CompSci 190 : Fall 2022

Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it. — John Ciardi

The exact order and details of these topics is subject to change during the semester based on the pace needed, but we will try to set them at least two weeks in advance.

For each day in the course:

prep: What should you do before class? Typically consists of reading or videos to introduce topics.
class: What will we do in class? Typically links to slides, in-class exercises and code, discussion directions.
due: What outside work are you responsible for completing? Typically game projects.

Date	Topics	Prep	Tuesday	Thursday	Due
Week 1 Aug 30	Algorithms and Problem Solving	Rephactor Week 1 Reading Problem Solving	Course Overview Spinwhizz	Nim	Problem Solving Games, Sun, Sep 4
Week 2 Sep 6	Intro to Programming Turtle Module Functions	Rephactor Week 2 Reading Rephactor Practice Exercises 1	Install Course Software Program Nim	Turtle Drawing Video: Experimenting in Python
Week 3 Sep 13	Conditionals Random Numbers Events	Rephactor Week 3 Reading Rephactor Practice Exercises 2	Going over Aim It Game	Program Pong	Aim It, Mon Sep 12
Week 4 Sep 20	Loops Lists	Rephactor Week 4 Reading Rephactor Practice Exercises 3	NO CLASS (out of town)	Program Racers	Extend Pong, Mon Sep 19
Week 5 Sep 27	Game Loops Objects	Rephactor Week 5 Reading Detective Debugging Debugging Zen Rephactor Practice Exercises 4	Debugging	Pong with Classes Code and Video	Dodge Em, Mon Sep 26
Week 6 Oct 4	Inheritance	Rephactor Week 6 Reading Rephactor Practice Exercises 5	Pong with Inheritance Code and Video	Project Work Day	Shoot Em, Thu Oct 6
Week 7 Oct 11	Arcade Module	Basic Animation with Classes Sprites and Collisions Shooting Sprites	FALL BREAK (no class)	Pong using Arcade Code and Video Book Survey
Week 8 Oct 18	Files Exceptions	Rephactor Week 8 Reading	Project Work	Visual Debugging Loops Practice	Shoot Em Arcade, Tue Oct 18
Week 9 Oct 25	List Algorithms Game Design	Rephactor Week 9 Reading Rephactor Practice Exercises 6 The Structure of Games	Game Problem Solving Code Final Project	Game Brainstorming Exercises	Loops Practice, Tue Oct 25 Scroller, Sun Oct 30
Week 10 Nov 1	Nested Loops Sorting and Filtering	Rephactor Week 10 Reading What Players Want Textures	Nested Loops Practice	Game Problem Solving Code 2048 Grid Game Example Code Class Video	Nested Loops Practice, Thu Nov 3
Week 11 Nov 8	Arcade Features	List-backed Grids Using Views Arcade Primer	Grid Game Template Code Simple View Example Code Pymunk Physics Example Code Class Video	NO CLASS (out sick)	Final Project Proposal, Mon Nov 7
Week 12 Nov 15	Problem Solving		Proposal Feedback	Project Work Day	Grid/Strategy, Mon Nov 14
Week 13 Nov 22	THANKSGIVING (no class)				Final Project Progress Report, Mon Nov 21
Week 14 Nov 29	Dictionaries Sets	Rephactor Week 14 Reading Rephactor Practice Exercises 7	Word Games Using Sets and Dictionaries Video	Final Project Demos	Final Project Progress Report, Fri Dec 2
Week 15 Dec 6	Ethics and Topics	Truth about Games and Violence Ethics of Video Games Positive Effects from Gaming? Gaming can make a Better World	Final Project Demos	Limits of Computing Ethics Discussion	Final Project Progress Report, Fri Dec 9
Thu Dec 15 2-5pm	*Final Project Demo*				Final Project, Thu Dec 15 by 2pm