GAM670/DPS905 Weekly Schedule 20121

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GAM670/DPS905 -- Weekly Schedule 20121

Week 1 - Jan 8

This Week

• Assignment Discussion
• Suggested Enhancements
• Review of the Base Code
  • Definition of a Framework
    • Modularity through stable interfaces
    • Re-usability through generic components
    • Extensibility through hook methods
    • Inversion of control - determines which application methods to invoke in response to external events
  • Framework Architecture
    • Modelling Layer
    • API Translation Layer
• Relative Reference Frames
  • Recursive calls

    Vector Frame::position()

    Matrix Frame::rotation()

    Matrix Frame::world()

  • Detaching from and attaching to a parent frame

    Frame::attachTo()

• Visibility Determination
  • Plane

    normal + constant - examples

    equation of a plane: dot(n, x) + D = 0

    positive side of a plane dot(n, x) + D > 0

To Do

1. add your name to the student list
2. create a team page that includes the semester number 20121
   • describe the game that you intend to develop
   • list the topics of interest to your team in developing its game
   • list the other topics of interest