1. Home
  2. COMP
  3. COMP 369: Practical Game Programming (Revision 3)

COMP 369: Practical Game Programming (Revision 3) Report a Broken Link

Unit 1: Introduction to Game Programming

Section 1.1: History of Computer Games
Ultimate History of Video Games. (2018, April 22). Tennis for two (1958) - First tennis video game [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QYNlPLzj90
The Dot Eaters. (2007, September 23). Spacewar! - PDP-1 - One of the first video games (MIT 1962) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmvb4Hktv7U
bobamaluma. (2012, April 30). Pac-man original (arcade 1980) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CbyAk3Sn9I
Carls493. (2018, July 7). Donkey Kong (original) full playthrough (US arcade version, all 4 levels, 3 rotations, 0 deaths) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJkcNP4VkiM
Nøis, K. H. (2021). The rebirth of U.S. console gaming: A historical comparison of Ninteno versus Sega 1983–2001 [Master's thesis, The Artctic University of Norway]. https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22176
Smithsonian. (n.d.). Video game history. Retrieved July 25, 2025, from https://www.si.edu/spotlight/the-father-of-the-video-game-the-ralph-baer-prototypes-and-electronic-games/video-game-history
Section 1.2: Types of Computer Games
Call of Duty. (2026, April 20). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Call_of_Duty&oldid=1350230016
zirkoni. (2011, May 28). DOS game: Zork - The great underground empire [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rTssAIIhx8
Old Classic Retro Gaming. (1979). Arcade game: Asteroids (1979 Atari) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ydu8UhIjeU
Candy Crush Saga Official. (2016, September 27). Candy Crush Saga - First ever level [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lsz6FK0uIM
BANDAI NAMCO Europe. (2021, November 4). Elden Ring - Gameplay preview [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JldMvQMO_5U
Section 1.3: Roadmap of Game Development
Unity Technologies. (n.d.). Unity engine. Retrieved July 25, 2025, from https://unity.com/products/unity-engine
Linietsky, J., & Mansur, A. (n.d.). Your free, open-source game engine. Godot. Retrieved July 25, 2025, from https://godotengine.org/
Epic Games. (n.d.). Unreal engine. Retrieved July 25, 2025, from https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US
Kitware. (n.d.). CMake. Retrieved July 25, 2025, from https://cmake.org/
Section 1.4: Setting up the IDE
Claplace. (2022, May 11). Dev-C++. Sourceforge. https://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/
Allegro. (n.d.) Allegro - download - latest version. Allegro. https://liballeg.org/download.html
Allegro. (2024, January 19). Allegro - a game programming library. Allegro. https://liballeg.org/

Unit 2: Essentials of Game Programming with Allegro

Section 2.3: Collision Detection
MacroPixel. (2021, November 13). Collision detection (An overview) (Updated!) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOEnWQZIePs
Section 2.4: Adding Sound Effects to Games
Cuaycong, A. (2024, May 21). Good game design: The importance of sound design and music. Mega Cat Studios. https://megacatstudios.com/blogs/game-development/good-game-design-importance-sound-design-music?srsltid=AfmBOoqsUOXylKDh-B2BH0T-BwbFZNYuZjsVAXV4eHg6zqLHIfvkvmKI

Unit 3: Using Graphics in Games

Section 3.1: Bitmap Fundamentals
Pocket Gamer. (2015, August 28). What is 8-bit? What are 8-bit graphics, anyway? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaIoW1aL9GE&t=5s

Unit 4: Programming Sprites in Allegro 5

Section 4.1: The Fundamentals
CompTutorials. (2020, September 4). Introduction to video game sprites [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VF4ckbq2eo

Unit 5: Programming Backgrounds for Computer Games

There are no required readings in this unit.

Unit 6: Game Design and Development Fundamentals

There are no required readings for this unit.

Unit 7: Advanced Topics in Practical Game Programming

There are no required readings for this unit.

Unit 8: Game Development Projects

Section 8.6: Emulator Game
vghchannel. (2014, December 17). Breakout - (1976) - arcade - gameplay HD [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMUv8KvVt08