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Minueto a Game Development Framework for Teaching Object Oriented Software Design TechniquesPage 11Minueto a Game Development Framework for Teaching ObjectOriented Software Design TechniquesAlexandre DenaultJrg KienzleSchool of Computer Science McGill UniversityThis paper presents Minueto a Java game development framework specifically designedfor undergraduate students. It is a multiplatform framework who's goal is to simplify thegame development process by encapsulating complex programming tasks such asgraphics audio and keyboard/mouse programming into simple to use objects. Thissimple design and the large quantity of documentation allow students to start developinggames after a very short learning period.At McGill University the system development project course requires students toimplement a large nontrivial turnbased game. Minueto was developed to help studentsfocus on the design their project and avoid common game programming pitfalls such asgraphics and sound. Since its introduction in winter 2005 there has been an impressiveincrease in the quality of students projects.1. IntroductionFinding project topics which are bothchallenging and interesting for studentsis a difficult task for any universityprofessor.Computergameshaveemerg ed as a popular topic amongstudents.Howevermostgamedevelopment tool are design for theprofessional industry. Their difficultlearning curves make them illsuited forthe academic world. Thus there is need forspecializedacademicgamedevelopment tools.WepresentMinuetoagamedevelopment framework targeted for thecomputerscienceundergraduatepopulation. It allows students to rapidlydevelop nontrivialgamesbysimplifying several gameprogrammingconcerns such as graphics soundnetworking and player input. Thusprofessors can ask the students toimplementagamerelated projectknowing that students can focus on thebehavior of the game.2. Framework GoalsUsing game programming to teachsoftware engineering is not a new idea.Rudy Ruck ...

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