Neil A. Dodgson
ABSTRACT
A bouncing ball is one of the simplest physics simulations yet provides a novice graphics programmer with a host of useful experience. The student creates a ball that bounces off the walls of a box, adds a bat, then gamifies the whole experience into a simple block-out game. The assignment is designed as the first significant piece of programming on a 2D computer graphics course. It is designed to be accessible to students who have taken an introductory programming course and who have physics and algebra to the level of a high-school graduate.
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- Neil A. Dodgson and Andrew Chalmers. 2017. Designing a Computer Graphics Course for First Year Undergraduates. In EG 2017 --- Education Papers. The Eurographics Association, 9--15.Google Scholar
- Casey Reas and Ben Fry. 2015. Getting Started with Processing (2<sup>nd</sup> ed.). Maker Media.Google Scholar
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A bouncing ball game for first-year computer graphics
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