Teaching Game Programming

Game programming course for educators

Skill Level	When & How Long	Software/Hardware Used	Certification/Credit Offered
Introductory- Intermediate	Summer 2008 5 Day Course M-F  9am - 5pm	Python	Stanford Continuing Studies Credit

 

Course Description

Game programming is a hot topic in education, and this course introduces the principles of that exciting area. You’ll learn through hands-on creation of both text-based and graphics-based games, and you’ll leverage the power of Python, a beginner-friendly language used by the industry in such games as Battlefield 2142, Civilization IV and Disney’s Toontown Online. Discover how to create data structures for games; design game worlds with objects; draw and animate sprites; play sound effects and musical tracks; read player input; and implement basic collision detection.

As a final project, you’ll write a complete 2D action game with graphics, music, and sound effects. Attendees leave with everything required to develop a first course in game programming, including a textbook featuring projects with solutions, review questions with answers, chapter PowerPoint presentations, chapter test banks and an instructor’s manual with quick quizzes, vocabulary lists and more.


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Who Should Attend

Educators and adult learners who want to offer a first game-programming course or enhance a traditional programming course with game-related concepts and examples.

Credits Offered

This course qualifies for Stanford University Continuing Studies credit.
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Prerequisites

Experience with Windows PCs and a programming background that includes an object-oriented language such as Java, C++, or C#.

Related and Recommended Courses

In addition to being offered as a stand-alone class, this course can also be taken as part of a DMA multi-week series. Below are some suggested multi-week series.

 

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