January

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7

9
10
11
12
Classes Begin
13
introduction to  course and serious games
14
15
what is a critique;what makes a good game
game critique sign up
16
17
18 19
Holiday
20
SNOW
    snowman
21 22
game elements
game proposals;
teams assigned
Jared Blashka, Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
23 24
25 26
27
story development
28

29
Narrative
game synopsis, target and purpose due
Joe Thompson, America's Army
30

31



February

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
Innov8 focus session with IBM
4

5
game play: Core Mechanisms
game design and plan due
Matt Schweighardt, Chip's Challenge
6
7
8 9 10
IBM Serious Games Day
Brian Jenkins, Real Lives 2007
11
12
graphics
Eric Harmon, Typing of the Dead
13 14
15 16 17
documentation
graphics, cont.
Chris Rogers, Dimenxian
18


19
Phaedra Boinodiris, IBM

20

21
22 23 24
graphics (finish),  mobile gaming
John Weis, Nintendo DS Cooking Game
25 26
demo 1

27 28



March

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
community


4

5
character development
paper review assigned: list posted
6 7
Spring Break
8
Spring Break
9
Spring Break
no classes
10
Spring Break
no classes
11
Spring Break
no classes
12
Spring Break
no classes
13
Spring Break
no classes
14
Spring Break
15
Spring Break
16 17
games for health care: CKD
shamrock
18 19
MMOs
Sean Chaney, Fantastic Contraption
20

21

22 23 24
paper review due
Will Scotten, DDR
25 26
Janice Anderson, School of Education

27
28
29 30
31
James Lester, NCSU


 




April

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1 2
papers discussion
3 4
5
6
7
demo 2
8
9
Tom Carbone, UCF fromTA)
10
Holiday
11
12
13
14
Stephanie Barlock, Wii Fit
15 16
Chad Haefele, ARGs

17
18
19 20
21
Randy Brown, Virtual Heroes
22
3:30
Eric Lofgren, School of Public Health
23
final project presentations
take home final given
24
25
26 27
Classes End
28
Reading Day
29
30
Final due @ 7 p.m.





May

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1
Reading Day
2

3 4
5
Reading Day
6

7 8

9
10
Commencement