Course Information

Schedule:
Lecture: MWF 2:00-2:50P
Lab: M 3:00-4:30P

Classroom: Manchester 241

Instructor:
Dr. Yue-Ling Wong
   Course Web Page:
     http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/courses/csc108/
   Email: ylwong@wfu.edu
   Phone: 758-3922
   Office: Manchester 227
   Office Hours: Wed 3:00-4:00

Lab TA:
  Brian Williams (willbc4@wfu.edu)

Check the Timetable often for the lecture and lab materials, due dates, and quiz dates!

There will be lab in the first week. Please bring your Thinkpad to the first class meeting.

 

Examples of labs and Programming Assignments (tentative):

Pong
Use of mouse events and event handling, and use of control structures (if/else)
A modified Pong game later in the semester applying object-oriented programming to add multiple balls
To try out this example: Move the mouse inside To try out this example: Move the mouse inside

 

Side-scrolling Platform Game
Use of control structures (if/else), keyboard events and event handling.
Problem-solving: How to make the platform scrolling continuously without making the platform infinitely long.
To try out this example: Click once inside, use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to move the character, and use SPACEBAR for jumping

 

Tic-Tac-Toe
Use of 2d array to model the game board, use of if-else statements to toggle players' turns
To try out this example: Click on the cell to place an "X" or "O".

 

3D Fly-through drive-through
Keyboard event handling, use of loops, multi-dimensional arrays, and 3d perspective concepts
To try out this example: Click once inside, hold down UP/DOWN arrow keys to move forward/backward, hold down LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys to pan left/right, hold down SPACEBAR to fly up (see if you can spot the pterodactyl)

 

Draggable Mask
Use of mask and mouse event handling
To try out this example: Click and drag the black rectangle (the x-ray block) around.