Victor LaCour GamePipe Courses

Current Courses for Spring 2006

 


 
3 Spring Courses

 


The Cohokia Project (Fall 2005 Serious Game class project)

CSCI 499 Serious Game Development

 

 

Team-Based Course where students work with industry partners to develop educational-based game

Pre-Req :

-Computer Science students; Grad and Undergrad
-Engineering students; Grad and Undergrad
-Students in the Gaming Design Minor or Major
-Graduate students from CNTV: Interactive Media Div.
-Selected Fine Arts students (by interview)
-Modeling and Animation Students(by interview)
-General students from various schools for research and serious game design (by interview)

For D-Clearence or further info contact:

vlacour@usc.edu

thukral@usc.edu

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Artist Sketch for 'TUNE-TUBE' currently in development

(Advanced Game Project Class <Fall 2005>)

CSCI 499 Advanced Game Projects



Team-based project course where students work on entertainment-based game projects. These projects will range across various genres of game lexicon, including, 1st and 3rd person 3D games, RTS, adventure, racing, puzzle games, and other genres. This course provides the practice of innovative design, iterative prototyping (paper, 3D digital), and development of an advanced 3D playable level. Throughout the course students participate in lecture/discussion, presentation, prototyping, and level development.

Pre-Req :

-Computer Science students; Grad and Undergrad
-Engineering students; Grad and Undergrad
-Students in the Gaming Design Minor or Major
-Graduate students from CNTV: Interactive Media Div.
-Modeling and Animation Students(by interview)
-Fine Arts students (by interview)

For D-Clearence or further info contact:

vlacour@usc.edu

thukral@usc.edu  

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CSCI 499 Survey of Digital Games and Their Technologies

Course offers a historical, technical, and critical approach to the evolution of computer and video game
architectures and game software from it's beginning to the present day. Students will finish the course with a understanding of the history of this medium and its technical foundations.

Pre-Req :

-OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS

For D-Clearence or further info contact:

vlacour@usc.edu

thukral@usc.edu

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