CMP 164 -- Fall 2007 -- course overview

CMP 164: Fall 2007
Course Overview

Recommended Text Books

Game Programming with Python
Sean Riley

3D Game Engine Architecture
David Eberly

Ogre 3D Programming
Gregory Junker

OpenGL References

OpenGL: A Primer
Edward Angel

OpenGL Programming Guide, 3rd edition
Woo, Neider, and Davis

OpenGL Reference Manual, 3rd edition
Dave Shreiner, editor

Overview: This course has 3 major components:

readings/critiques of existing game engines,
designing and developing your own game engine, and
using the game engine to develop a game.

Prerequisite: CMP 160 -- Computer Graphics, OpenGL, GUI or equivalent.

Grading Policies: TBD -- includes presentations, documentations, programs/demos. There is no final exam.

THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP EXAMS OR PROGRAMS. THERE WILL BE NO INCOMPLETES GIVEN IN THE CLASS.

Attendance: It is your responsibility to know what is covered in class. Attendance/participation/effort is crucial in determining borderline cases at the end of the quarter. Check the class website on a regular basis for announcements.

General Policies: All course work including homeworks, programs and exams are intended as individual effort and are graded as such. It is okay to discuss general approaches and algorithms with other students, but this should be done without writing, looking, or sharing code. Cheating or plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated. Punishment will match severity of offense. You are responsible for protecting your homework solutions and programs from being copied by others. Refer to the official UCSC guidelines.

Questions/Discussions: We've tried newsgroups on online forums, but they don't seem to work very well. If you have questions, please bring them up during lecture/lab sessions to either the instructor or the TA. We'll also experiment with a class mailing list to see how well that works.