Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Lecture	22 lectures
Practical
Other	Workshop. Up to 3 x 1hr

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Exam	2 Hours	100%
Supplementary Exam	Will take the same form, under the terms of the Department's policy.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will:

be able to select and deploy appropriate geometrical theories and algorithms behind interactive and reactive 2-dimensional games and know some techniques necessary for their creation;
be able to describe and apply the main concepts behind 3-dimensional graphics standards;
be able to design games balancing appropriately the different aspects of the game leading to satisfaction of the targetted audience;
be aware of the variety of hardware and software technologies that allow the creation of complex animations.

Brief description

The course concentrates on several aspects of Interactive Computer Graphics: animation, game programming, 2- and 3-dimensional visualisation, and illumination models. Geometric transformations are also introduced. This module involves practical graphics programming and students will need a basic knowledge of the Java programming language.

Aims

This module intends to introduce to students the basic concepts of interactive computer graphics including:

animation;
interactivity (game programming);
Java3D;
principles of image formation.

Content

1. Graphics Systems Overview - 1 lecture
Important definitions, major components and features of interactive graphics systems.

2. 2D game programming - 6 lectures
2D coordinate systems, animation basics, sprites, interactions between objects, interactivity, programming, creation of a game.

3. Java3D - 7 lectures, 2 practicals
3D programming models, output primitives and attributes, model creation and editing, display. Constructing hierarchical models, viewing models, animating models, interacting with models.

4. Animation - 4 lectures
Creation, different actors and elements, key-framing, morphing, artificial behaviours.

5. Interaction and games - 4 lectures
Story-boarding, models of interactivity, interactivity and story telling.

Skills Type	Skills details
Application of Number	Geometrical transformations in Graphics systems require this skill.
Improving own Learning and Performance	The worksheets will require additional learning not necessarily covered in the lectures.
Problem solving	Thinking through and designing a game following a given specification involves problem solving skills.

Course Delivery

Assessment

Learning Outcomes

Brief description

Aims

Content

Module Skills

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