Monash University Handbook 2011 Undergraduate - Unit

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Not offered in 2011

Synopsis

This unit exposes students to a variety of industry standard games engine environments and development techniques. Students will develop an appreciation and basic working knowledge of a number of different platforms used in contemporary games development. The unit aims to provide students with a practical insight into contemporary, industry standard, games development process and games engines.

Objectives

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

• understand the games development pipeline as used in industry;
• appreciate the number of formal and informal games development platforms that exist and why they are used;
• research new and unfamiliar games development environments and adapt to their use;

understand how to formally approach the use of a new development environment in the games context;

• critically analyse and explore new games development technologies, including graphics and audio engines, for suitability of use for specific games projects;
• create basic games prototypes in a number of contemporary game engines and development frameworks;
• demonstrate a working knowledge of the Microsoft XNA framework of game development, including C#.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorials/wk

Prerequisites

FIT2049 and FIT2073