Week 1 |
Lecture 1 ppt,pdf Introduction
Lecture 2 ppt,pdf Case Study: Adventure
for the Atari 2600 |
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Laboratory 1 Word,pdf
"I enjoyed playing this game." |
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Week 2 |
Lecture 3
ppt,pdf
History of Games: Part A
Tennis for Two
Spacewar!
Computer Space
Pong
Gran Trak 10
Colossal Cave Adventure
Adventure (Atari 2600)
MUD
Battlezone
Defender
Laboratory2a Word,pdf
Play the world´s worst computer game
Downloads: Game Over
(Windows)
Game Over (Mac) |
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Lecture 4
ppt,pdf
Bill of Player´s Rights (interactive fiction)
article: Introduction to
IF
Laboratory 2b follow the laboratory supervisor´s instructions
Downloads
Inform 7 IF
IDE, Windows and Mac
(Inform 7 local
copy I7-5U92-Windows,
local copy I7-5Z71-Windows)
Windows Frotz 1.15
Gargoyle IF players, Windows (local
copy Windows Frotz 1.15)
Spatterlight ,
Zoom
IF players, Mac
zblorb example: Bronze (explanation
and source text)
source text for The
Legend of Grammy´s Apple |
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Week 3 |
Lecture 5 ppt,pdf
Puzzles (interactive fiction)
Lecture 6 ppt,pdf INFORM 7 language Part A
source text A
Lecture 7 ppt,pdf INFORM 7 language Parts B
and C source text B
source text C |
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Laboratory 3a Word,pdf
A minimal game in INFORM 7 using a locked door |
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Week 4 |
Lecture 8 ppt,pdf
INFORM 7 Light Puzzles
LightSwitchOutsideRoom
FlashLight
LightForAFewMinutes
LimitedFlashlight
Laboratory 4a Word,pdf
A minimal game in INFORM 7 using only light puzzles |
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Lecture 9 ppt,pdf INFORM 7 Vehicle Puzzles
BasicVehicle
WalkingZoneOnly
MotorCycle
Laboratory 4b Word,pdf
A minimal game in INFORM 7 using only vehicle puzzles
why the original polish example no longer
works
To override a built-in command use,
for example:
Understand the command "polish" as something new. |
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Week 5 |
Lecture 10 ppt,pdf
INFORM 7 Time Puzzles
TimeFragments
Laboratory 5a Word,pdf
A minimal game in INFORM 7 using only time puzzles
why the original press example no longer works
To override a built-in command
use, for example:
Understand the command "press" as something new. |
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Lecture 11 ppt,pdf INFORM 7 NPC Puzzles
SimpleConversation
Persuasion
Laboratory 5b Word,pdf
A minimal game in INFORM 7 using only NPC puzzles |
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Week 6 |
Lectures 12, 13, and 14
ppt,pdf
Temporal Trajectories and the Day of the Figurines (see
video) |
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Laboratory 6a ppt,pdf
Skein, transcript, walkthrough, and map in INFORM 7
SkeinExample |
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Week 7 |
Lectures 15 and 16 ppt,pdf Issues and problems writing
rule-based, interactive fiction (INFORM 7)
code |
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Laboratory 7 ppt,pdf Editing the default map in INFORM 7
MapEditing
PDF convertors: http://neevia.com/
JAWS
pdf creator
GSview
4.9 to view an eps (requires
GPL
Ghostscript 8.63 to be installed) |
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Project Week |
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Week 8 |
Lectures 17 and 18
ppt,pdf Game
Taxonomies... and a few other things
Craig A. Lindley´s
taxonomy
Chris Crawford´s
taxonomy
traffic simulation video
The
Lottery in Babylon @ Wikipedia |
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Laboratory 8 ppt,pdf
Playtesting using think-alouds with an observer.
Laboratory sheet word,pdf |
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Week 9 |
Lectures 19, 20, 21 and 22
ppt,pdf A basic 2-D vector-based Java game...
Asteroids.html
teapot.jpg
The
2D Graphics Trail at Sun
SVG example
at w3schools.com |
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No laboratory Week 9. |
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Week 10 |
Laboratory 9 Word,pdf Probing the gameplay of a basic 2-D vector-based
Java game
BaseVectorShape.java
Ship.java
Bullet.java
Asteroid.java
Asteroids.java |
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Laboratory 9 continued (and Catch-ups of Laboratory 1, Laboratory 6a) |
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Week 11 |
Lectures 23, 24, 25 and 26
ppt,pdf A basic 2-D bitmap-based Java
Game...
GalacticWar.html
Affine
Transform Explorer |
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No laboratory Week 11. |
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| Week 12 |
Laboratory 10 Word,pdf
Probing the gameplay of a basic 2-D bitmap-based Java game
(asteroid1.png
asteroid2.png
asteroid3.png
asteroid4.png
asteroid5.png
BaseGameEntity.java
bluespace.png
GalacticWar.java
ImageEntity.java
plasmashot.png
Point2D.java
shoot.wav
SoundClip.java
spaceship.png
Sprite.java
GalacticWar.html)
Bitmap graphics editor
GIMP for
Windows. (GIMP
Manual online) |
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Lecture 27 How commercial game companies advertise themselves
Half-Life2
EVE ONLINE
Age of Empires III
GOGOGIC
LucasArts (Star Wars
Galaxies)
SimCity
Videos @
www.tolvuleikir.com
Lecture 28 Assignment 2 demonstration and Examination Advice |
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