Instructor:
Lindsay Grace
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Game Prototyping | |
Instructor:
Lindsay Grace |
| Document Name | Description | Week | Printer Friendly | ||||||
| Week 1 Reading | Introductory articles about the practical value of prototyping and how to get through a rapid prototype successfully. | 1 | HTML | ||||||
| Playable Demo and Prototype Samples | Samples of prototypes and playable demos at various stages and quality. Includes student work from AI. | 1 | HTML | ||||||
| Get Your Pitch Together | A couple of thoughts and resources about deriving a good game concept selling that idea to other people. | 1 | HTML | ||||||
| Game Design Basics | Some thoughts and reading about how to design new video games. | 1 | HTML | ||||||
| Final Interview Questions | Questions you will be asked in week 10 about your prototyping experience this quarter. | 10 | |||||||
| Week 2 Reading | Paper prototypes: the low cost solution for design testing. You will be creating and testing your paper games in class. | 2 | HTML | ||||||
| Paper Prototypes | Game Paper Prototypes and Pictures | 2 | HTML | ||||||
| Draft Prototype Software | Tools for building your idea in a few minutes. | 3 | HTML | ||||||
| Game Design Documents | Sample GDDs and reading about the importance of writing a Game Design Document. | 3 | HTML | ||||||
| Week 3 Reading | A reintroduction to the content of a game design document. Includes templates and reading about game documentation. Suggested for all producers, art directors and programmers on your team. A flashback from GAD120 and GAD116 :) | 3 | HTML | ||||||
| Team Wikis | Guide and links to the team wikis | 3 | HTML | ||||||
| Game Statistics and Market Info | Your game must sell - research games like it, find out if you are entering a bloated market, etc. | 4 | HTML | ||||||
| Week 3 Reading (pt 2):Paper Prototypes | What to do with your paper when you are happy with it | 4 | HTML | ||||||
| Game Design Document Samples | GDD for two commercially produced games. Use these as a guide for what you will present at the start of week 4. The represent a range of GDD standards. | 4 | HTML | ||||||
| Re-Intro to the GDD | A reintroduction to the content of a game design document. Includes templates and reading about game documentation. Suggested for all producers, art directors and techs on your team. | 4 | HTML | ||||||
| Enginge Tutorials | A few hand-picked web-tutorials to start you off on your journey with Unreal 3 et al. | 5 | HTML | ||||||
| Art Pipeline | Information about art pipelines and games | 5 | HTML | ||||||
| RAD Tools | Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools help developers create prototypes faster. They shorten the development cycle by simplifying the tech. Here are a few samples for you to consider. Please refer to in-class discussion and the Draft Prototype Softwar | 6 | HTML | ||||||
| Unreal Postmortem | A local postmortem scheduled by IGDA about Midway?s Stranglehold. This will be a good chance to network and learn about the Unreal Engine (or share your grievances). | 8 | HTML | ||||||
| Student Game Site | Please review this site, as we will be posting completed games here. | 9 | HTML | ||||||
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