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, 20219220
Copy of "A.I." and Games
Nov 10, 20211,1060
Breakout
Oct 06, 20142,5044
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, 20141,4803
Networked Games
It's "difficult, difficult, lemon difficult"
Nov 15, 20132,9645
"A.I." and Games
Nov 11, 20133,7486
"A.I." and Games
(Part One)
Nov 06, 20131,7751
Group Projects
Oct 27, 20132,7794
Diagnostics
What to do when it all goes wrong... which it will.
Oct 27, 20132,5663
Spatial Data Structures
...for quickly locating objects in space.
Oct 22, 20133,1373
Collision
Detection and Handling
Oct 19, 20133,8989
Sprite Animation
Sprite Sheets and such.
Oct 16, 201311,0214
Object Management
Oct 14, 20132,5342
After PONG!
Oct 01, 20133,0334
Dynamics
The basic "physics" of a Newtonian simulation.
Sep 29, 20133,3123
Sprites
Sep 23, 20133,4525
PONG!
The classic game, from scratch.
Sep 21, 20132,8581
Simulation Updates
It's about time. And objects.
Sep 21, 20133,23014
Input Handling
With a particular focus on the JavaScript event loop.
Sep 16, 20133,3081
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, 20133,6269
Rendering (Part One)
Basic intro to Rendering, Colour Vision and the Blessed CRT.
Sep 09, 20134,0325
The Mainloop
A brief overview of the "mainloop" of a game, and where event-handling fits in.
Sep 09, 20132,5481
Intro to JavaScript (Part Two)
A high-level overview, which assumes prior familiarity with C++ and Java.
Sep 04, 20134,0366
Intro to JavaScript (Part One)
A high-level overview, which assumes prior familiarity with C++ and Java.
Sep 02, 20132,2661
Moore's Law
Some background on the famous Law
Aug 19, 20136,0878
A History Of Computer Games
A biased and selective history of computer games and the hardware they run on.