GSND 6460: Generative Game Design (Spring 2025)

The course schedule is in progress and subject to change.

Date			Lecture Notes	Due

Wed	Jan	8	Welcome
Fri	Jan	10	Introduction to p5.js

Wed	Jan	15	Directed Randomness
Fri	Jan	17	Directed Randomness in p5.js	Intake survey

Wed	Jan	22	No class (Chris at POPL)
Fri	Jan	24	No class (Chris at POPL)	Sketch #1

Wed	Jan	29	Design for Recombination
Fri	Jan	31	Modular Design Workshop	Sketch #2

Wed	Feb	5	Grammars I	Reflection #1 (before class)
Fri	Feb	7	Grammars Workshop	Sketch #3 Reflection #2

Wed	Feb	12	Cellular Automata
Fri	Feb	14	CA Workshop	Sketch #4

Wed	Feb	19	PCG Desiderata
Fri	Feb	21	Recursive Subdivision	Sketch #5 Reflection #3

Wed	Feb	26	Midsemester show-and-tell
Fri	Feb	28	Midsemester show-and-tell	Midsemester reflection Sketch #6 Reflection #4

Wed	Mar	5	No class (Spring Break)
Fri	Mar	7	No class (Spring Break)

Wed	Mar	12	Search-Based PCG
Fri	Mar	14	Dusa Workshop	Project teaming document

Wed	Mar	19	Spanning Trees, Mazes, and Solvability
Fri	Mar	21	Class cancelled	Project proposal

Wed	Mar	26	Teamwork and Playtesting
Fri	Mar	28	Playtesting Day #1	Prototype 1

Wed	Apr	2	Markov Chains
Fri	Apr	4	Playtesting Day #2	Prototype 2

Wed	Apr	9	TBD (Voronoi?)
Fri	Apr	11	Playtesting Day #3	Prototype 3

Wed	Apr	16	Student Presentations
Fri	Apr	18	Student presentations	Final prototypes

Wed	Apr	23	No class (Finals week)	All final project work
Fri	Apr	25	No class (Finals week)

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