Week 5, Strategies

Strategy

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Practice analyzing form in detail
• Practice developing strategies for procedural generation
• Practice reverse engineering procedural generation approaches
• Explore some common methods for aesthetically arranging points on a plane
• Condsider the difference between learning to program and learning a progrmaming language.

Materials

• Strategy Matching Set

Schedule

Time	Duration	Purpose	Format	Name
4:00	30 m	Review+Engage	Discussion	Homework Review
4:30	15 m	Study	Lecture	01 CF + Strategies + Tactics
4:45	15 m	Study	Lecture	02 Where Should I Put Things?
5:00	10 m	Engage	Activity	Analyze Activity
5:10	10 m	Break	Break	Break
5:25	15 m	Study	Lecture	03 Point Tactics
5:40	10 m	Activate	Activity	Tactic Match Activity
5:50	30 m	Activate	Coding	Coding Challenges
6:20	10 m	Study	Lecture	Homework Intro
6:630	10m	Study	Lecture	05 Properties of a PCG System

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Homework Review

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Group	Question
1	Adam, Yang, Lionel, Ashley Choose a common theme that has appeared in several pieces. Discuss the theme and two example sketches.
2	Simon, Saloni, OJ Choose a work that you feel used parameters very well. Why did you choose this piece?
3	Amanda, Jon, Elena Choose a work that you like and don’t know how it was made. Describe what you see.
4	Fifi, Karen, Isabel, Mickell Choose a sketch that you think started with a plan. What benefits did starting with a plan have?
5	Ran, Munro, Ping-Ni Choose a sketch that you think started without a plan. What benefits did starting without a plan have?
6	Robin, Dit, Yoon The challenges are not competitions. Who won each?

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Announcements

• We have completed 4 weeks of sketches. If you have less than 20 total sketches, you do not have an A.