The week began with 'Introduction to 3D programming, which will result in the creation of a 3d software renderer using GDI and C++. While it felt really good to be programming again, I was beginning to regret the lack of work that I had done over the summer. After hitting a rocky start I finally got back into the groove and am feeling pretty confident again. Our task for the week is to create a paint program, which on first glance seems relatively simple... that is until you start doing it and realising that circles don't enjoy being stretched and stacks think overflowing is the most fun you can have.
Next we jumped straight into Game Development Techniques which began with John telling us that there are roughly 10,000 people in the UK who will apply for a placement this year... and roughly 40 placements! All of us horrified, the lecture continued bringing up issues in regards to project management. The interesting part to me about this lecture was discussing our assignment project, which is a Total Conversion of Unreal Tournament 2004 with a Famous Five theme. Sounds terrible right?
For an eventful end to an eventful week we had Console Development, which looks to be a pretty interesting module. This week we were tasked with going inside a console and just seeing how they are built, as well as the advances in technology but more so how while the hardware remains the same the quality of games and graphics increases dramatically. Something which we had to give a presentation on the next morning! My group lucked out and got the fiddly PS2, which was about as easy to get into as Fort Knox... If there is one thing I realised during this exercise it is that consoles have come a long way, considering looking around the room I could see a NES, Megadrive and a Jaguar!
Looking back it was definitely a good week and I am excited to see what comes next, peace out amigos!
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