[csu540-f05-rpf] ACM CPU: Game Design and Development

[Viera K. Proulx]

nuACM Presents:
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CPU: Game Design and Development
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nuACM continues its Fall season with our Game Design and Development 
Workshop series taught  by Jason Booth. Registration starts today, 
and the class begins on  Thursday, October 6th at 7:00pm.

CPU is a student run program where students teach topics to other
students. CPU is not a class for credit! Be prepared to learn! CPU is 
a FREE program, directed to all students with general programming 
knowledge, open minds, and the willingness to learn!
For registration and more information on this and other CPU courses
for the fall, please see our website at http://acm.ccs.neu.edu/cpu/

Date: 10/6, 10/11, 10/20, 10/27
Time: 7:00PM (Thursdays and one Tuesday 10/11)
Place: 366 WVH
Taught by: Jason Booth

Syllabus:
Class 1: Game Design: An overview of what games are, how they are
designed, and what type of relevant information should be studied to 
properly understand them.

Class 2: Game Engineering/Tools: This is an overview of game engine 
design, focusing on creating valuable levels of abstraction within 
your technology and toolset to increase workflow. A large portion of 
this will be spent talking about successful design of both scripting 
languages and visual editors.

Class 3: Art and You: This session will run people through the basic 
art process used in modern studios. We'll cover a brief history of 
the evolution of the process, as well as a look at the future as we 
converge with many of the same techniques used in the film industry. 
A big focus of this session will be how art affects game design, and 
how, as a programmer, you can bridge the gap with artists. Game 
artists often outnumber programmers on projects, and that trend is 
increasing fast.

Class 4: Sound, Music, and practical advice about the industry:
The first half of this lecture will focus on the use of sound and 
music in games, including adaptive and interactive music. The second 
half is basically my chance to rant a bit about everything from the 
cesspool which is the industry, dealing with publishers, to 
inter-office politics and how it affects your game design. Truthfully 
this could be broken into two sessions, but I don't want to jade 
people too quickly ;)

Bio: Trained as a musician, Jason Booth officially entered the game 
industry as a 3d artist for a small startup which would eventually 
become Turbine Entertainment Software. He has since spent time as an 
Engineer, Designer, and Creative Director on projects ranging from 
Massively Multiplayer Online games on the PC, to music based console 
games

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