CSE 481w Spring 2024
Course Calendar (Tentative Schedule)

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March
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
25
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Welcome and course overview
slides
26 27
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Intro (cont.), community-building, Wicked Problems
slides
28 29
April
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
01
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Problem formulation
02
23:59 P0 Game Reviews due
03
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Classical Theory of Problem Solving
slides
04 05
08
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Ideation and Global Challenges
09 10
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Iterative and Agile Development, LLMs in Ideation
slides
11
23:59 P1 Formulation and Ideation Exercises Due
12
15
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Game Mechanics in SOLUZION
16 17
14:29-(Before-Class-Starts) P2A Project Pre-formulations Due
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Presentations of Pre-Formulations, Problem-Space Characteristics and Visualizations
slides
18 19
22
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Game Roles, Prisoners Dilemmas, Nash Equilibria
slides
23
23:59 P2B Preliminary Game Description and First Working Code Due
24
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Presentations of First Working Code, Grappling with the Rittel-Weber Criteria
25 26
29
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Storyboarding, Game State and Operator Design
30
23:59 P2C Alpha-Test Preliminary Playable Game Due
01
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Feedback on Preliminary Games
02 03
May
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
06
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Homelessness as a wicked problem; State Visualizations, SVG with Python, Operator Invocation
slides
07
23:59 P2D P2D Beta-Test Games (with Key Features) Due
08
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Burn-Down List Updates
09 10
13
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Overcoming Game Deficiencies and Bugs
14
23:59 P2E P2E Semi-Final Games Due
15
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Presentations of Semi-Final Games
16 17
20
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Essential Responses to Feedback
21
23:59 P2F P2F Formal Responses to Feedback Due
22
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Characterizing the Formal and Informal Properties of the Games
23 24
27
Memorial Day
28
23:59 Posters and Final Game Code
29
14:30-16:20 Lecture
MGH 295
Public Presentations (Posters and Running Games)
30 31
23:59 Written Reports
June
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
03 04
(No Final exam)
05 06 07