GAME-PLAY VLOGS

Throughout the semester, students will be responsible for keeping a video-blog of their critical gameplay. In keeping with the practices of vide-blogging and gameplay videos on YouTube, this vlog should focus on narrating gameplay with a eye to personal, critical, and affective responses to the game. In keeping with practices of critical play, the vlog should also aim to connect the game with the secondary criticism...

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GAMES WORKSHOPS (6325 STUDENTS ONLY)

Students enrolled in 6325 will be responsible for publicly workshopping one of their games-in-progess once during the semester. This workshop will take up half of a class period. For 20-25 minutes, students will present  one of their prototyped games to the class, talking through inspiration, goals, design decisions, play-testing, and future development for the game. The remaining time will be reserved for Q/A and constructive feedback from the class to aid in the improvement of the game...

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​PROTOTYPES

Throughout the semester, each student will produce 5 game prototypes in response to a provided prompt. Prototypes will be due every two weeks, and will be topically and formally constrained in some way. Each prototype will be accompanied by the results of an in-class play-test, and a 500-word designer’s / developer’s statement...

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COMPLETE GAME PRODUCTION

During the final 3 weeks of the semester, class time will become lab time in support of students' full development of one of their prototyped games. This development will take place via Unity, and the lab-time in class will be given to dedicated development time, including Unity help and additional play-testing. The final game will be accompanied by a release trailer, a developer's statement, play-testing results, and live demo at a public showcase at the end of the semester...

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