Game Programming and 3D Animation

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

Version 14.0 of 02/23/2023

11B1850

Spieleprogrammierung und 3D-Animation

• Informatik - Medieninformatik (B.Sc.)
• Informatik - Technische Informatik (B.Sc.)
• Media & Interaction Design (B.A.)
• Lehramt an berufsbildenden Schulen - Teilstudiengang Informationstechnik (M.Ed.)

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Digital games have become a significant part of our everyday life. Platforms for playing games are manifold, whether you play on PC, on console on the couch, or on smartphone while traveling. Games are nowadays ubiquitous and represent a billion-dollar industry.While game genres and platforms are versatile the foundations for developing games remain the same and can be reused for different projects. Thus, understanding the foundations is crucial for successfully creating games.In this course students will learn the basic concepts and methods to develop games and create 3D assets.

The course covers the following game- & modelling-related topics:

1. 3D Modelling
2. Animations: Key frames, Procedural, Character
3. Foundations of Game Design
4. Software Architecture of Games
5. Input- and Output-Systems
6. Artificial Intelligence for Games
7. Physics Simulations

Knowledge Broadening
Students, which successfully studied the course, know how games are created, which techniques are used and how to develop efficiently real-time applications.
Knowledge Deepening
Students will obtain extensive knowledge in programming run-time and memory efficient applications. Furthermore they will be able to design efficient algorithms in the context of multimedia applications.
Instrumental Skills and Competences
Students will be able to develop their own games in any object-oriented programming language. Furthermore they will be able to understand the structure of commercially used game engines.
Communicative Skills and Competences
Since students have to work in groups they will gather competences in working as team player and will be able to plan, coordinate, and implement their game projects. Furthermore they have to present their work accordingly.
Systemic Skills and Competences
Students will obtain a basic overview about common techniques to program games. They will be able, to develop their own playable prototype based on given concept.

Programming I & IIMathematics I, II & IIIComputer Graphics

Lensing, Philipp

Lensing, Philipp

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Steve Rabin, 2009, Introduction to Game Development, Second Edition, Jason Gregory, 2014, Game Engine Architecture, Second Edition.Thomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffmann, 2008, Real-Time-Rendering, Third Edition.Mark Deloura, 2000-2010. Game Programming Gems. 1-7 Charles River Media Inc., Course Technology Press, Rockland, MA, USA.

• Two-Hour Written Examination
• Project Report, written
• Viva Voce

Field Work / Experimental Work

1 Term

Only Winter Term

German