Pipelines for Games and Interactives CSCI 281, (3 Units)

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1 Pipelines for Games and Interactives CSCI 281, (3 Units) Objective This course will present an approach to the aesthetic development and technical implementation necessary to achieving unique, compelling, and intuitive visual design in games. The course will also look ahead to the task of creating games that can compete in the next-generation marketplace. Concepts Regardless of artistic background, students will have an opportunity to exercise design skill, emphasizing clear visual communication and quick revision, with an awareness of the collaborative processes in real-world game development. Through lectures, guided exercises, group critiques and workshops, participants will reinforce solid design fundamentals while attempting to push the creative possibilities of visual game design. Prerequisite Open to all students Lecture 3 hours total (3 Units) Grading Five Assignments of 10 points each. This score of 50 is multiplied by 2 to make 100 at the end of the semester A A B B B C 19.9 and below C- The student should arrange to meet with the grader any time before the last two weeks of finals to offer either makeup assignments or extra credit assignments. It is up to the individual student to tally their score or meet with the grader to check on the progress of their grade throughout the semester. Attendance: Must attend every class. If absence is not sufficiently excusable, then student will lose a percentage grade.

2 Academic Integrity USC seeks to maintain an optimal learning environment. General principles of academic honesty include the concept of respect for the intellectual property of others, the expectation that individual work will be submitted unless otherwise allowed by an instructor, and the obligations both to protect one s own academic work from misuse by others as well as to avoid using another s work as one s own. All students are expected to understand and abide by these principles. Scampus, the Student Guidebook, contains the Stu dent Conduct Code in Section 11.00, while the recommended sanctions are located in Appendix A: Students will be referred to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards for further review, should there be any suspicion of academic dishonesty. The Review process can be found at: Students with Disabilities Any student requesting academic accommodations based on a disability is required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester. A letter of verification for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter is delivered to me (or to your TA) as early in the semester as possible. DSP is located in STU 301 and is open 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The phone number for DSP is (213)

3 Pipelines for Games and Interactives CS 281 (3 Units) Week 1- Class Introduction/Overview - 1/13/2016 Class overview Maya software o Rules for using lab o Place to download Maya if using personal laptop Follow-up from TA Team Projects o Team captains Online resources o OAD (Online Asset Database) o Excel sheet checklist Week 2 - Begin Maya Modeling 1/20/2016 Lecture on Maya Basics o Camera control o Five basic geometry shapes o Extrusion, Addition and deletion of geometry (objects) o Manipulation of components (vertices, edges, faces) begin building Phantasm Ball in class (modeling) o Corresponding video on class website Week 3 - Finish Maya Modeling 1/27/2016 Finish up the 3d modeling of Phantasm Ball o Review of principles of geometry manipulation in 3d Grouping, not combining for UV texturing Cleaning up scene Assignments Due: Phantasm Ball 3d model Week 4 Begin UV texturing the Phantasm Ball 2/3/2016 Discussion of principles of UV mapping o Cartography comparisons (flaying a 3d into 2d) Compromise UV layout vs slicing UVs In-class assignment of sphere UV cutting/layout o Download Dogbunny from OAD, manipulate UVs Phantasm Ball texture provided on website Week 5 Finish texturing the Phantasm Ball 2/10/2016 Phantasm Ball UV layout finish (in class) All Maya files saved as ASCII (.ma) All images saved as 512 x 512.jpg How/where/when to hand it in - 3 -

4 Follow-up from TA Week 6 Shoebox Garage 2/17/2016 Discussion of using blueprints to model vehicle Go to theblueprints.com o Review website for good/bad examples of modeling blueprints No shaded wireframes No color Four views Simple designs Choose blueprint for vehicle In-class setup of shoebox garage for modeling accuracy In-class begin building vehicle o Lab time for class to begin modeling their vehicle Assignments Due: Vehicle 3d model Week 7 Using images for textures on vehicles 2/24/2016 How to save out UV map of 3d model from Maya Class lecture on finding online texture for vehicle o Examples of good/bad textures Inconsistent color/lighting Perspective (warped) angles Examples of how to download/use image In-class examples of grabbing texture and basic manipulation o Using Photoshop o Using Pixlr Assignments Due: Vehicle 3d model (modeled, textured) How/where/when to hand it in Follow-up from TA Week 8 Midterm Assignment 3/2/2016 Teams chosen from class o Team Captains o Team Names Review of checklist usage for class Team decides what to model from Natural History Museum o Review of necessary items to go to NHM o Field trip for teams to go to NHM, find/research items for modeling Assignments Due: individual item models from team members Week 9 Midterm 3/9/2016 In-class lab time to finish modeling and texturing individual models Assignments Due: individual item models from team members - 4 -

5 How/where/when to hand it in Follow-up from TA Week 10 3d Props and lighting 3/16/2016 Examples of baked lighting for models in video games o Real-time lighting and shadows in console vs mobile games o Normal maps In-class demonstration of Maya baked light as texture map o Labtime for students to do example using 3d sphere Assignments Due: prop model (modeled, textured) How/where/when to hand it in Follow-up from TA Week 11 Organic (Avatar) modeling 3/23/2016 Character Assignment Modeling organic versus statue modeling o Modeling for deformation In-class assignment of fusing two cylindrical pipes smoothly at skew angle o Concentric blending for arms/legs of characters Assignments Due: individual selfie shots for modeling and Shoebox Garage setup Week 12 Organic (Avatar) texturing 3/30/2016 Lecture on Maya Projection texturing o Projection vs. painting on UVs o Baking the projection into UV map o In-class example using sphere Projection or UV painting choice for avatar models In-class Lab time to texture avatar model Week 13 Uploading models to the OAD database 4/6/2016 Lecture on uploading to the OAD Exporting FBX from Maya Quicktime viewer outside of Maya to verify model In-class assignment of exporting/viewing previous assignments How to.zip up exports for upload o Obj.ma + image.jpg/obj.fbx + image.jpg o Handing in previous assignments to the OAD Cleaned up Verifying Report of incorrect uploads for deletion In-class Lab time to upload all models Week 14 Finals assignments 4/13/2016 Assignments for Mobile Games Classes (CS 526) and AGP (CS 491) classes to teams - 5 -

6 Teams now autonomous o In-class lab time for teams to begin modeling assignments o Individual tutoring from instructor to teams and students Week 15 - Finals Due- 4/20/2016 Assignments Due: Team models (modeled, textured) o Turned in, verified and uploaded to OAD o Follow-up from TA - 6 -