SE 320 – Introduction to Game Development Lecture 1: Introduction Lecturer: Gazihan Alankuş Please look at the last two slides for assignments (marked with TODO) 2/10/20121

WARNING THIS CLASS REQUIRES YOU TO WRITE CODE! IF YOU CURRENTLY DO NOT LIKE CODING, AND ARE CLOSE-MINDED, YOU MAY HATE THIS CLASS… (CODING IS ACTUALLY FUN) I WILL WORK HARD TO HELP YOU LEARN ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ( SUPPORT, GOOGLE CHAT, STUDY SESSIONS, VIDEO TUTORIALS, ETC.) IF YOU HAVE AN OPEN MIND AND ARE NOT LAZY, YOU WILL DO JUST FINE. 2/10/20122

Outline Me Class – Unity – Games Logistics of class You HOMEWORK 1!!! 2/10/20123

Outline Me Class – Unity – Games Logistics of class You HOMEWORK 1!!! 2/10/20124

Instructor Dr. Gazihan Alankuş METU, BS 2002, MS 2005 WUSTL, PhD 2011 Is now an Assistant Professor Background – Some industry experience (including Google) – I do research on games – Now I get to teach games – reasonable > idealistic Please use for class- related 2/10/20125

Can you understand me? English language is just a tool, not a goal. – The goal is to communicate and learn. Stop me when you don’t understand something. In general, be active in class. 2/10/20126

Outline Me Class – Unity – Games Logistics of class You HOMEWORK 1!!! 2/10/20127

Class Using Unity game engine to create video games This is a new class, there can be mistakes… Assignment: find the class website – Google “Gazihan Alankuş” – Click on the link that says “SE 320: Introduction to Game Development, Fall 2012” – There you will find a link to the syllabus Buy the book! 2/10/20128

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games 2/10/20129

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games 2/10/201210

Unity is an amazing game development tool Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games 2/10/201211

Unity is an amazing game development tool – Windows or Mac – C# (or JavaScript or Python (“Boo”)) We will use C# If you know C++ it will not be difficult – Unity provides a great blend of visual elements and code Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games 2/10/201212

We will learn how to use Unity – Gather information Online videos In-class demonstrations Book – Practice Homework assignments Labs Practice on your own – You have to learn it very well to succeed Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games 2/10/201213

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games This will be different than most of your classes – Using a visual tool – Programming with C# – Coding visual and interactive applications – Designing a game – Developing a game that works well I don’t expect you to know any of these already I expect you to work hard, pay attention, and learn to be good at them 2/10/201214

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games 12:30 – 14:20: Lecture in C :30 – 16:20: Lab in (to be announced) It’s best if you have a laptop that runs Unity – You have to work on your game outside of class – Use the same setup in labs 2/10/201215

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games We will try to move to a lab with enough computers for everyone (probably C 601) C 609 will have 18 computers with Unity Pro, Unity for iOS Pro and Unity for Android Pro – Also two of them are iMac computers – Hardware that is planned to be purchased: iPad, iPod Touch, Android tablets 2/10/201216

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games In your laptops, install – Unity free version Not the 30 day trial Feel free to purchase the Pro version – Blender – (Optional) Modeling software from Autodesk (students.autodesk.com) Maya 3DS Max – Gimp 2/10/201217

“Can we use other game development environments?” – NO! – Other classes rely on this class to teach Unity Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games 2/10/201218

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games 2/10/201219

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games Video games are fun! Video games make money! Video games can be used for good! 2/10/201220

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games Some infographics – game-statistics/ game-statistics/ – 6/infographic-video-game-industry-statistics/239665/ 6/infographic-video-game-industry-statistics/239665/ – industry-infographic industry-infographic-918 – of-the-day-videogames-pwning-hollywood-in-release- week-sales/ of-the-day-videogames-pwning-hollywood-in-release- week-sales/ – addiction addiction 2/10/201221

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games We will learn how to design video games Video game concepts How to make games – Fun – Engaging – Etc. You will use these in your projects 2/10/201222

Using Unity Game Engine to Create Video Games Projects – While you are learning Unity, you will also come up with game ideas (start thinking right now) – We will select some of the ideas, and form groups around them. (max. 3 people) – You will develop those games using Unity – You will give presentations in class as a group – You will each send me private weekly reports as simple s 2/10/201223

Outline Me Class – Unity – Games Logistics of class You HOMEWORK 1!!! 2/10/201224

Logistics Homeworks – There will be homeworks in the first part of class while we learn Unity – These will mostly be watching educational videos and performing simple game development assignments Quizzes – I will use quizzes to test whether you have understood what you were supposed to learn in your homeworks Labs – In the lab hours you will have game-related assignments to do with Unity Midterm (around week 9) – Questions about what we learned. There will be no final! Project – You will develop a game as a group project (see previous slides for details) Google group – I will send announcements using Google groups (we’ll talk about it soon) Weekly meetings and reports – Groups will meet weekly – Everybody sends me private weekly reports about what you did that week related to this class (homework, project, tutorial, etc.) 2/10/201225

Outline Me Class – Unity – Games Logistics of class You HOMEWORK 1!!! 2/10/201226

My Expectations of You Enthusiastic about developing video games Likes to learn new things. Can learn something on your own if you need to. You’re not going to use “I don’t know this” as an excuse. Hard-working. Can spare a lot of time for the class. There will be time-consuming homeworks and a big term project. 2/10/201227

Some Suggestions and Comments If you are looking for an easy elective course, this is not it. – If you could not find any other course, let me know and maybe I’ll find someone that wants to swap courses with you. This is a full-house class! There are enthusiastic students that could not take the class… I will be stricter than last year as I’m a full-time faculty now I will not be easy on grading. If you pass this course, that will mean you can actually create games with Unity. Everybody will contribute to the project in the group. Group members may get different grades. I will not tolerate laziness. I will not tolerate attempts to trick me. 2/10/201228

It’s Going to Be Great Just spare some time each week You will create a game! – Create something cool with your programming skills – Amazing portfolio entry Work in groups and learn from each other I’m usually online for chat or support 2/10/201229

Questions? 2/10/201230

Let’s get to know you Introduce in detail, from where, etc. What grade? Option programme? You and games Registered? Why? What do you expect – from this class? – to see happen by the end of semester? Programmer? – C#? IDEs? Debugging? Open source? – C++? Data Structures? Artist? – Graphic designer? Sound maker? 2/10/201231

TODO: Google Group Do either one of these: – Go to games-fall-2012 and apply for a membership. games-fall-2012 – Or, send an to and I will invite your to the Google group. You will have to accept the I will use this for class announcements You can also send questions, comments, helpful tips, or announcements to it but I will moderate your s. 2/10/201232

TODO: Homework 1 Install all the software mentioned on Slide #17 Watch these videos: – Videos 1 thru 8 here: – All the videos here: While watching them, use your Unity installation with the AngryBots game to practice what you see. There will be a short quiz about it next week! 2/10/201233