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| Lecture | Title | Day |
| Lecture 1 | The Nature of Games | 01/19/09 |
| Lecture 2 | Developing Ideas Bonus (Related Reading): Players Who Suit MUDs | 01/21/09 |
| Lecture 3 | Challenges & Genres | 01/26/09 |
| Lecture 4 | Documentation & Development Bonus (Related Reading; also in CMS): Sample Design Documents | 01/28/09 |
| Lecture 5 | Parts of the Game | 02/02/09 |
| Lecture 6 | Rules & Mechanics | 02/04/09 |
| Lecture 7 | Prototyping Bonus (Class Demos): java -cp potential.jar potential.Main java -cp prototype.jar playingfields.Main | 02/09/09 |
| Lecture 8 | Data-Driven Design Bonus (Class Demos): Sample Level Editor Tile-Based Game Techniques Blades of Avernum API | 02/16/09 |
| Lecture 9 | 2D Graphics I | 02/18/09 |
| Lecture 10 | 2D Graphics II Bonus (Class Demos): Parallax Scrolling | 02/23/09 |
| Lecture 11 | Strategic AI | 02/25/09 |
| Lecture 12 | Character AI I | 03/02/09 |
| Lecture 13 | Character AI II Bonus (Related Reading): Hierarchical Logic in Game AI Handling Complexity in the Halo 2 AI | 03/04/09 |
| Lecture 14 | Game Physics I | 03/09/09 |
| Lecture 15 | Game Physics II | 03/11/09 |
| Lecture 16 | Tutorial Design and Player DifficultyNo Lecture Notes Bonus (Related Reading): No Twinkie For You Ten Tips For Managing Difficulty Difficulty Levels | 03/23/09 |
| Lecture 17 |
User Testing Guest Lecture: Dan Cosley Bonus (Related Reading): Testing Design with Users Cognitive Walkthrough |
03/25/09 |
| Lecture 18 | Game Balance | 03/30/09 |
| Lecture 19 | Story and Setting | 04/08/09 |
| Lecture 20 | Dialog & Story II Bonus (Related Reading): Where Stories End and Games Begin Why Writing in Games Matters: Part I Why Writing in Games Matters: Part II Why Writing in Games Matters: Part III | 04/10/09 |
| Lecture 21 | The Industry | 04/13/09 |
| Lecture 22 | Networking I | 04/22/09 |
| Lecture 23 | Networking II | 04/24/09 |
