CS 185 - Two-Dimensional Game Development Project

5.0 Credits
Course covers techniques and tools used to create non-graphic game components such as joystick I/O, sound, video, networking, and artificial intelligence. Students integrate these components into a 2D game project (was CMPSC 185). Prerequisite: CS 161 (was CMPSC 161) or instructor’s permission.

Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Write an application with sound which retrieves, interprets and handles data from and to multiple devices. [REASON]
Create and edit a sound sample that can be used in a game. [REASON]
Utilize basic fundamentals of game physics. [REASON]
Define various fundamentals of working with sound and sound files. [COMMUNICATE]
Create and present a design document for a game. [COMMUNICATE]
Work on a team to create, debug and test a 2D video game which incorporates graphics, sound, input and physics modeling. [COMMUNICATE]