COMPUTER AND MOBILE

GRAPHIC APPLICATION DESIGN

Introduction & Course Overview

盛 斌 ，shengbin@cs.sjtu.edu.cn

上海交通大学 计算机科学与工程系

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课程内容：

Computer Game Design (设计，不仅是Programming)

Graphics Fundamental (Rendering/ Animation)

Mobile Graphic Application Development

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课程网页（在建中）

OUTLINE

Why

What

How

Game ？

“Fun”？

WHY LEARN GAME DESIGN?

Game industry

Growing at a double-digit rate for years

Eclipsed the revenues of the film industry

Young people in the United States spend an average

of 20 minutes per day

Run on PC, mobile phone, and online

SONY, Microsoft, Apple

WHY LEARN GAME DESIGN?

赚钱?

WHY LEARN GAME DESIGN?

Your reason?

List some interesting game name on blackboard!

HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES

Early history (television technologies)

1949–1950, Charley Adama, "Bouncing Ball“, MIT,

Whirlwind computer

1952, A.S. Douglas, “tic-tac-toe”, University of

Cambridge, EDSAC computer

1950s–1960s (university mainframe computers)

1961, Steve Russell, “Spacewar!”,MIT,PDP-1

1970s (the first coin-operated video game, home console)

1971, “Galaxy Game”, Stanford University,PDP-11

1972, Agnavox, circuit logic , TV

1977–1983 (microprocessors )

Golden age of video arcade games (1978–1986)

Home computer games (late 1970s–early 1980s)

HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES

1980’s

Genre innovation

Adventure game, Beat 'em up, cinematic platformer,

role-playing games, Fighting games, hack and slash,

Interactive movies, Shooter, Racing, Survival horror,

Vehicle simulation, Visual novel …….

1990’s (high performance PC, network)

3D, “3D Realms”

MMORPG, “MUD”

Real-time strategy, “Warcraft”

First-person shooters, “Quake”

2000s (mobile game)

2010s (touchscreen, 3D controller)

WHAT THE COURSE ABOUT?

Design = Programming?

What your want to learn?

THE COURSE GOAL

Project

Building a application project team, and develop a

compelling and creative a game-like application/

demo.

OR

Developing technical improvements on rendering

/animation /multimedia effects

OR

Creating a 3D animation demo (Maya/3D Max/ Open

GL/ Direct X Programing…)

Team

1-3 members (the groups should be formed before the

end of March. 2013)

COURSE CONTENT

PC Graphic Application Development

游戏设计基础

图形学理论基础（渲染，动画，建模）

OpenGL入门

GPU及图形渲染编程（shader, cuda…自学）

3D Max/Maya/Photoshop etc. 使用技巧（自学）

Mobile Application Development

图形应用开发框架（Irrlicht游戏引擎为例）

gamedesigninitiativeat cornell university

the

Architecture: The Big Picture

Game Architecture 2

THIS COURSE IS A LOT OF WORK!

Expect to do at least 10 hours/week outside of

class

Once the project “starts” in four weeks

Typically bare minimum to finish game

But if you do this, likely to at least get a B

GAME REQUIREMENTS

Must be unique with innovative gameplay

Avoid point & click adventures

But can take elements from other games

Example: platformer + something new

Must be feasible in a semester

Avoid RPGs or real-time-strategy games

But can elements of these games

Must have a single player mode

MICROSOFT IMAGINE CUP

Most graphic applicationwill qualify for Imagine Cup

U.S. and World competition in game design

http://www.imaginecup.com/ (World)

Google的Android系统应用开发中国大学生挑战赛

http://www.google.cn/university/androidchallenge/

(中国，2012)

挑战杯全国大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛和创业计划大赛

www.tiaozhanbei.net

英特尔杯全国大学生软件创新大赛

http://software.intel.com/zh-

cn/articles/2012_SWC_html5_contest （中国，2012年）

GRADING POLICY

Good News: no homework, no quiz, no middle-term

and final exam

Class participation (20%)

Research project (80%)

1. final presentation(20%)

2. project report(20%)

3. program/results (40%)

Special contributions（10%）

Total 110% (should be easy to get 90+ )

HOW TO LEARN?

As designer:

Play more game

Then answer the question “why fun?”

More case analysis

As programmer

Play more game

Then answer the question “How to do?”

More programming practice

WHAT IS A GAME?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

WHY DOES A GAME MAKE “FUN”?

决策

美

竞技

宣泄（情感,精力…)

好奇

教育

解迷

… …

征服，虚荣，贪婪… 人 …美，社交，经济

CORE CONCEPTIONS

Player

Core player

Casual player

User experience

Meaningful choice

Gameplay

可意会不可言传