CS437/CS641 Course Notes

Winter Session 2003

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• Notes are provided in both Microsoft PowerPoint and Postscript formats.

• PowerPoint notes can be viewed and printed in the GAUL labs in the basement of Middlesex College that have Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office installed. If you have Microsoft Office at home, that will do as well. If you have Microsoft Windows at home, but do not have Office, you can download a PowerPoint Viewer and Printer from Microsoft to use this version of notes at home.

• Postscript notes can be viewed using the gs or gv commands from your Unix account (ghostview may work as well, but your mileage may vary). To get these tools for your home computer, go to http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html.

• Postscript notes can be printed on Department laser printers, or on any other printer that supports the Postscript format. Help on printing can be found in the Computer Science Department FAQ. The gs and ghostview tools for home computers, linked above, will also let you print to a non-Postscript printer at home.

• Because of the way Postscript notes are generated, the Unix utility psnup will not likely be able to reformat the slides to many a page. For your convenience, this has already been done for you in the most popular (and easy-on-the-eye) formats to save on paper and printing costs.




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#1	CS437/641 Introduction:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#2	Games in General:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#3	The Evolution of Video Games:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#4	Game Genres:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#5	The Early Game Development Process:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#6	Layers of Design in Game Development:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#7	Principles of Game Design:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#8	Genre-Specific Game Design Issues:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#9	Storytelling:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#10	Level Design:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#11	Puzzle Design:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#12	Trade Offs in Game Design:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#13	Warning Signs:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#14	Preproduction in the Game Development Process:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#15	Production in the Game Development Process:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#16	Software Lifecycle Models for Game Development:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#17	When Development Goes Wrong:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#18	Technical Issues: Networking:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#19	Technical Issues: Artificial Intelligence:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#20	Technical Issues: Graphics:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#21	Technical Issues: Animation:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#22	Technical Issues: Sound:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#23	Ethical Issues in Video Games:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)
#24	The Future of Video Games:	PowerPoint	Postscript	Postscript (2-up)	Postscript (4-up)




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