This unit exposes students to a variety of industry standard games engine environments and development techniques. Students will develop an appreciation and basic working knowledge of a number of different platforms used in contemporary games development. The unit aims to provide students with a practical insight into contemporary, industry standard, games development process and games engines.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorials/wk
Derrick Martin
Consultation hours: Monday 2pm - 4pm, Tuesday 1pm - 4pm
In-semester assessment: 100%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Research and Presentation of findings of a specific Game Engine | 20% | During Lecture time, exact week depending on Game Engine chosen, up till Week 10 |
| Case Study (Class Test) | 20% | Week 12, during tutorial class |
| Forum Participation | 10% | Weekly task, due before Midnight Sunday each week |
| Game Creation (Assignment) | 50% (30% for game, 20% for Journal) | 3pm Monday, Week 15 |
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| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | Introduction to Game development Engines, historical background to game engines | Students will present research findings on a game engine during one lecture, up till Week 10 |
| 2 | Unity, Game engine research processes | Forum Participation is a weekly task from Week 2 to Week 11 |
| 3 | Java, Renderware | |
| 4 | XNA, OGRE | |
| 5 | SCUMM, Torque | |
| 6 | CryEngine, Virtools | |
| 7 | Frostbyte, GameMaker | |
| 8 | GameStudio, C++ | |
| 9 | Flash, C# | |
| 10 | Scaleform, DirectX | |
| 11 | Unreal, Director | |
| 12 | Game Engine Overview | Case Study (Class Test) during Week 11 tutorial |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken SWOT VAC. Game Creation (Assignment) due 3pm Monday, Week 15 | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
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Students will be assessed based on clarity, completeness, presentation skills and research quality.
Clarity and reasoning behind choices, completeness and appropriateness of discussion.
Clarity and appropriateness of feedback.
For the game (group assessment, worth 30%): completeness, originality and technical (programming, design, art, etc) skills shown. If the individual journals reflect a minimum contribution by an individual student towards the group project, the individual marks will be altered to reflect the proportionate contribution by each individual in the group.
For the journal (individual assessment, worth 20%): clarity of discussion, depth, range and appropriateness of discussed elements.
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