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Class #1 September 1, 2011

Week 1 - Introduction to C# programming

Week 2 - Buttons, Text, Classes

Inheritance discussion - EnemyShip.cs

Week 3 - Components, Game States, Gravity, Level Building

Button Components - Assignment 3 and 4 solution

Gravity Sample

Game State Sample

Ships And Files Sample

Week 4 - SpriteSheets, Tile based gamed, Movement

MoveLeftRight

Lecture 4 Recording

 

Week 5 - 3D game development math

3d1 - a good 3d game starting point

SpaceProtector - a sample game mechanic built in class to show common vector calculations and camera movements.

Week 6 - Quaternions, Shortest Path (failed lecture) and Billboarding

SpaceProtector v2 (includes broken shortest path code)

Week 7 - Project Status, Shortest Path Continued, Saving Level Files

SpaceProtector V3 - includes almost done shortest path and completed level class

I also recorded the class and added a final section on how to read the binary file since we ran out of time in class

Week 8 - Skybox, Networking, Multiple Viewports

SpaceProtector - see week 10 below

Week 9 - Skybox continued, Networking Continued, Ray Traced Collision Detection

SpaceProtector - see week 10 below

Week 10 - World to screen coordinates - targeting icons

SpaceProtector - Three weeks of progress.