Announcements

This is CSCI S-23a at Harvard Summer School. Starts June 20, 2023. Register at web.dce.harvard.edu/summer/csci/s/23a.

Description

This course focuses on the development of 2D games. Students explore the design of such childhood titles as Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon in a quest to understand how video games themselves are implemented. Via lectures and hands-on projects, the course explores principles of 2D graphics, animation, sound, and collision detection using Lua, a dynamic scripting language, and LÖVE, a lightweight 2D game development framework. By course’s end, students have programmed several of their own games and gained a thorough understanding of the basics of game design and development.

Prerequisites

CSCI S-7, CSCI E-10a, CSCI E-50, CS50x, or prior programming experience in any language.