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CMPM 120Game Development Experience

5 creditsGE PR-EUndergraduateStudent Option

Teaches the concrete programming and collaboration skills associated with making a digital game from start to finish, including but not limited to: establishing a team, concepting, storyboarding, prototyping, producing, and testing a game for release. Students are organized into groups and work together to create and produce a playable game.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): CMPM 80K; and FILM 80V; and CSE 30 or CMPM 35.

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When it runs

Winter 2027Open Winter 2027

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Mon Wed Fri 2:40pm–3:45pm
Kresge Acad 3201A. M. SmithOpen 0/75

Fall 2026Open Fall 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 5:20pm–6:55pm
Soc Sci 1 110M. EgerOpen 48/65

Spring 2026Open Spring 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Mon Wed Fri 2:40pm–3:45pm
Thim Lecture 001A. M. SmithOpen 31/35
02Lecture
Mon Wed Fri 4:00pm–5:05pm
Thim Lecture 001J. WhiteheadClosed 76/75

Winter 2026Open Winter 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Mon Wed Fri 2:40pm–3:45pm
Merrill Acad 102N. AlticeOpen 41/50

Fall 2025Open Fall 2025

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 7:10pm–8:45pm
Thim Lecture 001M. EgerOpen 58/75

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Markus Eger5.0 / 53.3 / 5100%4
Jim Whitehead4.3 / 52.4 / 5100%22
Nathan Altice3.6 / 52.8 / 560%24

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