CIS 488/588 Computer Game Design and Implementation II

Winter 2008

Bruce R. Maxim, PhD Associate Professor Office: 233 CIS Phone: 436-9155 E-mail: bmaxim@umich.edu

Classroom: 1430 PEC Meeting Time: 4:35-5:50 MW Office Hours: 3:30-4:30 MW

This course is a continuation of the material studied in CIS 487/587. The focus of the course will be hands-on development of computer games and computer game development tools (e.g. game engines). Students will study a variety of software technologies relevant to computer game design, including: 3D graphics, computer animation, data-driven game design, multiplayer game programming, and game AI. Lecture topics will be taken from several areas of computer science: simulation and modeling, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, game theory, software engineering, human computer interaction, and game content development.

The term project for this course will focus on the development of a 3D computer game. The term project will require students to go through all phases of system life cycle: specification, design, implementation, and evaluation. There will be 4-6 graded assignments as part of the term project. All assignments will include design activities and students will be expected to make use of existing programming tools. Each assignment will be accompanied by an oral presentation. Your scores on the project deliverables and presentations will determine your grade in this course. The final game deliverables will count for 40% of your grade. Late work will be penalized, as will evidence of cheating in any form.

Texts: Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art of Level Design by Busby et.al.,

Sams, 2005 (required)

AI Game Development by Champandard, New Riders, 2003

(required)

Programming Game AI by Example by Buckland, Wordware,

2005(recommened)

URL: http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis588.html

Week of	Topic	Reading
01-07	Unreal Basics Unreal Level Editing	Unreal 1-2 Unreal 3-4
01-14	Game Pitch Presentations Terrain and Lighting	Unreal 5-7
01-21	Martin Luther King Birthday Teams Organize at CCS	Notes
01-28	Unreal Game Types	Unreal 16
02-04	Interactive and Reactive Elements Game Treatment Presentations	Unreal 8-10
02-11	Unreal Karma Actors Bot Navigation	Unreal 11 Unreal 12
02-18	Custom Cinematics Teams meet at CCS	Unreal 13
02-25	Spring Break
03-03	Scripted Sequences Game Alpha Release Presentation	Unreal 14-15
03-10	Unreal Scripting Creating Unreal Mods	Notes Notes
03-17	AI Engineering and Games State Driven Agents	C1-C3,C49 B2,C36-C43
03-24	Movement and Obstacle Avoidance Rule-Based Systems	B3,C5-C10 C11-C12
03-31	Tactics, Targets, and Weapon Selection Game AI Presentation	B7,C13-C28
04-07	Path Planning and Goal Driven Agents Game Beta Release Presentation	B8-B9
04-14	Learning and Fuzzy Logic Decision Making and Reactive Learning	B10,C29-C35 C44-C48
04-25	Term Project Fair (3:30 - 6:30 pm) Gold Release Deliverables Due