Creating a games class: A walkthrough

FDG 2009 - 4th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 279-284

  Duvall, Shannon ^a  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer Science education; Game development; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULA; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; TRADITIONAL COMPUTERS; WALKTHROUGHS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77953604759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1536513.1536562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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