GAME DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 1.

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Pre-requisites: CSCD 350 & CSCD 350L with a grade ≥C+, Advancement Programming Exam clearance. Corequisite: CSCD 474L . An overview of game design principles including game analysis frameworks, prototyping, testing, balance, puzzle design, player typology, and AI. Students learn the Unity game development engine and produce guided games and small projects that demonstrate tiling, terrain generation, and scripting in C#. This is the first course in a two-course sequence. Application of many of these principles will come in the following course. Companion course to CSCD 474L .