CMPT 315 Outline

THE KING'S UNIVERSITY

COURSE NUMBER:

CMPT 315

COURSE TITLE:

Real Time Animation and Game Design

NAME OF INSTRUCTOR:

Michael Janzen

CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION:

credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 3)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The objective of this course is to introduce the programming tools and techniques for creating interactive games and virtual reality simulations, and will focus primarily on programming aspects, including event loops and execution threads, rendering and animation in 3D, and multi-user games and networking. Other topics will include the history of computer/video game technology, game genres and design principles, and the social impact of games.

Prerequisites: CMPT 275, MATH 221

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Optional Text:

Marshner S. and P. Shirley (2015), Fundamentals of Computer Graphics 4th Ed. A K Peters / CRC Press

Suggested Readings:

Parent, R. (2009), Computer animation: algorithms and techniques 2nd Ed. Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.
Angel, E. (2008), Interactive computer graphics: a top-down approach using OpenGL 5th Ed. Pearson/Addison-Wesley.

MARK DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT:


Lecture Assignments	20%
Laboratory Work	4%
Laboratory Examination	7%
Project	10%
Paper/Group Discussion	9%
Midterm Examination	20%
Final Examination	30%

	100%

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This course is intended to introduce students to real-time rendering and animation applicable to game design and virtual simulation.

Students will be able to program using a graphics API such as OpenGL
Students will understand the graphics pipeline from input of polygons and colours to the rendered image on a display
Students will be familiar with the adaptation of physics principles in terms of animating objects, vertices, or polygons.
Students will be able to discuss social issues involving video games

COURSE OUTLINE:

Event Loops and Execution Threads

Introduction to GLUT

Input Methods

Real-Time Rendering

OpenGL Programming
Texturing

Graphics Pipeline

Animation

Particle Systems

Mass Spring Systems

Other animation methods

Networks and Multi-User Games

Client/Server Systems

Introductory Ray Tracing

Rendering

Shadows

Reflections

Other Rendering Methods and Topics (as time allows)

Radiosity

Subsurface Scattering

GLSL (programmable shaders)

CUDA programming

Artificial Intelligence in Game Playing

Required texts, assignments, and grade distributions may vary from one offering of this course to the next. Please consult the course instructor for up to date details.