Lecture for the Videogame Design and Programming course for the MSc Engineering of Computing Systems (Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria Informatica) - Politecnico di Milano. Prof. Pier Luca Lanzi Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione, e Bioingegneria Course Webpage: http://www.polimigamecollective.org Course Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/polimigamecollective

1. Course Introduction
Videogame Design and Programming
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2. the goal of this course is simple:
to make (great) games!
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3. The Last of Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W01L70IGBgE
GTA5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RLOOyhr9M
Battlefield4 Beta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nJY7n8KaOY
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4. I Indie
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12. Gonehome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORsSxYDmPx8
Kentucky route zero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCz9T5NgYJQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoDBF_6C6H4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCz9T5NgYJQ
Space Team
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBfHhfxLNPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3fsvKnIVJg
Ibb obb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVFhAvOjYw4
super hexagon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-OvJnpWj_M
dont starve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXP4_2qRHng
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13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgwq0Ch56zE
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14. games are messages
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16. games are tools
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19. create a great indie game
to submit it to a competition
to make a lot of noise
to get it funded (kickstarter?)
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20. Our goal is to create a unique experience for
students attending classes while doing the project
We asked several people from game big, small,
tiny, companies to be involved in the evaluation
They will be have access to all your deliverable,
they will be involved in the evaluation process
Gives great visibility to your work!
Past year students received coverage from
TV, Radio, Newspapers, Blogs, etc.
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21. Course Outline
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Evaluation
Student project developed in a team
5 programmers with any number of artists of any kind
Deadlines
18/10 Game concept is due (everybody must submit one)
28/10 Winning concepts announced, team building begins
16/12 Prototype presentation
17/1 Beta Presentation
24/1 Final presentation
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Invited Speakers
Federico Fasce
Paolo Taje
Bad Seed Entertainment
Digital Tales
Reludo
Unagames
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Workshops (4h each)
Brainstorming
Game development (breakout,
frogger, supermario)
Augmented reality
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23. Jam Jam Jam!
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24. http://www.polimigamecollective.org
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26. What After the Course?
Next semester, you can enroll in the course
“Online Game Design” taught by Dario Maggiorini and
Laura Ripamonti at the Universita’ di Milano
http://onlinegamedesign.ariel.ctu.unimi.it
Computer Graphics (Gribaudo)
Data Mining and Text Mining (analysis of players’ behavior)
You can also consider doing your thesis with us!
(Car Racing, Starcraft, FPS, etc.)
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