GAME 1304.8001 Level Design
Spring 2009

syllabi

Student Directories

Resources:

1/21/09:

- Syllabus
- Web Accounts/FTP Account
- Create Index Page

1/28/09:
Inclement weather and power outage, no class.

2/2/09:
Part I:
- UT2004 Manual
- Part I: Game Pipeline
- Navigation in UnrealEd
- First Room textures, down load this file to your C:, where the "texture" folder in your UT2004.
- First Room Exercise
- Evaluation for Unit I: Hangar and Control Room
Part II:
- Research and Development on UT
NOTE: different Game Types, Textures, Maps, Lighting, Interactive Elements, AI - Bots, Fire and Smoke Element, Volumes
Lecture:
- Plot your Map for an underground world on grid paper for Death Match Game Type (30 minutes)
- Share/exchange your map with your classmates and get input
- Part II: Game Pipeline
Lab:
* First Room textures, down load this file to your C:, where the "texture" folder in your UT2004.
* First Room Exercise
* Expanding the Your First Room to the Control Room
* Lighting the Hangar
* Unit 1 Asset Files (Unit1_sm.uts and firstRoom.utx)
* Creating the Passageway That Connects the Hanger to the Control Room

2/9/09
Part III:
* Project I Evaluation
* Adding Detail with Static Meshes
* Decorating with Static Meshes
* Interactive Elements

2/16/09:

- Download and grade Unit 1 map
- Intro to Steam, Source SDK and Hammer Editor
Please do not print these documents in our lab, let's go green!

- Steam and Hammer Editor Setup procedure in T250
- Your First Room with Addition Methods

Research and Development on Half Life: Episode Two

2/18/09

Lecutre:
Introduction to MODDING
GAME Directory
Lab:
Your First Room with Addition Methods

3/04/09:

Clearance for Hammer Editor for characters
Entities Group

Proejct 2: Assessment due next Wednesday, 3/25/09!

3/09/09:

Add water
Add breakable glass

Lab: work on map!

3/25/09:

Lecture: Leak
Lab: Fix the leaks map in this map
Wrap up and finish touch on your map for Wednesday, 3/25/09

3/30/09:

Decide on team and map

4/01/09:

Discussion on Doors with your group and decide on three door exercise for next time:

Regular door
Rotating Door
Door with Key Pad
Corridor Door
Iris Door
Breakable Pad Lock
Key to Door
Garage Door
Swing Door
Double Sliding Door
Revolving Doors

Plan with you want the doors on your map for next time.


4/06/09:

Sliding Door notes with empty room
Regular Door with empty room
Breakable Pad Lock Door

4/13:
Sky Box Basic
Sky Box - Research and Development

Entities List and sky_camera
Sky Box II

4/22:

Simple Camera

4/27:
AI Scripted Sequence

5/4:

Final Project Evaluation due next Monday, 5/11/09!