GAM666/DPS901 Weekly Schedule 20123

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Weekly Schedule 20123

Week 1 - Sep 2

This Week

• Introduction
• Windows Programming
  • Dialog Sample
  • Selection Sample

To Do

1. Download Visual Studio 2010 from ACS and install it on your local computer.
2. Download Tortoise SVN and install it on your local computer.
3. Download the Dialog and Selection Samples from the Course Repository. (userid: "dpsgam" password: blank [no password])
   • Run Dialog Sample
   • Run Selection Sample

Resources

• Download Page of TortoiseSVN
• TortoiseSVN Documentation

Week 2 - Sep 9

This Week

• Framework and API Design
• COM and DirectX
  • The fwk4gps framework, its branches, and architecture
  • Singleton class as an alternative to global variables
  • Including interfaces rather than class definitions to minimize header file dependencies

To Do

1. Download and install DirectX SDK June 2010

Resources

• DirectX Developer Centre at Microsoft

Week 3 - Sep 16

This Week

• Display Modes
  • Use the Direct3D COM object to interrogate the hardware for the installed options
• Event Iteration
  • Messaging, the main application window, and event iteration
  • Housekeeping during loss and restoration of focus
  • Housekeeping during re-configuration
  • Use the Direct3DDevice9 COM object to access the display device

To Do

• Lecture Material

1. Download the Dialog Modes Sample from the Course Repository. (userid: "dpsgam" password: blank [no password])
2. Download the Event Iteration Sample from the Course Repository. (userid: "dpsgam" password: blank [no password])

• Project
  • If you don't have an account on this wiki, Create an account. Make sure that your userid is your seneca email id
  • Add your name and information to GAM666/DPS901Student List 20123
  • Form Teams, identify team members (3-4 members) and add your team and its members to GAM666/DPS901 Teams 20123 Before Thursday 20th.

Resources

• MSDN Library at Microsoft

Week 4 - Sep 23

This Week

• Background Image
  • Sprites
  • Textures
  • Color Model
  • Use the Direct3DSprite COM object to manage the drawing of 2D images
  • Use the Direct3DTexture9 COM object to hold an image on video memory
• Shades of Red application
  • for you to complete - use lecture notes to fill in the details
  • reviews the DirectX material covered to date
• Sprites in Motion
  • timing
    • upper limit on drawing rate
  • model coordination
    • coordinator-primitive pattern
  • direct-device connectivity
    • portal-primitive pattern

To Do

• Lecture Material

1. Download the Background Image Sample from the Course Repository. (userid: "dpsgam" password: blank [no password])
2. Download the Sprites in Motion Sample from the Course Repository. (userid: "dpsgam" password: blank [no password])

• Workshop
  • Download the ShadesOfRed Sample from the Course Repository. (userid: "dpsgam" password: blank [no password])
    • Complete the coding for this Sample

• Project
  • Bringing the Course Wiki Up To Date
    • Create Project Page for Your Team with Repository Number
    • Ensure that all links on the Student List page are working
  • Start the draft of your game proposal
  • Download the Framework and Change the Caption to your Team Name

Resources

• Lecture Material
  • DirectX documentation as installed on your local computer
  • MSDN Library is much easier to navigate
• Project
  • Subversion (SVN)
  • TortoiseSVN Documentation
  • SVN book at red-bean.com or download the PDF from here.
  • AnkhSVN - Free Visual Studio SVN Integration Alternative To VisualSVN
• Wiki
  • How to edit Wiki pages
  • How to edit Wiki Cheatsheet

Week 5 - Sep 30

This Week

• Sprites under User Control
  • user action-key mapping
• Projects
  • Hints for Using SVN to collaborate on school projects (demo in class)
• 2D Mathematics
  • Coordinate System
  • Vectors
  • Trigonometry
  • Matrix Transformations

To Do

1. Add a background image to the ShadesOfRed sample
2. Add a sprite in motion to the ShadesOfRed sample
3. Add a second moving sprite to the Sprite in Motion sample
4. Download the Sprites under User Control Sample from the Course Repository. (userid: "dpsgam" password: blank [no password])
5. Work on your game proposal and schedule your team's appointment with your instructor (click here to book an appointment)

Resources

• Lecture Material
  • DirectX documentation as installed on your local computer
  • MSDN Library
• Projects
  • Subversion (SVN)
  • Download Page of TortoiseSVN
  • Documentation
  • SVN book at red-bean.com or download the PDF from here.
  • AnkhSVN - Free Visual Studio SVN Integration Alternative To VisualSVN

Week 6 - Oct 7

This Week

• 2D Mathematics (continued)
  • Matrix transformations
• 3D Mathematics
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Vectors
  • Transformations
    • World Transformations
    • Camera Transformations
    • Projection Transformations
  • Math Library
  • Direct3D Utilities
• Graphics Primitives
  • Graphics Primitive display paradigm
  • Vertex buffers
  • Implementing world, view, and projection transformations

To Do

• Practice transforming a vector using a matrix
• Practice matrix multiplication
• Workshop Exercise
  • Checkout the SimpleSprites sample on the repository
  • Add the missing code to this sample - three sprite image files are included
  • Draw/Move the three sprite images down and to the right on the screen
  • When the three images fall off the screen start drawing them at the other end
  • Add suspend logic to handle loss of focus
  • Refer to the DirectX documentation for descriptions of the function calls

Resources

• Lecture Material
  • DirectX documentation as installed on your local computer
  • MSDN Library
• Projects
  • Subversion (SVN)
  • Download Page of TortoiseSVN
  • Documentation
  • SVN book at red-bean.com or downloadPDF from here.
  • AnkhSVN - Free Visual Studio SVN Integration Alternative To VisualSVN

Week 7 - Oct 14

This Week

• 3D Mathematics (continued)
  • Transformations
    • World Transformations
    • Camera Transformations
    • Projection Transformations
  • Math Library
  • Direct3D Utilities
• Graphics and Cameras
  • Graphics Primitive display paradigm
  • Vertex buffers
  • Implementing world, view, and projection transformations
• Mid-Term Test

To Do

1. Checkout Graphics
2. Run Graphics Sample
3. Create a Pyramid Graphic and introduce several Pyramid Objects into the Design object

Resources

• Lecture Material
  • DirectX documentation as installed on your local computer
  • MSDN Library

Week 8 - Oct 28

This Week

• Graphics and Cameras (coninued)
  • Vertex Data
  • Vertex Lists
  • Direct3D Implementation
    • Display
      • Capabilities
    • APIGraphic
• Visibility
  • Culling Techniques
    • Occlusion culling
      • Painter's algorithm
      • Depth Buffering
  • Direct3D Implementation

To Do

1. Graphic and Camera
   1. Checkout the Graphic Sample
   2. Run the Graphic Sample
   3. Code a CreatePyramid function for the Graphic Sample using the CreateBox function as a 'template'
2. Visibility
   1. Checkout the Visibility Sample
   2. Run the Visibility Sample
   3. Add some objects in the distance and add an action to the framework that toggles from Z-buffering to W-Buffering to no buffering

Resources

• Lecture Material
  • DirectX documentation as installed on your local computer
  • MSDN Library

Week 9 - Nov 4

This Week

• Heads Up Display
  • Programming Issues
  • Direct3D
    • Display
    • APIText
  • Design
    • Text Class
    • Coordination
• Lighting
  • Light Components
  • Light Types
  • Programming Issues
  • Direct3D
    • Display
    • APILight
  • Design
    • Light Class
    • Coordination

To Do

1. Heads Up Display
   1. Checkout Heads Up Display
   2. Run Heads Up Display Sample
   3. Add some text to the sample
2. Lighting
   1. Checkout Lighting
   2. Run Lighting Sample
   3. Add a spotlight to the sample

Resources

• Lecture Material
  • DirectX documentation as installed on your local computer
  • MSDN Library