3D Graphics & Audio-2

B.Sc. Games Development Year 3 (CW208-3)

Introduction

This page supports the 3D Graphics & Audio-2 subject of the 3rd year of the Computer games development degree at I.T. Carlow

This page provides an overview of the course.

Topics Covered

 

Hardware requirements

Please bring a pair of headphones to every lab session, they will be needed when watching to video tutorials(screencasts) and when audio programming.

Assessment

The assessment of this subject is evenly split between the final written exam and ongoing continual assessment.

Final Written Exam 50%

Satisfactory participation in labs 10%

2 x written exam 10% (best of 3)

3x programming assessments 30%

Final Exam Sample Questions

 

 

2012/13 Class Calendar
Week Begining Theory & Reading Lab Work & Assessments
17-Sept

Introduction to OpenGL

OpenGL primitives

Programming in SFML

24-Sept

Collision Detection

Polygons in OpenGL

1-Oct

Vectors & Transformations in SFML

Collision Detection

8-Oct

Collision Detection

 

SAT Assessment

 

15-Oct

Collision Detection

 

 

SAT Assessment

 

22-Oct

Collision Detection

Environmental Audio

SAT Assessment

 

29-Oct

Introduction to FMOD

Basic Audio with FMod

 

5-Nov

Viewing & projection in3D with OpenGL

Matrices in OpenGL

 

 
12-Nov

Textures in OpenGL

Materials in Ogre

3D Camera Control in OpenGL
19-Nov

Efficient transfer of vertex data

 
26-Nov

Visibility Processing

Culling Examples

Audio Assessment

3-Dec

BSP Trees

Cell Portal PVS

 

Audio Assessment

Exam: (Visibility/Audio/openGL viewing)

10-Dec

Audio in Video Games

Spatial Audio with FMod

Audio Assessment

Christmas    
7-Jan

Shaders & Hardware programming

Intro to GLSL

Render a Terrain(part 1)

14-Jan

Use SFML to load shaders

Terrain

GLSL Terrain Assessment
21-Jan

Basic lighting in openGL

Lighting review

Example Shader Programmes

 

GLSL Terrain Assessment

27-Jan

 

 

 

GLSL Terrain Assessment

3-Feb

Shadow mapping

 
10-Feb

Review

GLSL Terrain Assessment due

17-Feb Review  
24-Feb Study week (no classes) Shader Exam
4-Mar Exams(TBC)  
11th-Mar Exams(TBC)