Using Game Development to Teach Software Architecture
Joint Authors
Source
International Journal of Computer Games Technology
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-07-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
This paper describes a case study of how a game project using the XNA Game Studio from Microsoft was implemented in a software architecture course.
In this project, university students have to construct and design a type of software architecture, evaluate the architecture, implement an application based on the architecture, and test this implementation.
In previous years, the domain of the software architecture project has been a robot controller for navigating a maze.
Robot controller was chosen as the domain for the project, as there exist several papers and descriptions on reference architectures for managing mobile robots.
This paper describes the changes we had to make to introduce an XNA game development project to the software architecture course, and our experiences from running a software architecture project focusing on game development and XNA.
The experiences described in this paper are based on feedback from the course staff, the project reports of the students, and a mandatory course evaluation.
The evaluation shows among other things that the majority of the students preferred the game project to the robot project, that XNA was considered to be suitable platform for a software architecture project, that the students found it useful to learn XNA and C#, and that some students were carried away when developing the game in the software architecture project.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wang, Alf Inge& Wu, Bian. 2011. Using Game Development to Teach Software Architecture. International Journal of Computer Games Technology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wang, Alf Inge& Wu, Bian. Using Game Development to Teach Software Architecture. International Journal of Computer Games Technology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508269
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wang, Alf Inge& Wu, Bian. Using Game Development to Teach Software Architecture. International Journal of Computer Games Technology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508269
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-508269