videogame design and programming - 01 course introduction

Prof. Pier Luca Lanzi

Course Introduction ��Videogame Design and Programming


the goal of this course is simple:

to make (great) games!


The Last of Us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W01L70IGBgE

GTA5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RLOOyhr9M

Battle!eld4 Beta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nJY7n8KaOY


I Indie


Gonehome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORsSxYDmPx8

Kentucky route zero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCz9T5NgYJQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoDBF_6C6H4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCz9T5NgYJQ

Space Team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBfHhfxLNPE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3fsvKnIVJg

Ibb obb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVFhAvOjYw4

super hexagon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-OvJnpWj_M

dont starve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXP4_2qRHng


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgwq0Ch56zE


games are messages


games are tools


create a great indie game to submit it to a competition

to make a lot of noise to get it funded (kickstarter?)


Our goal is to create a unique experience for students attending classes while doing the project

We asked several people from game big, small, tiny, companies to be involved in the evaluation

They will be have access to all your deliverable,

they will be involved in the evaluation process

Gives great visibility to your work! Past year students received coverage from

TV, Radio, Newspapers, Blogs, etc.


Course Outline

•  Structure

§ 50 hours of lectures and seminars about videogame design and development

•  Evaluation

§ Student project developed in a team

§ 5 programmers with any number of artists of any kind

•  Deadlines

§ 18/10 Game concept is due (everybody must submit one)

§ 28/10 Winning concepts announced, team building begins

§ 16/12 Prototype presentation

§ 17/1 Beta Presentation

§ 24/1 Final presentation

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Course Outline

•  Invited Speakers

§ Federico Fasce

§ Paolo Taje

§ Bad Seed Entertainment

§ Digital Tales

§ Reludo

§ Unagames

§ …

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•  Workshops (4h each)

§ Brainstorming

§ Game development (breakout, frogger, supermario)

§ Augmented reality

§ …


Jam Jam Jam! 23


http://www.polimigamecollective.org


What After the Course?

Next semester, you can enroll in the course “Online Game Design” taught by Dario Maggiorini and

Laura Ripamonti at the Universita’ di Milano http://onlinegamedesign.ariel.ctu.unimi.it

Computer Graphics (Gribaudo)

Data Mining and Text Mining (analysis of players’ behavior)

You can also consider doing your thesis with us! (Car Racing, Starcraft, FPS, etc.)

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