Decemeber 5, 2022

• Complete Duke's Course Evaluation — every voice matters!
• Our next meeting will take place on Thursday, December 15 from 2-5pm, in our classroom, for Final Demos
  • Before this meeting, submit the final version of your project:, including:
    • complete code, images, and sounds
    • complete README file
    • advertisement
    • playtester feedback video
    • gameplay video
  • During this meeting, each person will have 10 minutes to present:
    • demo of your game (winning and losing as possible)
    • changes made due to playtester feedback
    • one of your non-View classes and its methods
    • something you learned from the process of designing and programming your game

November 28, 2022

• Current Videos
  • The Truth about Video Games and Violence from Adam Ruins Everything
  • Ethics of Video Games by Celia Hodent
  • A Question of Empathy - Are There Positive Effects from Gaming? by James Portnow
  • Gaming can make a Better World by Jane McGonigal
• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Wednesday, November 30: Week 14 Quick Check Quizzes within Rephactor.com
  • Friday, December 2: Final Project Progress Report 2, submit within Sakai
  • Sunday, December 4: Practice Problems 7 within Rephactor.com

November 4, 2022

• Current Readings
  • List-backed Grids from Arcade Academy - Learn Python by Paul Vincent Craven
  • Using Views from Arcade Academy - Learn Python by Paul Vincent Craven
  • Arcade: A Primer on the Python Game Framework by Jon Fincher at Real Python
• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Sunday, November 13: Grid/Strategy, submit within Sakai

October 30, 2022

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Tuesday, November 1: Week 10 Quick Check Quizzes within Rephactor.com
  • Thursday, November 3: Nested Loops Practice, submit within Sakai
  • Monday, November 7: Final Project Proposal, submit within Sakai

October 20, 2022

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Monday, October 24: Week 9 Quick Check Quizzes within Rephactor.com
  • Tuesday, October 25: Loops Practice, submit within Sakai
  • Thursday, October 27: Practice Problems 6 within Rephactor.com
  • Sunday, October 30: Scroller, submit within Sakai

October 12, 2022

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Monday, October 17: Shoot Em Arcade Redo, submit within Sakai
  • Tuesday, October 18: Week 8 Quick Check Quizzes within Rephactor.com

October 4, 2022

• Please help me understand your concerns about the course textbook by completing this anonymous survey
• If you need to submit something after the Sakai Assignment has stopped accepting uploads, use Sakai's Dropbox button (on the left side of the site)
  And if you submit anything later than 2 days after the official deadline, please email me to let me know to look for it
• As a reminder, the Rephactor Checks and Exercises are graded on participation, not perfection, so anything above a 70% will earn you full credit
  You are not expected to get everything right during practice, just to try

September 30, 2022

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Tuesday, October 4: Week 6 Quick Check Quizzes within Rephactor.com
  • Thursday, October 6: Shoot Em, submit within Sakai
  • Friday, October 7: Practice Problems 5 within Rephactor.com

September 26, 2022

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Wednesday, September 28: Week 5 Quick Check Quizzes within Rephactor.com
  • Friday, September 30: Practice Problems 4 within Rephactor.com

September 19, 2022

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Wednesday, September 21: Week 4 Quick Check Quizzes within Rephactor.com
  • Friday, September 23: Practice Problems 3 within Rephactor.com
  • Monday, September 26: Dodge Em, submit within Sakai

September 12, 2022

• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Wednesday, September 14: Week 3 Quick Check Quizzes within Rephactor.com
  • Friday, September 16: Practice Problems 2 within Rephactor.com
  • Monday, September 19: Extend Pong, submit within Sakai

September 4, 2022

• Install the course software
• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Monday, September 5: Week 2 Quick Check Quizzes within Rephactor.com
  • Wednesday, September 7: Practice Problems 1 within Rephactor.com
  • Sunday, September 11: Aim It, submit within Sakai

August 30, 2022

• Welcome to CompSci 190 - FOCUS Section!
  • This website is your primary portal to the course: you are responsible for all material that appears here and should check for updates frequently
  • Please help me make this course as useful as possible for you by letting me  know as soon as possible if something is not working for you
• We will follow Duke's COVID Safety Protocol
  • You are expected to wear a mask in the classroom
  • If you test positive for COVID, do not attend class, instead submit a Incapacitation Form
• Current Readings
  • Sign up and buy the online book at Rephactor.com and read the Week 1 Introductory Topics (no Quick Check Quizzes)
  • Watch Seven Step Problem Solving Overview and Example videos by Drew Hilton
• Upcoming Deadlines
  • Sunday, September 4: Problem Solving Games, submit within Sakai