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==Handuouts and Assignments==
 
==Handuouts and Assignments==
  '''''MONDAY and TUESDAY CLASS'''''
 
 
    
 
    
   '''WEEK ONE'''
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   '''CLASS ONE - 22May07'''
   '''Textbook:''' ''Game Development Essentials'', Chapters 1 and 3
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   '''Textbook:''' ''Game Development Essentials'', Chapter 1
 
   '''Assignment:'''
 
   '''Assignment:'''
         [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GID_Assignment_1.pdf Assignment #1] (Due Week 2)
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         [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GID_Assignment_1-Favorite_Game.pdf Favorite Game Assignment] (Due 24May07)
        [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GID_Assignment_2.pdf Assignment #2] (Due Week 2)
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   '''Supplemental Assignment:'''  
  '''Week 1 Presentation:'''
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   '''Additional Readings:'''  
        [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GID_Week1_Introduction.pdf Week 1 lecture slides]
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   '''Class 1 Presentation:'''
 
 
  '''WEEK TWO'''
 
  '''Textbook:''' ''Game Development Essentials'', Chapter 2
 
  '''Assignment:'''
 
        [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GID_Assignment_3.pdf Assignment #3] (Due Week 3)
 
  '''Readings:'''
 
        [http://www.microsoft.com/playtest/Publications/User%20Centered%20Game%20Design.doc User-Centered Game Design]
 
        [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/DGD_brochure.final.pdf DGD1 Market-Oriented Game Design]
 
   '''Supplemental Assignment:''' [http://www.ihobo.com/articles/DGD1.shtml What Kind of Gamer Are You?] (Print out and bring in result for extra credit)
 
   '''Week 2 Presentations:'''
 
        [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GID_Week2_Abstraction_and_Constraint.pdf Week 2 lecture slides, part one]
 
        [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GID_Week2_Game_Genre_Taxonomies.pdf Week 2 lecture slides, part two]
 
        [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GID_Week2_Flow.pdf Week 2 lecture slides, part three]
 
 
 
  '''WEEK THREE'''
 
  '''Textbook:''' ''Game Development Essentials'', Chapters 4 and 5
 
  '''Assignment:'''[http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GID_Assignment_4.pdf Assignment #4] (Due Week 5)
 
  '''Week 3 Presentations:'''
 
        [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/Week-3_Types_of_Players.pdf Week 4 Lecture Slides]
 
 
 
  '''WEEK FOUR'''
 
  '''Textbook:''' ''Game Development Essentials'', Chapter 6
 
  '''Assignment:'''''see Week Three''
 
  '''Week 4 Presentations:'''
 
          [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/Week-3_Ide_Development.pdf Week 4 Lecture Slides, part one]
 
          [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/Week-4_Story_and_Identiyt.pdf Week 4 Lecture Slides, part two]
 
          [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/Week-4_Agency_and_Interaction.pdf Week 4 Lecture Slides, part three]
 
 
 
  '''WEEK FIVE'''
 
  '''Textbook:''' 'n/a
 
  '''Assignment:'''[http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GIS_Assignment-5_High_Concept.pdf Assignment #5] (Due Week 6)
 
   '''Week 5 Presentations:''' [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/Week-5_Formal_Elements.pdf Week 5 Lecture Slides]
 
 
 
  '''WEEK SIX'''
 
  '''Textbook:''' ''Game Development Essentials'', Chapter 7
 
  '''Assignment:'''[http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/GID_Assignment-6_High_Concept_II.pdf Assignment #6] (Due Week 7)
 
  '''Week 6 Presentations:'''
 
 
 
  '''WEEK SEVEN'''
 
  '''Textbook:'''
 
  '''Assignment:'''
 
  '''Week 7 Presentations:'''
 
 
 
  '''WEEK EIGHT'''
 
  '''Textbook:'''
 
  '''Assignment:''' [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/Game_Design_Doc_Template.doc Game Design Document Template]
 
          [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/Final_Project_Packet_Monday.pdf Final Project Packet (Monday)]
 
          [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/Final_Project_Packet_Tues.pdf Final Project Packet (Tuesday)]
 
          [http://iam.colum.edu/GameIdeaDev/The_Anatomy_of_a_Design_Document_Part-1.pdf The Anatomy of a Design Document]
 
  '''Week 8 Presentations:'''
 
 
 
  '''WEEK NINE'''
 
  '''Textbook:''' ''Game Development Essentials'', Chapter 8-9
 
  '''Assignment:''' (Design Pitch 1.0 due, see Week 8 Final Project Packet)
 
  '''Week 9 Presentations:'''
 
 
 
  '''WEEK TEN'''
 
  '''Textbook:''' ''Game Development Essentials'', Chapter 10-11
 
  '''Assignment:'''
 
  '''Week 10 Presentations:'''
 
 
 
  '''WEEK ELEVEN'''
 
  '''Textbook:'''
 
  '''Assignment:''' (Design Pitch 2.0 due, see Week 8 Final Project Packet)
 
  '''Week 11 Presentations:'''
 
 
 
  '''WEEK TWELVE'''
 
  '''Textbook:'''
 
  '''Assignment:'''
 
  '''Week 12 Presentations:'''
 
 
 
  '''WEEK THIRTEEN'''
 
  '''Textbook:'''  ''Game Development Essentials'', Chapter 10-11
 
  '''Assignment:''' (Design Pitch 3.0 Draft due for in-class discussion, see Week 8 Final Project Packet)
 
  '''Week 13 Presentations:'''
 
 
 
  '''WEEK FOURTEEN'''
 
  '''Textbook:'''
 
  '''Assignment:''' (Design Pitch 3.0 due, see Week 8 Final Project Packet)
 
  '''Week 14 Presentations:'''
 
 
 
  '''WEEK FIFTEEN'''
 
  '''Textbook:'''
 
  '''Assignment:''' (Design Pitch Presentation due, see Week 8 Final Project Packet)
 
  '''Week 15 Presentations:'''
 
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==

Revision as of 17:59, 18 May 2007


Syllabus

Game Idea Development Summer 2007 Syllabus (Tuesday 12:30pm section))

Handuouts and Assignments

  CLASS ONE - 22May07
  Textbook: Game Development Essentials, Chapter 1
  Assignment:
        Favorite Game Assignment (Due 24May07)
  Supplemental Assignment: 
  Additional Readings: 
  Class 1 Presentation:

Links