Computer and Video Game Theory for Independent Developers

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: What's it all about?

Lecture 2: Introduction

Chapter 2: Ideas

Lecture 1: Ideas

Lecture 2: Keep an 'Ideas' log

Chapter 3: Game Concepts

Lecture 1: Game Concepts

Lecture 2: Game Concepts – Remakes

Lecture 3: Game Concepts – Existing Genres

Lecture 4: Game Concepts – New Game Types

Chapter 4: Big Questions

Lecture 1: Big Questions

Lecture 2: Big Questions – Who…?

Lecture 3: Big Questions – What…?

Lecture 4: Big Questions – Why…?

Lecture 5: Big Questions – How…?

Chapter 5: Psychology

Lecture 1: Psychology

Lecture 2: Psychology – The Aim

Lecture 3: Psychology – If You Build It…

Lecture 4: Psychology – Another Golden Goose

Lecture 5: Psychology – Where Will It All End?

Lecture 6: Psychology – Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It…

Lecture 7: Psychology – The First Few Minutes

Lecture 8: Psychology – The Human Element

Chapter 6: Thinking Differently

Lecture 1: Think Differently

Lecture 2: Think Differently – Think of a Dishwasher

Lecture 3: Think Differently – Computing Power

Lecture 4: Think Differently – Pick a Card

Lecture 5: Think Differently – Pick a Card, Human

Lecture 6: Think Differently – Pick a Card, Computer

Chapter 7: Interactive Devices

Lecture 1: Interactive Devices

Lecture 2: Interactive Devices – Need Input

Lecture 3: Interactive Devices – Ghost in the Machine

Lecture 4: Interactive Devices – Ghosts

Lecture 5: Interactive Devices – Masks

Lecture 6: Interactive Devices – Ghosts and Masks Fix

Lecture 7: Interactive Devices – Touchy Touchy

Lecture 8: Interactive Devices – Resistive Touchscreens

Lecture 9: Interactive Devices – Capacitive Touchscreens

Lecture 10: Interactive Devices – Optical Touchscreens

Lecture 11: Interactive Devices – Touchscreen Conclusion

Lecture 12: Interactive Devices – The Motion Notion

Lecture 13: Interactive Devices – Virtual Reality

Lecture 14: Interactive Devices – Camera Based Motion

Chapter 8: The Formula

Lecture 1: The Formula

Lecture 2: The Formula – Example 1, Travelling to the 3rd Dimension

Lecture 3: The Formula – Example 2, When Worlds Collide

Lecture 4: The Formula – Conclusion

Chapter 9: Make Your Own: Fruit Slice Game

Lecture 1: Fruit Slice – The Game Concept

Lecture 2: Fruit Slice – Hidden Rules

Lecture 3: Fruit Slice – Flying Gravity Fruit

Lecture 4: Fruit Slice – Slicing With a Finger

Lecture 5: Fruit Slice – Slicing the Fruit

Lecture 6: Fruit Slice – What Next?

Chapter 10: Make Your Own: Mazes

Lecture 1: Mazes – An Introduction to Generated Levels/Maps

Lecture 2: Mazes – What You Will Learn About Amazing Mazes

Lecture 3: Mazes – A World of Walls and Algorithms

Lecture 4: Mazes – The Theory and How It Works

Lecture 5: Mazes – Demo Mazes to Show Our Theory in Action

Lecture 6: Mazes – Important Notes

Lecture 7: Mazes – A Real Game Using These Methods

Chapter 11: Artificial Intelligence

Lecture 1: A.I. – An Introduction

Lecture 2: A.I. – Examples in Games

Lecture 3: A.I. – Data is King

Lecture 4: A.I. – Making a Brain!

Lecture 5: A.I. – A Real Game World Example

Lecture 6: Artificial Intelligence is everywhere – but is that a good thing?

Chapter 12: Got Game?

Lecture 1: Got Game? – You're Not Finished

Lecture 2: Got Game? – Test, Test and Test Some More

Lecture 3: Got Game? – The 'X' Factor

Chapter 13: Recap

Lecture 1: Recap