GAM531/DPS931 Weekly Schedule 20133

Game Engine Foundations

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Weekly Schedule 20133 Student Notes

Week 1 - Sep 2

To Do

1. Download and install DirectX SDK June 2010

Resources

• DirectX Developer Centreat Microsoft

Week 2 - Sep 9

This Week

• Switched from Github to BitBucket
• Completed Engine Architecture
  • Singleton class as an alternative to global variables
• Started Math - Linear Algebra - Vectors

Resources

• GAM531 Emperor (BitBucket)
• Course Notes - Two Dimensional Math

Week 3 - Sep 16

To Do

• lab 2
• lab 3

Resources

• Course Notes - Two Dimensional Math

Week 4 - Sep 23

This Week

• Matrix Math
  • Transforming Vectors
    • Rotations
      • cos θ sin θ
    • Scaling
  • Identity
  • Transpose
  • Multiplication
    • by scalars
    • by vectors
    • by matrices
• Programming Matrices
  • storing in arrays
    • row major order
    • 2-D arrays in C
  • T& operator[](int);
  • T& operator()(int, int);

To Do

• review C++ syntax
• lab 3
• select groups

Resources

• Course Notes - Two Dimensional Math - Matrices

Week 5 - Sep 30

This Week

• 2D Matrix Math
  • Translations
• 3D Math
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Transformations
    • Rotations
    • Scaling
    • Translations
• From the Scene to the Screen
  • World Transformation
  • View Transformation
  • Projection Transformation
  • Viewport Transformation

To Do

• lab 5

Resources

• Course Notes - Two Dimensional Math
• Course Notes - Three Dimensional Math