Video Game Programming and Design
Credits: 1.0 Programming or 1.0 Math .5 Occupational Ed. .5 Fine ArtsTeachers Jonathan Fleck & Jennifer Styer
Syllabus
AnimationElements/Principles 07
VGD 2007 Student Art
VGD 2006 Student Art
VGD 2004-5 Student Art
This is a unique opportunity for students in whatcom county to come together and
learn video game programming and graphics. Students will take the programming
and graphics from specialized instructors for a full year.Turn your passion for video games, art, or technology into a future career in the multi-billion-dollar video game industry. This class will be taught in a state of the art lab in cooperation with the Digipen Institute of Technology.
Students’ learning will include game analysis, game design, creation
of characters and their environments, low-polygon modeling, and file limitations.
Other content covered will be the C++ programming language, algebra, geometry
and trigonometry concepts, and game production using the Fun Editor (Digipen
product). A wide range of skills will be developed in the class including, storyboarding,
sketching, rendering, animation, and program debugging.
