An Innovative Game Curriculum You Can Implement

Farhad Javidi

Farhad JavidiChair, Simulation & Game Development programChair, Simulation, Modeling and Visualization CenterChair, eLearning Course Quality CommitteeChair, Spirit CommitteeCentral Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolinafarhad.javidi@cpcc.edu 704-330-6398

Central Piedmont Community CollegeSimulation and Game Development

CPCC created the first state-approved Simulation and Game Development degree program in 2005.

The Simulation and Game Development curriculum provides a broad background in simulation and game development with practical applications in creative arts, visual arts, audio/video technology, creative writing, modeling, design, programming and management. Students receive hands-on training in design, 3D modeling, software engineering, database administration and programming for the purpose of creating simulations and games.

SGD DegreeSimulation and Game Development

SGD DegreeSimulation and Game Development

Graduates may qualify for employment as designers, artists, animators, programmers, database administrators, testers, quality assurance analysts, engineers and administrators in the entertainment industry, the health care industry, engineering, forensics, education, NASA and government agencies.

Among the tools used in the program are: 3ds Max Studio, Maya, Torque Game Engines, Game Maker, Flash, MS Silverlight, Adobe Premiere Pro, MS Visual Studio, Adobe Photoshop, ZBrush, Mudbox3D and Unreal Engine and Unreal Engine. Students use various programming languages and scripts to create their simulations and games, including: C#, XNA, C++, J2E, VB, Python, Java and Action Script.

SGD DegreeSimulation and Game Development

SGD Courses All 44 SGD courses meet rigorous

national standards for online delivery and are offered for fully online delivery in local and international markets. The program maintains contact with local game development companies, including Red Storm, Epic Games and Virtual Heroes as well as one of the most active IGDA chapters in the nation, the Triangle Chapter. The program also offers thirteen certificates.

Total of 49 hrs SGD and InterestGeneral Courses: 18 hrsCORE Required Courses: 15 hrs

SGD111 Introduction to SGDSGD112 SGD DesignSGD114 3D ModelingSGD212 SGD Design IISGD289 SGD Project

Programming. Select one: 3 hrsCSC134 C++ ProgrammingCSC151 JAVA ProgrammingCSC153 C# ProgrammingSGD113 SGD Programming

Additional 12 hrs from SGD courses to make a total of 30 SGD hrs.19 hrs to be selected from the following prefixes:

ARC, ART, BUS, CIS, COE, CSC, CTS, DAN, DBA, DDF, DEA, DES, DFT, DME, DRA, ECO, ENT, FVP, GAM, GRA, GRD, GIS, MUS, NET, NOS, PHO, SGD, SGR, and WEB

All you Need to Offer

SGD111 Introduction to SGD SGD112 SGD Design SGD114 3D Modeling SGD212 SGD Design II SGD289 SGD Project

Program Demonstrationhttp://cpcc.edu/sgdhttp://Blackboard.cpcc.edu

Microsoft’s

Open to students around the world, the Imagine Cup is an annual competition that drew more than 300,000 students from 100 countries in 2009. The contest spans a year, beginning with local, regional and online contests whose winners participate in the global finals held in a different location every year. Now in its seventh year, the Imagine Cup encourages young people to apply their imagination, passion and creativity to technology innovations that tackle the toughest challenges facing the world today.

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup The Imagine Cup challenges the brightest students from around the globe to

use Microsoft technology to solve our biggest challenges: starvation, disease, environmental shifts. The problems seem overwhelming but the answers are all around us in thousands of ideas that happen every day. Solutions might be in the next few lines of code, a compelling photo or even a simple video game that can teach the world a lesson. These small sparks set the world's imagination on fire and lead to change that really matters. Technology can be the force that transforms these great ideas into real world solutions. And that's the point of the Imagine Cup every year - to use technology to make a difference.

http://imaginecup.com

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Microsoft’s Imagine Cup is a global competition

focused on developing solutions to real world problems.

The Imagine Cup is the Olympics of Game Development.

It provides an opportunity for students who've always enjoyed playing games to create their own game while at the same the same time help change the global community. They see how technology can transform ideas into real world solutions. The competition is a great opportunity for students to advance in their careers, as either game developers or entrepreneurs in the game business.

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NVZdNV_7Jc

CPCC Game Development Team Advanced to World Finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

Game title: New World Africa Team name: SGD Monkeys Team members: Farhad Javidi,

Nick Klingensmith, Danny Helms Submitted to: ImagineCup 2009

International Game Development Competition

Team status: Finalist, World Championship Competition, Cairo, Egypt

CPCC Game Development Team Advanced to World

Finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

CPCC’s team, SGD Monkeys, was one of only six Game Development teams advancing to the final round of competition, which took place in Cairo, Egypt.

New World Africa New World Africa is a city building game that combines addictive

elements from casual games with thought-provoking elements from strategy games in order to draw players in and make them aware of Africa's current status and what it would take to bring Africa out of Third World status. The game is designed for Xbox 360. It takes advantage of the JigLibX physics library for realistically determining collisions, as well as a modified version of the Skinned Model library to support skeletal animation.

Video http://www.javidi.com/nwa.wmv

New World Africa

CPCC’s game, New World Africa, simulates the use of modern technologies within a Third World country. The primary objective of the game is to improve the overall health, education, environment and prosperity of the player’s country by one hundred percent.

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5FHJA4U-js http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWnUUBuT_T0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs8YKQ4dceI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwz_hRpOggA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xODc9kAukDo

Game Design The object of the Game Design competition is to create a new game that uses both Microsoft's XNA Game Studio 3.0 and Visual Studio. Competitors' games should illustrate the Imagine Cup theme "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems." This is a chance for students who've always enjoyed playing games to create their own game and at the same time help change the global community. The Game Design competition is a great opportunity for learning and advancement towards an important step in their budding careers either as a game developer or as an entrepreneur in the game business. This is the students' opportunity to build a full game from scratch!

Competition Categories

Competition Categories

Software Design This is the only Imagine Cup competition that is run locally each year in countries/regions all around the globe. The mission is simple: create real world software and services applications that use Microsoft tools and technology. It's not just about the PC anymore - students need to think about taking advantage of mobile devices as well. Think big! The judging requires students to use their creativity and drive if they want to compete on the world stage. This is where legends are born and lives are changed - where an application starts as an idea and ends up being used all over the world.

Competition Categories

Web Design Use the power of the Web to make a difference. The challenge is tough but not impossible. Enter the U.S. Imagine Cup 2010 Expression Web® Design competition, which challenges students to "imagine a world where there's no poverty and no hunger". Team up with students from around the country to design a working website that offers up ideas and solutions, and brings your contribution to a world without poverty and hunger.

Competition Categories

Digital Media CompetitionYou've seen The Evolution of Dance, and thought "I can do that". You’ve seen Leave Britney Alone, and thought "I definitely don't want to do that". Team up with a friend to shoot, edit, and share the web's next viral video hit by entering the World Wide Imagine Cup Digital Media competition.

Competition Categories

IT Challenge Network Admins need to be made of steel - the World Wide Imagine Cup IT Challenge Competition highlights the art and science of developing, deploying, and maintaining IT systems that are efficient, functional, robust and secure. Grab your CAT 5 cables, and join in this unique competition - get the real-world experience that recruiters look for on a resume.

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