CSE450 - Video Game Programming I/II (Fall 2008 and Spring 2009)

Description

This two-semester game development class is meant as a capstone course for advanced juniors, seniors, and grad students in CS. The course combines topics from many areas of computer science, including Graphics, A.I., Networking, Computational Geometry, etc. Students will work in groups to design and develop a full-featured, 3D game using a professional game engine (Torque). Students who enroll in CSE450 in the Fall of 2008 will be expected to take CSE451 in the Spring of 2009.

Instructors: Tao Ju (taoju@cse.wustl.edu, x56648, Lopata 517), Caitlin Kelleher (ckelleher@cse.wustl.edu, Lopata 513)

TA: Lane Haury (haury@wustl.edu), Erik Karulf (erik@cse.wustl.edu)

Location (Spring 2009): Wed 7pm - 8:30pm (Lopata 229), Fri 4pm - 5:30pm (Sever 203)

Prerequisite: By Application only. Please fill out the application and email it to taoju@cse.wustl.edu

Materials

Syllabus:
CSE450: HTML format.
CSE451: PDF format.

Calendar:
CSE 451: Presentations

Notes:

Books:
The recommended books are "3D Game Programming All in One" by Kenneth C Finney and "The Game Programmer's Guide to Torque: Under the Hood of the Torque Game Engine" by Edward F. Maurina III which can be purchased through Amazon. Also, we strongly encourage you to read online documentation, tutorials and forums for the game engine at Garagegames.

Current Games

Previous Games

Cool Torque Materials

Torque Quick References

If you have any questions, please email cse450@cec.wustl.edu.