Game Prototyping | ||
Instructor:
Lindsay Grace |
Document Name | Description | Week | Printer Friendly | ||||||
GAD420 Syllabus Winter 2009 | Prototyping course schedule and grading criteria | ||||||||
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 :) | HTML | |||||||
Game Jam Info | Info about the Chicago Game Jam, Gobal Game Jam | 0 | HTML | ||||||
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 | ||||||
Students Samples and Class Overview | Examples of students work and an overview of the first few weeks of class. | 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. Rollings and Adams, Crawford, the usuals :) | 1 | HTML | ||||||
Week 2 Reading: Paper | 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 | ||||||
Winter 2009 Paper Prototypes | Game Paper Prototypes and Pictures from Winter 2009 | 3 | HTML | ||||||
Game Interface | Some links related to game interfaces | 3 | HTML | ||||||
Game Design Document Samples | Here is a range of GDD samples. | 3 | HTML | ||||||
Platinum Arts Sandbox | Another, free, prototype tool you may want to consider. | 4 | HTML | ||||||
Upcoming Game Contests | 3 Upcoming game contests for you to consider. | 5 | HTML | ||||||
Weekly Delta Form | Individual weekly delta forms to be completed before class and archived. | 6 | |||||||
Media Design Document Information (MDD) | Information about authoring your Media Design Document. This is part of the in-class overview of the media design document and it serves as your reading for Tuesday night. | 6 | HTML | ||||||
Game Art Reading (optional) | Some optional reading about game aesthetics and design | 8 | HTML | ||||||
Game Presentations | A set of video links to help prepare for your game presentation. | 9 | HTML | ||||||
Final Evaluation Form | Please complete this for our 1 on 1 conference | 9 |
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