Speaker:

Simon McCallum, Computer Science Department

Title:

COSC360 - A Postmortem

Location:

Archway 2

Abstract:

In 2004 the computer science department offered a new paper on computer game design. This seminar will review the paper in the style of a game review, a postmortem. We will discuss the good and the bad, what we learnt and the future for computer game studies here at Otago. Some of the issues that will be discussed are:

Good:

• Group projects with enough content
• Organising groups
• Workload and Commitment
• Business links and interdisciplinary approach to course delivery
• The curriculum

Bad:

• Lack of development time
• Deciding on middleware, particularly a 3D
• game development engine
• Prerequisites and competence
• Workload Gender balance

There will also be a discussion of the role of computer game development as a capstone course and how it can fit with an interdisciplinary approach to teaching.