5/31/06: Shader WebCast **TODAY** 10am PST. Added link to download source if you want to follow along.
ZMan goes primetime... Tomorrow, May 31st 10am-11am PST. Introduction to Shaders with Managed DirectX. Downloads: Source
On demand webcasts:
2006: 3d game programming
Benjamin Nitschke presents a series of 3 webcasts Rocket Commander webcasts. Supporting material is avaiable on his blog.
- Part 1 - 9am PST, Tuesday May 16th
- Part 2 - 9am PST, Wednesday May 17th
- Part 3 - 9am PST, Friday May 19th
Following on from the 2D series last year we now have a 3D series. The class is presented by Doug Heimer a senior at Digipen who has been involved in a couple of games that you can download and check out - Geo Warfare and Resonation.The bio says he's taught game development and C#. Several people asked about C# and Digipen at the first webcast and Doug said that though there is a C# class taught it's not used extensively in other classes and C++ is what almost all projects are done in.
Supporting material is available on the digipen webcast page.
- Introduction to 3-D Games
- The 3-D Engine I
- The 3-D Engine II
- Importing Background and Objects I
- Importing Background and Objects II
- Understanding and Handling Collisions
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Multiple Levels and Additional Character Functionality
- Game Play
- User Interface (UI)
- Gaming and Miscellaneous Effects
2005: 2d game programming
This MSDN webcast is presented by an instructor from Digipen. They are building a 2D top down shooter using sprites.
The source code and PDF documentation can be found on the digipen companion site
- Overview of Game Development Process
- Overview of Game Elements
- Introduction to Sprites and Animation
- Transformation and Collision of Sprites
- Player Control of Sprites
- Game Music and Sound Effects
- Creating Sprite Behavior
