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, 20219420
Copy of "A.I." and Games
Nov 10, 20211,1350
Breakout
Oct 06, 20142,5344
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, 20141,4943
Networked Games
It's "difficult, difficult, lemon difficult"
Nov 15, 20132,9915
"A.I." and Games
Nov 11, 20133,7796
"A.I." and Games
(Part One)
Nov 06, 20131,7931
Group Projects
Oct 27, 20132,7994
Diagnostics
What to do when it all goes wrong... which it will.
Oct 27, 20132,5833
Spatial Data Structures
...for quickly locating objects in space.
Oct 22, 20133,1613
Collision
Detection and Handling
Oct 19, 20133,9309
Sprite Animation
Sprite Sheets and such.
Oct 16, 201311,1024
Object Management
Oct 14, 20132,5572
After PONG!
Oct 01, 20133,0584
Dynamics
The basic "physics" of a Newtonian simulation.
Sep 29, 20133,3433
Sprites
Sep 23, 20133,5015
PONG!
The classic game, from scratch.
Sep 21, 20132,8891
Simulation Updates
It's about time. And objects.
Sep 21, 20133,24914
Input Handling
With a particular focus on the JavaScript event loop.
Sep 16, 20133,3351
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, 20133,6549
Rendering (Part One)
Basic intro to Rendering, Colour Vision and the Blessed CRT.
Sep 09, 20134,1275
The Mainloop
A brief overview of the "mainloop" of a game, and where event-handling fits in.
Sep 09, 20132,5721
Intro to JavaScript (Part Two)
A high-level overview, which assumes prior familiarity with C++ and Java.
Sep 04, 20134,0646
Intro to JavaScript (Part One)
A high-level overview, which assumes prior familiarity with C++ and Java.
Sep 02, 20132,2851
Moore's Law
Some background on the famous Law
Aug 19, 20136,2378
A History Of Computer Games
A biased and selective history of computer games and the hardware they run on.