[game_edu] Source Control in Education

[Dr. Mike Reddy]

At the University of South Wales (USW), we've been using Mercurial, and lately git, with bitBucket, which allows private as well as open source projects; some game engine licenses do not allow for public release of proprietary source code. It's also a good lesson for the students to administer their own repositories. Generally, bitBucket allows up to five members of a project, but this level is lifted if you recommend others to sign up (like Dropbox in its viral approach) or if you sign up as a student. Why you'd want any source code control for large binaries escapes me; it's SOURCE code control, so nothing would be geared towards binary files. However, most good repositories allow FTP access to uploaded files. What I get my students to do is package up executables as a separate download on bitBucket, as it has a download tab for projects. Once a game is done, and potentially problematic sources removed, the repository can be set to public, so anyone can have access to a playable executable and issue tracking for bugs, QA testing (something we assess our students on) and software support, should the students wish to release their games for showreel purposes.

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Dr. Mike Reddy FRSA
Future Technology and Games | Technoleg y Dyfodol a Gemau
Engineering & Computing | Peirianneg a Chyfrifiadureg
Newport City Campus | Campws y Ddinas, Casnewdd
University of South Wales | Prifysgol De Cymru, 
Usk Way | Heol Wysg
Newport | Casnewydd
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