Interdisciplinary Game Project, CS 319
This is the official course website for Interdisciplinary Game Project, CS 319,
taught by Ira Fay at Hampshire College in Fall 2015.
Basic Info
The most important document for this class is the syllabus. I spent hours crafting it, and I
believe it contains useful information, including the course schedule.
Class Sessions: Mondays and Wednesdays 10:30am - 11:50am, ASH 126
Professor: Ira Fay, (413) 559-6844, ASH 216, ifay@hampshire.edu
Office Hours: By appointment via this
website.
Course Email List: CS319@lists.hampshire.edu
Projects
Project details will be posted here when they are available.
Flaming Hoop project.
Bear.obj file if needed.
Project 1: Beauty
Project 2: Virtual Reality
Final Project
Useful Links
When I taught this class previously, the students compiled a document of Unity
Tips and Tricks. I strongly encourage you to continue editing and improving
this document for future classes!
Unity tutorials
Excellent Unity tutorials
Unity answers (a forum for
technical Unity questions)
Script
reference
Video recording and editing software:
- OBS (Recommended! Free, all platforms,
open source) How to record in HD
(optional)
- QuickTime Player (Mac, on the machines in ASH 126)
- Snapz Pro X (Mac, free trial)
- Camtasia (Mac, free trial)
- Five
ideas for Windows (Ezvid, BlueBerry Recorder, Screenr, Rylstim Screen Recorder, CamStudio)
- Editor: iMovie (Mac) or Windows Movie Maker (Win)
How to setup your own
Hampshire website
Sample Anonymous Peer
Evaluation.doc
Sample Non-Anonymous Peer
Evaluation.doc
Intellectual Property (IP) Policy
All materials created in this course will be governed by
Hampshire's IP
Policy, which is currently in a draft form but still applies to this course.
Group work will be jointly owned by all team members.
Bonus Info
Email Lists
If you want to know about Game Development at Hampshire and in the Five
Colleges, join the Game
Development email list. You may also want to join the
Game
Jobs or
Game
Jam email lists. Programmers might want to join the
Computer
Science list, and artists might want to join the
Animation
list. In fact, you might just want to
browse all the lists at Hampshire and
find lists that appeal to you.
Game Jam
The Pioneer
Valley Game Developers (PVGD) are hosting a
free game jam at
TopatoCon. I
highly recommend participation in any game jam, and I suspect this will be a
good one. Anyone who attends should tell me and I'll reflect it in your
evaluation/grade. First year students can also
get CEL-1 credit.
Game Gatherings
Play and analyze board and card games. I'll announce this each week on the
GameDevelopment email list, referenced above.
Thursdays, 1pm - 3:30pm, Library (2nd floor training room, Room 205)
The event is open to everyone, and first year students can get CEL-1 credit.
Game Analysis: D&D Miniatures (DDM) League
Explore game design concepts within the D&D Miniatures (DDM) game. No experience
necessary.
Cost: $20 (and possibly some free spots)
For more information and to enroll, join the
DDMLeague e-mail
list or email Ira.
The event is open to everyone, and first year students can get CEL-1 credit.
Game Library
We are fortunate that the Hampshire library has an ever-growing
collection of board
games and digital games. Students, staff, and faculty members have access to
this great resource. Please make use of it, and feel free to give feedback to Ira
on your experience.
The Quarters
The Quarters is an incredible arcade +
restaurant. They have my full support, and their food is excellent and
reasonably priced. If anyone beats my
high score on Arkanoid, please let me
know.
Word Snack
In Fall 2014, I co-taught CS307 Interdisciplinary Game Studio with
Chris Perry. A
team of 34 students, staff, faculty, and community members designed,
developed, and published a game in one semester. We had students from all Five
Colleges, and I'm proud of the result. We had lots
of different roles on the team. If you like word games, or if you're
curious to see what's possible in a hard-working semester, check out the free
game or watch the 60 second trailer video here:
Word Snack
Game Stores
For some projects or just general fun, it may be useful for you to be aware
of nearby
boardgame stores.
Previous Surveys
I regularly ask students to complete surveys to improve the course and
share feedback with me and peers. Here is a reference to old surveys in
case you missed one:
Enrollment Survey
Project 1 Survey
Final Project Preference Survey
VR Project Survey
Final Survey