An overview of Human Computer Interaction topics and how those concepts can be applied to games. Topics include short term memory, long term memory, reaction times, input methods, and feedback methods. Comparison of human languages and computer langues, along with lexical scanning and grammars.
Knoxville Game Design is a discussion of games currently being created by game developers in the Knoxville and East Tennessee area, as well as an analysis of current topics in the gaming industry.
| Host | Web | Social | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levi D. Smith | http://levidsmith.com | @GaTechGrad | https://gatechgrad.itch.io |
| Dylan Wolf |
http://www.dylanwolf.com/ | @DylanWolf | https://dylanwolf.itch.io |
Links and Notes
- Dylan’s LINQPad talk at Codestock will be at 2:15pm on Friday April 20, 2018 – https://portal.codestock.org/home/schedule
- Join us for the game jam kickoff on April 20, 2018 at 7pm Token Game Tavern – http://tokenrestaurant.com/
- Text Mesh Pro – https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/beta-projects/textmesh-pro-84126
- 2D Game Kit – https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/tutorial-projects/2d-game-kit-107098
- Tutorial for 2D Game Kit – https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/s/2d-game-kit/
- Douglas Engelbart – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart
- Fitt’s Law – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts’s_law
- J.C.R. Licklider – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._R._Licklider
- Vannevar Bush, Memex – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush
- Ivan Sutherland, Sketchpad – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB3saviItTI
- Rote learning – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rote_learning
- Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman – https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654
- Affordance – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance
- Cognitive walkthrough – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_walkthrough
- Cocktail party effect – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party_effect
- GOMS – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOMS
- Keystroke level model – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke-level_model
- Cognitive Complexity – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_complexity
- Prosody – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosody_(linguistics)
- Flex and Bison Introduction – https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/flex-bison/9780596805418/ch01.html
- Backus-Naur Form – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus%E2%80%93Naur_form
- Theme music – Ride by Pocketmaster
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