Game Engines 2021W Course Outline - Revision history

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Official Course Descriptions

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	A practical course on advanced facilities of game engines. Such facilities include notions such as physics engines, shadow mapping, lighting with thousands of lights, relief mapping, ambient occlusion, water flow, deferred rendering, occlusion culling, water effects, mirrors, and screen space reflection.		A practical course on advanced facilities of game engines. Such facilities include notions such as physics engines, shadow mapping, lighting with thousands of lights, relief mapping, ambient occlusion, water flow, deferred rendering, occlusion culling, water effects, mirrors, and screen space reflection.

			Prerequisite: COMP 3501.

	==Learning Objectives==		==Learning Objectives==

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	~~'''This course outline is not yet finalized.'''~~

	==Course Information==		==Course Information==

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Collaboration

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	==Collaboration==		==Collaboration==

	Collaboration on all work is allowed. Collaboration, however, should be clearly acknowledged. ~~Specifically, co-authored works should~~ be ~~marked as such. When co-authored, all authors~~ of ~~reading responses and projects will get the same grade~~, ~~unless there is reason to believe that some co-authors did~~ not ~~in fact contribute significantly to the submitted~~ work. ~~Co-authored contributions may get different grades depending upon the relative~~ contribution ~~of the different authors; however~~, ~~the default here~~ will ~~also be to give all authors the same grade~~.		Collaboration on all work is allowed. Collaboration, however, should be clearly acknowledged and individual contributions specified. Grading will be on the basis of individual work, not group work. If that individual contribution is not clear, grading will reflect this.

	It is '''essential''' that outside ~~references~~ be cited appropriately. Proper citation format should be followed except where more relaxed forms are specifically allowed.		It is '''essential''' that outside resources be cited appropriately. Proper citation format should be followed except where more relaxed forms are specifically allowed.

	Plagiarism or intellectual dishonesty of any kind is strictly forbidden. In other words, it should always be clear what is your work and what is the work of others. If anything you submit is, in part or whole, very similar in content or structure to that of work produced by someone else, you are plagiarizing. This includes figures.		Plagiarism or intellectual dishonesty of any kind is strictly forbidden. In other words, it should always be clear what is your work and what is the work of others. If anything you submit is, in part or whole, very similar in content or structure to that of work produced by someone else, you are plagiarizing. This includes figures.

	Think of plagiarism as a kind of unauthorized collaboration. Don't do it. Plagiarism and other instructional offenses will be reported to the Dean of Science for disciplinary action, as per university guidelines.		Think of plagiarism as a kind of unauthorized collaboration. Don't do it. Plagiarism and other instructional offenses will be reported to the Dean of Science for disciplinary action, as per university guidelines.


	==University Policies & Resources==		==University Policies & Resources==

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Term Project

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	Your grade in this course will be primarily based on developing an application (game or other) in Godot and/or modifying the Godot engine. You'll need to propose what you plan to do, report on your progress, give an oral presentation on what you did, and document your work in a final report.		Your grade in this course will be primarily based on developing an application (game or other) in Godot and/or modifying the Godot engine. You'll need to propose what you plan to do, report on your progress, give an oral presentation on what you did, and document your work in a final report.

			While you may collaborate with others on what you build, your submissions should be independent and should document what you did. You may discuss work done jointly or by others, but that work should be clearly delineated. You will be graded on the basis of what you accomplished, not what your collaborators did.

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Term Project

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	==Term Project==		==Term Project==

	You ~~should run ideas for your project by Prof. Somayaji before writing~~ your ~~proposal before~~ you ~~spent time making~~ your ~~outline~~.		Your grade in this course will be primarily based on developing an application (game or other) in Godot and/or modifying the Godot engine. You'll need to propose what you plan to do, report on your progress, give an oral presentation on what you did, and document your work in a final report.

	==Collaboration==		==Collaboration==

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Experiment/Research reports

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	==Experiment/Research reports==		==Experiment/Research reports==

			Throughout this course you will be exploring and experimenting with the Godot game engine. To report on your findings, you will need to submit periodic reports on what you've done and learned. These reports will be graded based on effort and results.

	==Term Project==		==Term Project==

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Grading

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	** 10% Progress Report		** 10% Progress Report
	** 10% Presentation		** 10% Presentation
	** 30% Final Project Report (April 27, 2021)		** 30% Final Project Report (Due April 27, 2021)

	==Participation==		==Participation==

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	* 10% Participation		* 10% Participation
	* 30% Experiment/Research reports		* 30% Experiment/Research reports
	* 70% Term Project		* 60% Term Project
	** 10% Project Proposal		** 10% Project Proposal
	** 10% Progress Report		** 10% Progress Report

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Learning Objectives

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	==Learning Objectives==		==Learning Objectives==

	In this course you will learn about game engine design and implementation, with a focus on Godot, an open source game engine. By the end of this course you will have experience implementing and debugging applications in Godot. You will also learn how Godot is architected and organized and you will gain experience in modifying Godot. These experiences ~~will~~, more broadly, will give you experience in understanding and modifying large software systems, particularly those designed for real-time interactive multimedia applications (such as games).		In this course you will learn about game engine design and implementation, with a focus on Godot, an open source game engine. By the end of this course you will have experience implementing and debugging applications in Godot. You will also learn how Godot is architected and organized and you will gain experience in modifying Godot. These experiences, more broadly, will give you experience in understanding and modifying large software systems, particularly those designed for real-time interactive multimedia applications (such as games).

	==Communication==		==Communication==

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Learning Objectives

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	==Learning Objectives==		==Learning Objectives==

			In this course you will learn about game engine design and implementation, with a focus on Godot, an open source game engine. By the end of this course you will have experience implementing and debugging applications in Godot. You will also learn how Godot is architected and organized and you will gain experience in modifying Godot. These experiences will, more broadly, will give you experience in understanding and modifying large software systems, particularly those designed for real-time interactive multimedia applications (such as games).

	==Communication==		==Communication==