Week 1: Welcome! Set-up

Week 1
This slide-deck contains set-up information for Visual Studio Code and a brief overview of the class.

Week 2: Fundamentals in C#

Week 2
This slide-deck contains fundamentals of C#.

Week 3: Fundamentals and Intro to Methods

Week 3
This slide-deck contains fundamentals of C# and an introductory lesson to methods.

Week 4: Methods and Recursion in C#

Week 4
This slide-deck contains a more in-depth discussion on methods and introduction to recursion. (We did not go over recursion, and are saving that for a later class topic.)

Week 5: More work with Methods

Week 5
This slide-deck contains the discussion on methods again. This week we reviewed methods again for more practice and added new activites.

Week 6: Practice with Methods Continued

Week 6
This slide-deck contains the discussion on methods again. This week we reviewed methods again for more practice and added new activites.

Week 7: Recursion and Arrays

Week 7
This slide-deck contains introduction to Recursion and Arrays.

Week 8: Classes and Objects

Week 8
This slide-deck contains introduction to Classes and Objects. This week we created a student class as a way to model students with code.

Week 9: Classes and Objects

Week 9
This slide-deck contains the introduction to Classes and Objects. This week we are reviewing Classes and Objects and doing different activities listed in these slides.

Week 10: Classes and Objects

Week 10
This week we spent more time practicing with objects and classes and had students write a driver program for a shapes class. We also did a kahoot quiz to review what we have learned about Objects and Classes thus far.

Week 11: Classes and Objects

Week 11
This week again is practice with Classes and Objects to solidify our understanding of objects.

Week 12: Introduction to Game Design

Week 12
Welcome back from winter break! This lesson marks the beginning of our unit on game development. This week we took a look at the topics for next week, what exactly is the Unity Game Engine, and we began a walk through of a simple 3D racing Game.

Some Resources for the Walk-Through:

Week 14: Intro to Unity

Week 14
This week we spent time going more in depth about the different parts of the Unity Game Engine editor and

Week 15: 2D Games in Unity

Week 15
This week we finished up the workshop on a simple 3D racing game and we started a 2D platformer game tutorial.

Some Resources for the 3D Racing Game:

Week 16: Tutorials and More with Game Design

Week 16
This week we talked about game controls using finite state machines and about collisions and started the 2D platformer walkthrough.

Week 17: Tutorials and Planning Your Game!

Week 17
This week we had students go through the 2D platformer game walkthrough at their own pace and talked about sprites.

Week 18: 2D Gamekit Walkthrough, Sprite Creation, and Project Work!

Week 18
This week we went through the entire 2D gamekit walkthrough as a class and then students worked independently to create their own level using these assets.

Week 19: Hardware Workshop and Project Work Time

Week 19
This week we are having a one hour hardware demo from Matt Derosier and Whitney Erikson. Today we had everyone work on their final projects as we near the end of this year!