GAM-110 Game Programming I provides a technically well-founded introduction to game development using programming languages and various gaming editors. Upon completion, students will have acquired a fundamental understanding of the Windows API, the use of sprites, animation, and audio in an integrated game environment.
Technically grounded, not just conceptual, introduction
The course explicitly aims for a technically well-founded introduction, ensuring students build real programming competency in game development from the start, not just conceptual familiarity with game design ideas.
Integrating multiple technical elements together
GAM-110 covers sprites, animation, and audio as elements that must work together within an integrated game environment, reflecting that real game programming requires coordinating multiple technical systems simultaneously, not mastering each in isolation.
Key topics in GAM110
- Windows API fundamentals
- Sprite implementation
- Animation programming
- Audio integration in games
- Game programming languages and editors
- Building an integrated game environment
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- Isolated elements: A sprite that moves, but without animation or sound feedback
- Integrated game environment: The same sprite animated in motion with synchronized audio feedback, creating a genuinely responsive game experience
- Lesson: GAM-110 teaches that real game programming requires coordinating these technical elements together, not implementing each in isolation
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Frequently asked questions
Game programming is fundamentally a technical discipline, and students who only understand game design concepts without genuine programming competency in areas like the Windows API, sprite implementation, and audio integration can't actually build functioning games, meaning technical grounding from the start is essential to producing job-ready game programmers. GAM-110 emphasizes this technical foundation because subsequent, more advanced game programming coursework assumes this genuine technical competency is already in place.
Real games require these technical elements to function together seamlessly — a sprite's movement needs synchronized animation, which often needs accompanying audio feedback — and a student who learns each element in complete isolation may struggle to actually combine them into a cohesive, working game environment. GAM-110 teaches integration because this combined technical competency is what real game programming work actually requires, not isolated mastery of disconnected technical skills.