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Harvard University

CS50's Introduction to 2D Game Development

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In a quest to understand how video games themselves are implemented, you'll explore the design of such childhood games as:

  • Pong
  • Flappy Bird
  • Breakout
  • Match 3
  • Super Mario Bros.
  • Legend of Zelda
  • Angry Birds
  • Pokémon

Syllabus

Via lectures and hands-on projects, the course explores principles of 2D graphics, animation, sound, and collision detection using the framework LÖVE, as well as languages like Lua. By class’s end,you'll have programmed several of your own games and gained a thorough understanding of the basics of game design and development.

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