where event-handling fits in.
Sep 09, 20132,3791
Intro to JavaScript (Part Two)
A high-level overview, which assumes prior familiarity with C++ and Java.
Sep 04, 20133,9086
Intro to JavaScript (Part One)
A high-level overview, which assumes prior familiarity with C++ and Java.
Sep 02, 20132,1311
Moore's Law
Some background on the famous Law
Aug 19, 20135,6188
A History Of Computer Games
A biased and selective history of computer games and the hardware they run on.