University of the West of England, Bristol

Bristol Institute of Technology

UFCET3-20-2 Coding for Games Development

Lecture Topics

The semester one lecture topics are as follows:

1. Introduction to the Module (download slides)
2. Basic Sprite Handling (download slides)
3. Game Input Devices (download slides)
4. Object Orientation in C# (part one) (download slides)
5. Object Orientation in C# (part two) (download slides)
6. Finite State Machine Design (download slides)
7. Object Oriented Sprite Handling (part one) (download slides)
8. Object Oriented Sprite Handling (part two) (download slides)
9. State Driven Sprites (download slides)
10. Backgrounds, Fonts and Collisions (download slides)

I recommend that you download and print out the slides in advance and bring them with you to each lecture.

Practical classes

For the first five weeks, you should work through worksheets 1 to 5. At the same time you should then work through the revision work sheets as necessary.

• XNA Worksheet 1 - Simple Sprite Manipulation in XNA (Week 1)
• XNA Worksheet 2 - Mouse Keyboard and XBox 360 Controllers (Week 2)
• XNA Worksheet 3 - Writing Text using SpriteFonts (Week 3)
• XNA Worksheet 4 - Sprite Sheets and Animation (Week 4)
• XNA Worksheet 5 - Making a Working Game (Week 5 until the start of the assignment)
• C# Revision Worksheets (You should attempt these worksheets as necessary)

 

• Semester one assignment.
• Group feedback on the semester one assignment.

Bob Lang
bob.lang@uwe.ac.uk
Jan 2010