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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2021/2022

Game Development in Unreal Engine 4

Type: Elective course (Software Engineering)
Area of studies: Software Engineering
Delivered by: School of Software Engineering
Where: Faculty of Computer Science
When: 3 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Olga V. Maksimenkova, Nikita Igorevich Veselko
Language: English
ECTS credits: 5
Contact hours: 60

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

Nowadays, actual bank of digital entertainment technologies is very big. It does not only contain virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), but also deals with collaboration and socialization and artificial intelligence (AI). This course introduces the games development and entrepreneurship. It includes a systematization of games’ genres, a review of approaches to games development, a classification of games’ engines. We will study following primary topics: the specifics of games applications lifecycle management (ALM), the determining and modelling of a game user, the transition from a game idea to human-computer interaction design (UX), the developing games for the most popular modern platforms. A Bachelor of Software Engineering, who works in the field of game development should be familiar with as technological as management features of the gaming business. This course addresses the following questions: • How we can use electronic devices for entertainment? • What are the features and constraints of modern devices from the gamer point of view? • How to use modern development kits in game development? • Is there a difference between games, which earned millions, and the projects, which were not compensated even their development cost? • How to evaluate an overall user’s satisfaction and to suggest him the best experience on the selected platforms? • How to integrate various development, ranking, feedback tools in game construction?
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • This course introduces the games development and elements of software engineering of games. The includes a review of games development approaches and their applications. We will concern on three main topics: the determining and modelling of a game user, software engineering of games for modern platforms, and game development and programming.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • an ability to communicate effectively (СК-Б8, СК-Б9б СЛК-Б4)
  • an ability to communicate effectively (СК-Б8, СК-Б9б СЛК-Б4);
  • an ability to design a game within realistic constraints such as economics, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (ИК-4, ИК-6, ИК-7, ИК-12, ИК-14, ИК-16)
  • an ability to design, validate, implement, and maintain games (ИК-9, ИК-17)
  • an ability to design, validate, implement, and maintain games (ИК-9, ИК-17);
  • an ability to use development techniques, skills and tools necessary for games development practice (ИК-17)
  • an ability to use development techniques, skills and tools necessary for games development practice (ИК-17);
  • an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (СЛК-Б1, СЛК-Б2, СЛК-Б9)
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Gaming industry, games platforms. Game design: mechanics and narration.
  • Game engines. Introduction to Unreal Engine 4: basic terms and concepts.
  • Level design and content pipeline
  • Users and gamers. Interaction patterns. Gameplay scripting. Gameplay framework overview.
  • Software architecture design patterns in games.
  • Developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in games.
  • Optimizing and Debugging
  • User interface. UI patterns in games.
  • Game testing and analytics
  • Software engineering of games
  • Gameplay Ability System
  • Native programming in UE4
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • Partially blocks (final) grade/grade calculation Group_project_11
  • blocking Home_assingment_11
  • non-blocking In-class_assingment_1
  • non-blocking Group_project_21
  • non-blocking Group_project_22
  • blocking Group_project_23
  • non-blocking Reading_list
  • non-blocking Home_assignment_21
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 2nd module
    0.1 * Group_project_11 + 0.2 * In-class_assingment_1 + 0.2 * Home_assingment_11 + 0.1 * Group_project_21 + 0.1 * Reading_list + 0.1 * Group_project_22 + 0.2 * Group_project_23
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Categorizing Game Design Elements into Educational Game Design Fundamentals. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.75594E53
  • Lee, J., Doran, J. P., & Misra, N. (2016). Unreal Engine: Game Development From A to Z. Packt Publishing.
  • MacDonald, M. (2018). Mastering C++ Game Development : Create Professional and Realistic 3D Games Using C++ 17. Packt Publishing.
  • Porro, S., & Cocchiarella, L. (2019). Use of a Game Engine Artificial Intelligence to Represent People Flows in Architectural Spaces via Geometry and Graphics ; Upotreba game enginea umjetne inteligencije u svrhu predstavljanja protoka ljudi u arhitektonskim prostorima pomoću geometrije i grafike.
  • Sara J. Becker, Kelli Scott, Cara M. Murphy, Melissa Pielech, Samantha A. Moul, Kimberly R. Yap, & Bryan R. Garner. (2019). User-centered design of contingency management for implementation in opioid treatment programs: a qualitative study. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4308-6
  • Staffan Björk, Sus Lundgren, & Jussi Holopainen. (2003). Game Design Patterns. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.E4976D93
  • Toftedahl, M., & Engström, H. (2019). A Taxonomy of Game Engines and the Tools that Drive the Industry.
  • Williams, K. W. (1999). GPS user-interface design problems [microform] / Kevin W. Williams. Washington, D.C. : Springfield, Va. : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aviation Medicine ; Available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, 1999.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Bulman, J., & Garraghan, P. (2020). A Cloud Gaming Framework for Dynamic Graphical Rendering Towards Achieving Distributed Game Engines.
  • Carr-Chellman, A. A. (2007). User Design. Routledge.
  • Game development essentials : game artificial intelligence, Ahlquist, J., 2008
  • Game development essentials :game QA and testing, Levy, L., 2010
  • Game development essentials: game industry career guide, Moore, M. E., 2010
  • Game development essentials: game interface design, Saunders, K. D., 2013
  • Game development essentials: game project management, Hight, J., 2008
  • Guizzo, G., Colanzi, T. E., & Vergilio, S. R. (2019). Applying design patterns in the search-based optimization of software product line architectures. Software & Systems Modeling, 18(2), 1487–1512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-017-0614-9
  • Leon Arndt. (2020). Design and Implementation of Player Growth Systems. Exemplified Through a Third-Person Action Game: Vol. 1. Auflage. GRIN Verlag.
  • Liu, Y.-T. D. (2017). Understanding Systems Problem Solving: What Sets Expert vs. Great Players Apart in High-Level Gameplay.
  • Pedersen, R. E. (2003). Game Design Foundations. Plano, Tex: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=79018

Authors

  • MAKSIMENKOVA OLGA VENIAMINOVNA