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SUMMARY:Serious Game Development with Python, Django, and Makahiki
DESCRIPTION:According to wikipedia, a “serious” game is one that i
 s designed for a primary purpose other than entertainment.  This onli
 ne course will cover selected concepts of serious game design in Pytho
 n and Django including such game mechanics as points, scoreboards, bad
 ges, social and referral bonus mechanics through the guided exploratio
 n and enhancement of the serious game engine “Makahiki”.\nThis cou
 rse will consist of online lectures, readings, and assignments.  Plea
 se see the Syllabus page for the preliminary sequence of topics. Aft
 er a fast-paced introduction to Python and Django, students will engag
 e in two projects:  an enhancement to the Makahiki serious game eng
 ine, and the development of a prototype serious game based upon each s
 tudent’s own interests using components of Makahiki. (In the Syllabu
 s, this prototype game development experience is referred to as “Mic
 rohiki”).\nBy the end of the course, students will have obtained a s
 olid exposure to Python and Django development, game application desig
 n techniques, as well as other software engineering tools and technolo
 gies potentially including PyDev (a Python IDE based upon Eclipse), th
 e git distributed version control system, the Heroku cloud-based hosti
 ng platform, memcache cache framework, and the Twitter/Bootstrap CSS f
 ramework.\nThere will be no required classroom times, however, we will
  encourage students to form teams and work together on assignments.\nT
 his course can be taken by those other than UH graduate students by re
 gistering through Outreach College.  Contact Philip Johnson for more 
 details if interested, see the home page at http://ics691s13.wordpres
 s.com/\n\nFor more information visit http://www.techhui.com/events/ser
 ious-game-development-with-python-django-and-makahiki
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20130107T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20130503T190000
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LOCATION:Online
WEBSITE:http://ics691s13.wordpress.com/
URL:http://ics691s13.wordpress.com/
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