📅 Schedule

Tuesday Thursday
W0 09/26

Due: Preliminary Survey

Course Overview & Introductions, Tech check

Lecture: Intro to Game Engine, Unity, and C#

Assign: Reading Response 1, Project 1

W1 10/01

Tutorial: Transforms, Vectors

Assign: Homeplay 1

10/03

Due: Reading Response 1

Tutorial: Prefabs, Loops, Arrays

W2 10/08

Due: Homeplay 1, Project 1 Sketch

Tutorial: Randomness, Noise, Custom Classes for Storing Data

10/10

Tutorial: Basic Input, UI, Lights and Camera Settings

Studio Time

W3 10/15

Due: Project 1

Project 1 Crit

10/17

Lecture: Game + Play + Level Design!

Assign: Reading Response 2, Project 2

W4 10/22

Due: Project 2 Research

Tutorial: Physics Engine: Rigidbody, Collider, Collisions, Triggers

10/24

Due: Reading Response 2

Tutorial: Input Systems, State Machines, Events

W5 10/29

Tutorial: Statics, Scenes, Sounds, VFX

10/31

Due: Project 2 Prototype Playtest

Tutorial: Animation, Coroutines, Persistent Data

W6 11/05

Tutorial: Sprites and Video Players

Studio Time

11/07

Studio Time

W7 11/12

Project 2 Crit

Assign: Project 3, Homeplay 2 (Extra Credit)

11/14

ALT-Engine Micro Game Jam

W8 11/19

Due: Homeplay 2 Extra Credit

Tutorial: Interactive Text

11/21

Due: Project 3 Sketch

Tutorial: Inventory and Collections

W9 11/26

Tutorial: More Cameras, Cinemachine

11/28

Thanksgiving - No class.

W10 12/03

Studio Time

12/05

Due: Project 3