Lecturers: Luke Franzke & Florian Bruggisser

Overview

The Programming Basics course introduces programming creative coding for design and visually oriented outcomesprogramming. Part 1 The content of the course builds on the basics of coding principles from the Bits and Atoms course, is transferable to many academic, artistic and professional aspects of Interaction Design, not only in programming directly, but in understanding and communicating on digital topics. Part 1 of the course develops basic coding skills and covers object-oriented programming with Processing with processing (java). Students apply their newly learnt skills by developing a game based on a supplied template.

In Part 2 of the course, students develop their skills further by focusing on graphics and visual possibilities with code. Students develop dynamic graphics which can be controlled with gesture-based interactions. Part 2 of the course runs simultaneously with Graphic Design Basics so that the student's work can be informed with a greater visual sensibility.

The course tutorials can be found here: programming

Deliverables

Game and Presentation Presentation (60% of the final mark)

- Presentation of your final game Documentation game

Documentation (20% of the final mark) - Documentation of your work in the provided template together with your code. This should be placed on the server in filer.ad.zhdk.ch/DDE/VIAD/01_ABGABEN/19_HS/Sem1_ProgrammingBasics

Exam (20% of the final mark) - You will be given a test to evaluate your programming knowledge.

80% Attendance during lessons

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https://processing.org/reference/ : The reference page for Coding in Processing

http://learningprocessing.com/ A comprehensive book on the basics of processing by Daniel Schifman

The Nature of Code : A comprehensive free ebook more advanced book on visual coding from Daniel Schifman

Game

You can use the following example as a template for building your own game. It's based off the classic arcade game "Asteroids", you should, however, modify it into a completely new game.

Project: Game 2018

At a minim your final game should Schifman (free ebook)

https://www.openprocessing.org/: A community-based website for sharing creative coding examples

https://p5js.org: A javascript library based on processing style coding.

Hello World! A documentary about processing and the creative coding movement.