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Miami University
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Game Design | |
Instructor:
Lindsay Grace | Topic Updates: |
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Game Design Syllabus | Fall 2009 Syllabus for Game Design: Schedule, instructor contact, policies, etc | 0 | |||||||
Reading Overview | Links to class reading assignments by week | 1 | HTML | ||||||
Games to Play: Week 1 | For the start of week 2 you will have played some historical classics. Install FireNes for free Nintendo gaming. | 1 | HTML | ||||||
Day 1 Reference Notes | I will not make a habit of it, but here is a list of note items you should have recorded for the first class. | 1 | HTML | ||||||
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Week 12 Reading and Guide to Final | Your last major reading assignment and your guide to the game design final | 12 | HTML | ||||||
Week12 Games to Play | A collection of games to help you understand what aesthetics are possible with the tool you are learning this week | 12 | HTML | ||||||
Game Design Document Resources | Some resources and reading to help you create your mini game design documents | 2 | HTML | ||||||
History of Video Games | Resources for learning about the history of Video Games | 2 | HTML | ||||||
Mini Game Design Doc Grading Guide | Guidelines for how your game design documents will be graded. | 2 | HTML | ||||||
Games to Play: Week 2 | For the start of week 3 you will have played to games related to game culture and history. | 2 | HTML | ||||||
Games to Play: Week 3 | Week 3 Games to play - no PC required. | 3 | HTML | ||||||
Preparing your pitch | Review these resources to help with your pitch preperation | 3 | HTML | ||||||
Project Evaluation Sheet | The basic criteria through which your project will be evaluated | 3 | HTML | ||||||
Blog Information | Information abotu using the class blog to post your weekly required questions | 4 | HTML | ||||||
Games to Play: Week 4 | A few strategy games to remind you how integrated and discernable information creates and effective strategy game | 4 | HTML | ||||||
Games to Play: Week 5 | A list of your games ot play, based on your game designs | 5 | HTML | ||||||
Games to Play: Week 6 | A list of games to play based on your next criteria - simplicity in complex themes. | 6 | HTML | ||||||
Game Development Class Technologies | These are the technologies I would suggest for making your games | 7 | HTML | ||||||
Games to Play: Week 7 | No games to play this week | 7 | HTML | ||||||
Paper Prototyping | Some tips and resources for making your first game | 7 | HTML | ||||||
Non-Linear Narrative | Some resources and notes for Interactive Fiction and non-linear narrative | 8 | HTML | ||||||
Week 9 Reading and Schedule | Your Week 9 resources and our schedule revision | 9 | HTML | ||||||
Week 12 Reading and Guide to Final | Your last major reading assignment and your guide to the game design final | 99 | HTML | ||||||
Week12 Games to Play | A collection of games to help you understand what aesthetics are possible with the tool you are learning this week | 99 | HTML | ||||||
Art Help | Resources to help with the production of art for your games | 998 | HTML | ||||||
Game Project Schedule | The schedule for the final few weeks of class | 999 | HTML | ||||||
Peer and Self Evaluation Form | This form must be completed by every team member as part of your final project | 999 | HTML |
This document is an archive of resources provided by Lindsay Grace, assistant professor within the School of Fine Arts and the Armstrong Institute of Interactive Media Studies. The resources provided here concern undergraduate level instruction in art and design . This includes video game art and design, web design, film making, and commercial writing. These resources are to be used by students of the Art and Design college. The use of materials not written by Lindsay Grace, if any, are provided within the definition of Unites States of America "fair use laws." Any third party content is provided with the understanding that it meets all local, state, and federal copyright restrictions.
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