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GDD 3100

GDD 3100. Syllabus and Course Intro. GDD 3100: User Interface Design for Games. Description. Course Objective and Description

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GDD 3100

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  1. GDD 3100 Syllabus and Course Intro

  2. GDD 3100: User Interface Design for Games

  3. Description Course Objective and Description • This course introduces students to the design, implementation, and evaluation of human-computer interfaces, with an emphasis on games and immersive environments.  Topics include traditional and non-traditional interfaces, design and evaluation of interactive systems, psychological considerations of interaction, interactive hardware design and special input/output techniques. • Prer. GDD 2200

  4. Textbooks Required Textbooks: Game Development Essentials: Game Interface Design. 2nd Edition. Saunders and Novak. ISBN: 978-1-11-164288-4 Designing with the Mind in Mind. Johnson. ISBN: 978-0-12-375030-3 Additional Class Handouts (as we go along, if possible distributed via Blackboard) Blackboard Course Site (bb.uccs.edu) Sophia.org Group Site (sophia.org) Piazza.com Course Site (https://piazza.com/uccs/fall2013/gdd3100/home)

  5. Software Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 (available to students via MSDNAA) XNA Game Studio 4.0 (free) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23714 GameMaker Studio v8.1 (free) http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/studio/free Inkscape (open source) http://inkscape.org/download/ Lumzy (web-based) http://lumzy.com/ [GUI prototyping and design, collaborative]

  6. Schedule

  7. Grades • Design-heavy course • About 10 hours per week of homework • Final grades are computed using the following weights: • Class Attendance/Participation/Labs 10% • Assignments 40% • Final Project 10% • Midterm Exam 20% • Final Exam 20% • Late Work • Not accepted

  8. Plagiarism • I expect you to help each other • Must complete your own work • Do not copy code/ideas from others or internet • When “helping” each other: • Do not take a written document from the meeting • Do not look at each other’s code for “inspiration” • Do not send/copy code • 1st offense: zero for project/exam/assignment • 2nd offense: fail the course

  9. Resources • Sophia http://www.sophia.org • Group code: a848de • Create your own account, join the group • View Tutorials/Playlists before class each day • Take the self-quiz (verify understanding, earn points!) • Complete the self-check exercise and submit or bring to class • BlackBoardhttp://bb.uccs.edu • Automatically enrolled by UCCS • Submit assignments/projects • Take exams • View grades • Piazza Discussion https://piazza.com/uccs/fall2013/cs3350/home • Enrolled by Instructor • Ask questions to be answered by instructor and peers • View exam-style questions asked by instructor and peers • View instructor answers or instructor-approved answers • BitBuckethttps://bitbucket.org/ • Git-supported free code versioning project site • Can share repositories with others (up to 5 users) • EVERY project will be in version control

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