Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Set up a C/C++ based environment for game development.
• Explain game design basics and design games with learned principles by following the suggested procedure and phases.
• Develop computer games using C/C++ and the Allegro library.
• Write interactive computer games with sound and music.
• Create sprites and use them in computer games.
• Install and remove timers in games, program perfect game loops, and properly handle events in computer games.
• Explain what scrolling is and create and manipulate scrolling backgrounds using tiles and map files.
• Use data files, multi-threads, and some AI technologies in game development.
• Develop a plan to market computer games.