Game development (V0141), 4 op

Basic information

Course name:	Game development Game development
Course Winha code:	V0141
Kurre acronym:	GameDev
Credits:	4
Type and level of course:	Professional studies
Year of study, semester or study period:	4.year
Implementation:	Spring semester, 3.period, 4.period
Semester:	0607
Language of tuition:	English
Teacher:
Final assessment:	Grading scale (0-5)

Descriptions

Prerequisites

D0015 Data Base Technology
D0027 Software Engineering
D0010 3-D Graphics and Animation

Course contents (core content level)

- Game industry and business opportunities
- Idea of game design and theory
- Game development process
- Frameworks and engines
- Algorithms
- Modelling, animation and simulation
- User interfaces for cross-platform
- Testing
- Usability

Course contents (additional)

- 2/3 D graphics
- Mobile Games
- Flash based game development

Core content level learning outcomes (knowledge and understanding)

After completing the course the student knows fundamentals of game development process, how to develop, model, simulate and test games for cross media platforms.

Core content level learning outcomes (skills)

After the course the student is able to take part in game development process and is able to create game user interfaces for fixed and mobile devices using Flash like media players.

Teaching and learning strategies

Class room teaching: 28 h
Laboratory excercises:28 h
Project: 20
Exams: 4 h
Student individual workload: 40 h
Total: 120
Follow-up of the student workload analysis performed: -

Teaching methods and student workload

Assessment weighting and grading

Assessment of the compulsory homework assignments, laboratory reports and the project. Final exam.

Related competences of the degree programme

International and intercultural skills
Product development and project skills
communication, information and publishing processes and technologies