Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

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If you would be interested in making your own 2D game from scratch then consider signing up for CS 133G. In this course we will discuss game development, introduce programming, and give you some experience making games. Grades are 80% labs, 20% textbook tests. Time and work are involved in this course. Hopefully you will find the work fun, and the experience will clarify what game development is behind the scenes.

All skills levels are welcome. If you have experience with art, graphic design, digital audio, or programming, your project work can be something to add to your portfolio or resume. If you already are familiar with a game engine you are welcome to use that for your project.

Previous students who have gotten a lot out of this course had AMPLE time to do their class work and to explore other ideas or small side-projects. The main complaint students have about this course is that there isn't enough time to do everything they want on their projects, so know that I am here to help you keep things feasible.

Important! - The course textbook, "Game Development Essentials: An Introduction, 3rd Edition" by Jeannie Novak, is out of print. Most students rent from Chegg as an ebook or use Amazon. The CD that comes with the book has some good reference material but is not required for the course. Another option is to read the four-hour reserve copy of the textbook at either Sylvania or Rock Creek (there are two copies at Rock Creek).

We will be using Gdevelop which you will need to download from https://gdevelop.io/download. You can get started here: https://wiki.gdevelop.io/gdevelop5/

We will not be using the "WEB APP" online version of Gdevelop.