Game Development Advance

Develop a tower defense game where monkeys defend their village from waves of balloons. This project is a comprehensive introduction to architectural design patterns, including Singleton, Service Locator, and Dependency Injection.

Through this module, students will iteratively transform their code base, compare different architectural approaches, and learn how to structure scalable and maintainable game architecture.

Ever wondered how games like Fortnite implement unique player skins? In this project, you’ll create a 3D battle tank game and implement customizable player skins using the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern.

This module emphasizes maintaining the Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) and teaches you how to design flexible game features with a clean code structure.

Learn event-driven programming with the Observer Pattern, the second most commonly used design pattern after Singleton. Create a suspenseful horror escape game set in a mansion filled with dynamic, event-triggered scares.

Mastering the Observer Pattern will help you build games that react seamlessly to player interactions, creating immersive and dynamic gameplay experiences.

Take inspiration from classic arcade games and build a space shooter that tests your optimization skills. Learn Object Pooling to efficiently manage the creation and recycling of game objects like bullets and enemies, ensuring smooth performance even during the most chaotic in-game moments. This module is perfect for understanding how to optimize games that involve high object turnover.

Develop a stealth-based game featuring diverse enemy AI behaviors driven by the State Pattern. This project will guide you through building a flexible state machine that can handle multiple enemy states and behaviors. By the end, you’ll have a robust system for implementing various types of game AI, essential for creating engaging gameplay dynamics.

Create a retro-inspired turn-based strategy game and explore advanced game mechanics like Undo and Replay, as seen in popular titles like FIFA and Clash Royale. This module covers the Command Pattern, empowering you to build systems that can revert game actions or replay entire matches as if you are watching a movie.