The entity system architecture and its application in an undergraduate game development studio

Foundations of Digital Games 2012, FDG 2012 - Conference Program

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 73-80

  Gestwicki, Paul ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Entity system architecture; Game development; Studio learning

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; DESIGN PATTERNS; EDUCATIONAL GAME; EXPERIENCE REPORT; GAME DEVELOPMENT; GAME ENGINE; INDIANA; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURAL; STUDENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES; STUDIO LEARNING; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT; VERSION CONTROL;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STUDIOS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84863922085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2282338.2282356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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