053316 VU Game Design (2018W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 08.09.2018 09:00 to Su 23.09.2018 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 14.10.2018 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: German, English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Thursday
04.10.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
11.10.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
18.10.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
25.10.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
08.11.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
15.11.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
22.11.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
29.11.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
06.12.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
13.12.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
10.01.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
17.01.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
24.01.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Thursday
31.01.
09:45 - 13:00
Seminarraum 6, Währinger Straße 29 1.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Students have to design and develop their own games in groups of two.
The quality of the games will then be judged with the involvement of the students.
Balancing is 50% students, 50% lecturer.
The quality of the games will then be judged with the involvement of the students.
Balancing is 50% students, 50% lecturer.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
* Students have to submit all game ideas
* Students have to keep the milestones in the development process
* Students have to present a fully playable game prototype
* An evaluation-process including the students leads to the marks. 50% students 50% lecturer.
* Students have to keep the milestones in the development process
* Students have to present a fully playable game prototype
* An evaluation-process including the students leads to the marks. 50% students 50% lecturer.
Examination topics
Prüfung ist die Präsentation und Bewertung von produzierten Spielprototypen. Die wöchentlichen Termine sind unterteilt in einen Vorlesungsteil, einer Besprechung von Spielideen von Studierenden und praktischen analogen Übungen zum Entwickeln und Ausbalancieren von Spielkonzepten. Der Stoff ist diesen Übungen und Themen zu entnehmen.
Reading list
Johan Huizinga (Autor), Andreas Flitner (Hrsg.): Homo ludens. Vom Ursprung der Kultur im Spiel ("Homo ludens", 1939). Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2009Raph Koster, Theory of Fun for Game Design, O'Reilly Media; Second Edition edition (November 29, 2013)Katie Salen, Eric Zimmermann, The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology, The MIT Press (November 23, 2005)
Association in the course directory
Module: GD3 GAD
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:30
* lectures about cultural, psychological, sociological and philosophical aspects in the context of games and playing.* lectures about mechanisms of motivation for playing and learning.* discussions about examples of very different games* exercises: how to design games* presentations and discussion of game ideascontent:
* why do humans want to play, specially children?
* game mechanics in connection to psychological dynamics
* how to create meaning in games
* players as identities in games
* cultural context of gamesgoals:
knowing how to develop innovative game concepts
knowing how to develop a technically simple computer game
knowing how to evaluate a game