Time and place:
Monday 16:00..18:00 15:30..17:30 - Sigma Room
(Dipartimento - via Celoria 18)
Thursday 16:30..18:30 - Omega Room
(Dipartimento - via Celoria 18)
Lecturer:
Marco Tarini (me!)
Language:
English
Modality:
Lectures are held in-person.
Lectures & slides:
Slides will be available shortly after each lecture. They are intended only as a visual support for the presentation of the covered topics, and are not always meant to be self-sufficient. They, however, double as a first material for the study, and a
more than detailed index of each covered subjects.
| 00 | 2025-04-27 (Thursday) 16:30..18:30 Omega Room |
Course presentation & introduction | Game of the Week: EvoLand by Nicolas Cannasse (Shiro Games) |
| 01 | 2025-03-03 (Monday) 16:00..18:00 Sigma Room |
Games Math: points, vectors, versors 1/2 | |
| 02 | 2025-03-06 (Thursday) 16:30..18:30 Omega Room |
Games Math: points, vectors, versors 2/2 |
Game of the Week: 4D Toys (and Miegakure) by Marc ten Bosch |
| 03 | 2025-03-10 (Monday) 16:00..18:00 Sigma Room |
Games Math: points, vectors, versors 3/3 Games Math: transforms 1/2 |
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| 04 | 2025-03-13 (Thursday) 16:30..18:30 Omega Room |
Games Math: transforms 2/2 Games Math: rotations 1/3 |
Game of the Week: BirdSong by Daniel Linssen |
| 05 | 2025-03-17 (Monday) 16:00..18:00 Sigma Room |
Games Math: rotations 2/3 | |
| 06 | 2025-03-20 (Thursday) 16:30..18:30 Omega Room |
Games Math: rotations 3/3 | Game of the Week: Baba is You by Arvi Teikari |
| 07 | 2025-03-24 (Monday) 16:00..18:00 Sigma Room |
Games Math: rotations (exercises) Games Math: rotations (final note) The scene graph |
Game of the Week: Superliminal by Logan Fieth |
| 08 | 2025-03-27 (Thursday) 16:30..18:30 Omega Room |
Games Physics: dynamics 1/4 | |
| 09 | 2025-03-31 (Monday) 16:00..18:00 Sigma Room |
Games Physics: dynamics 2/4 | |
| 10 | 2025-04-03 (Thursday) 16:30..18:30 Omega Room |
Games Physics: dynamics 3/4
Games Physics: sandbox project (unity) |
Game of the Week: Braid by Jonathan Blow |
| 11 | 2025-04-07 (Monday) 16:00..18:00 Sigma Room |
Games Physics: dynamics 4/4 Games Physics: collisions 1/2 |
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| 12 | 2025-04-10 (Thursday) 16:30..18:30 Omega Room |
Games Physics: collisions 2/2 | Game of the Week: BeamNG.drive by Thomas Fischer |
| 13 | 2025-04-14 (Monday) 16:00..18:00 Sigma Room |
Games Physics: particle systems
Appearance: 3D models 1/2 |
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| 14 | 2025-04-17 (Thursday) 16:30..18:30 Omega Room |
Appearance: 3D models 2/2 | Games of the Week: Townscaper by Oskar Stålberg Tandis by Mahdi Bahrami |
| 15 | 2025-05-28 (Monday) 16:00..18:00 Sigma Room |
Appearance: materials | |
| 16 | 2025-05-05 (Monday) 16:00..18:00 Sigma Room |
Appearance: textures 1/2 | |
| 17 | 2025-05-08 (Thursday) 16:30..18:30 Omega Room |
Appearance: textures 2/2
Game Animations: intro |
Game of the Week: The Unfinished Swan by Ian Dallas [devlog] |
| 18 | 2025-05-12 (Monday) 15:30..17:30 Sigma Room |
Game Animations: blend shapes Game Animations: skeletal animations 1/2 |
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| 19 | 2025-05-15 (Thursday) 16:30..18:30 Sigma Room |
Game Animations: skeletal animations 2/2 | Games of the Week: * Toribash by Nabi Studios * TABS by Landfall Games [video devlog] |
| 20 | 2025-05-19 (Monday) 15:30..17:30 Sigma Room | Next Lecture! |
Suggested textbook:
(No textbook is required)
For the math part: Mathematics for 3D Game Programming
and Computer Graphics
For a subset of the topics: Game Engine Architecture (esp. Part III)
Exam modality:
Written test (in the form of a quiz on a computer, duration 90 Min)
followed by an oral exam.
Links:
Course page on Ariel
Course abstract
C++ Minilab (not part of this course, but maybe interesting)
Extra notes on dual-quaternions (not part of the course/exam, but maybe useful)