Dan Frost
"Lectures were once useful, but now when all can read,
and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary."
-- Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784
Information about the new
UC Irvine major in Computer Game Science .
Also, a related
Facebook page about Games at UC Irvine .
Want to write computer games with Java?
Check out
Ucigame, a Java game programming library .
Thinking of applying to a Ph. D. program in a few years?
I recommend reading
Applying to Ph.D. Programs in Computer Science
and watching
this video .
In Spring, 2012, I am teaching:
ICS 52 - Software Engineering &
Informatics 43 - Informatics Core III
(both with lectures on Tuesdays, 6:30pm - 9:20pm
and discussions Thursday, same time!) in Bren Hall 1100 --
textbook will be Software Engineering by Hans van Vliet, 3rd edition.
ICS 161 - Game Engine Lab (No textbook)
In Winter, 2011, I taught
ICS 61 - Game Systems and Design
Informatics 111 / CSE 121 - Software Tools and Methods
In Fall, 2011, I taught:
ICS 10 - How Computers Work
CS 113 / Informatics 125 - Computer Game Development