Week 3 — The Verb

GAME 1303 · Tuesday, September 8, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 1:50 PM

Every game is about one verb. Today you isolate yours and build it on a bare test course — no art, no levels, just the action.

This week at a glance

Block	Time	What happens
Lecture	9:00 – 10:15	Design topic + engine features
Exercise	10:30 – 11:45	Ex 2 — The Verb — 2 pts, submitted today
Lab	12:00 – 1:50	Work on your semester project

Before class

Decide which verb your game is about. One sentence: "The player ___ in order to ___."
Import the helper package if you haven't.
Start your One Sheet — due next week.

Lecture topics

Section	Topics
001 — Unity 6.x	GameObjects, components, Transform · Prefabs and variants · The helper script library
002 — Unreal 5.8	Actors, components, transforms · Blueprint classes · The helper Blueprint library

Exercise — Ex 2 — The Verb

One mechanic — dash, grab, shoot, swap, grapple, or interact — tuned and tested against three escalating obstacles.

Open the version for your section:

Worth 2 points: one for Implementation (it builds and runs, the feature works), one for the Design decision (a deliberate, defensible choice beyond the defaults). Due at the end of the class period — late work earns the Implementation point only.

Lab goals

Apply your verb to your own project, not just the test course.
One Sheet work.
Scope conversations — this is the week to simplify if the pitch was ambitious.

Due this week

What	When	Points
Ex 2 — The Verb	end of class	2 pts

Run the matching tab of the course checklist before you submit. Every box on it is a graded criterion.

Next week

Ex 3 — Rules & States, and your One Sheet is due in Canvas.