GAME 420 Technical Design

4 credits

This course explores the technical side of interactive development. Students will examine core systems to better understand how the overall system works. Student will study and create projects exploring rendering pipelines, shaders, AI systems, physics engines, and other elements at the core of interactive design. Emphasis will be placed on optimization for multiple platforms, including AR/VR and developing technologies.

Prerequisites: GAME 410, GAME 412, and GAME 415

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Analyze how interactive experiences are handled by a platform’s components, including CPU, GPU, RAM, and system memory
Integrate the functions of physics engines along with design optimization
Create basis AI systems
Design and create an interactive experience with a minimum refresh rate of 60 Hz
Integrate interface and menus to interact with game and how data is stored and retrieved
Create shaders (by programing or node based applications), PBR rendering, and PBR textures
Research and create HDR panoramas for games
Implement PBR rendering and PBR textures in-engine

Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 20 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 40