Bringing choice, authenticity, and ownership back to teaching and learning. https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/ 2026-04-17T14:30:16+00:00 https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/ https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=logo.png text/html 2012-03-29T06:45:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/doku.php?id=presentations:coop&rev=1333003541&do=diff Co-operative Tasks class Task { virtual void Run() = 0; }; class Renderer : public Task { void Run(float time); }; class TaskManager { void RunTasks(); void AddTask(Task*); }; void TaskManager::RunTasks() { foreach(task) task->Run(); } text/html 2012-03-29T06:45:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/doku.php?id=presentations:diegesis&rev=1333003542&do=diff Diegesis, from the ancient Greek (“recounted story”) describes narrative, in contrast with mimesis which deals with symbolism. Diegesis tells; mimesis shows. The term is also used to distinguish sounds in film and games. Diegetic sound is one that originated from within the film or game world - an 'actual' sound. It has a source visible on the screen or implied to be present by the action of the film or game. Diegetic sounds are those sounds in a game that the characters could hear, like gunshot… text/html 2012-03-29T06:45:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/doku.php?id=presentations:frontend&rev=1333003541&do=diff Front End This is the main menu of the game where users can set various game parameters. text/html 2012-03-29T06:45:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/doku.php?id=presentations:gametalk-08&rev=1333003542&do=diff Introduction to Game Architecture <style box background>This mini-lecture will present an overview of the major components of a computer game (i.e. the major subsystems; the main loop; the key role of time; game state; subsystem communication; game entities or objects).</style> text/html 2012-03-29T06:45:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/doku.php?id=presentations:googledocs-workshop&rev=1333003542&do=diff Google Docs Workshop <http://docs.google.com> The presentation will be done entirely within the Google Docs application, and I would like to be able to invite the audience to share my presentation slides during the introductory talk. Objective This is a hands-on workshop designed to give participants all they need to know to start using Google Docs, in the classroom, in their research, and for their publications. text/html 2012-03-29T06:45:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/doku.php?id=presentations:hud&rev=1333003542&do=diff Heads Up Display Contains most of the in-game status information. It can usually be brought up or hidden at will. text/html 2012-03-29T06:45:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/doku.php?id=presentations:monolithic&rev=1333003542&do=diff Monolithic Game Loop while(1) { input(); simulate(); render(); sound(); } text/html 2012-03-29T06:45:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/doku.php?id=presentations:online-educa-2008&rev=1333003543&do=diff Online Educa Berlin 2008 -[Brief Presentation]- text/html 2012-03-29T06:45:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/doku.php?id=presentations:preemptive&rev=1333003543&do=diff Pre-emptive void InputThread() { while(1) input(); } void SimulationThread() { while(1) simulate(); } void RenderThread() { while(1) render(); } void SoundThread() { while(1) sound(); } text/html 2012-03-29T06:45:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.becker.minkhollow.ca/doku.php?id=presentations:sidebar&rev=1333003543&do=diff COMP 4XXX - Game Programming Course Outline * What is Game Design? * Elements of a Game * Design Documents * Game Programming * Languages * Game Architecture * Physics * Graphics, Audio * AI, Animation * Interfaces * What's Next? Resources