Game Idea Development
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Syllabus
Game Idea Development Spring 2007 Syllabus (Monday 9am section(1))
Game Idea Development Spring 2007 Syllabus (Tuesday 12:30pm section(3))
Handuouts and Assignments
MONDAY and TUESDAY CLASS
WEEK ONE
Textbook: Game Development Essentials, Chapters 1 and 3
Assignment:
Assignment #1 (Due Week 2)
Assignment #2 (Due Week 2)
Week 1 Presentation:
Week 1 lecture slides
WEEK TWO
Textbook: Game Development Essentials, Chapter 2
Assignment:
Assignment #3 (Due Week 3)
Readings:
User-Centered Game Design
DGD1 Market-Oriented Game Design
Supplemental Assignment: What Kind of Gamer Are You? (Print out and bring in result for extra credit)
Week 2 Presentations:
Week 2 lecture slides, part one
Week 2 lecture slides, part two
Week 2 lecture slides, part three
WEEK THREE
Textbook: Game Development Essentials, Chapters 4 and 5
Assignment:Assignment #4 (Due Week 5)
Week 3 Presentations:
Week 4 Lecture Slides
WEEK FOUR
Textbook: Game Development Essentials, Chapter 6
Assignment:see Week Three
Week 4 Presentations:
Week 4 Lecture Slides, part one
Week 4 Lecture Slides, part two
Week 4 Lecture Slides, part three
WEEK FIVE
Textbook: 'n/a
Assignment:Assignment #5 (Due Week 6)
Week 5 Presentations: Week 5 Lecture Slides
WEEK SIX
Textbook: Game Development Essentials, Chapter 7
Assignment:Assignment #6 (Due Week 7)
Week 6 Presentations:
WEEK SEVEN
Textbook:
Assignment:
Week 7 Presentations:
WEEK EIGHT
Textbook:
Assignment: Game Design Document Template
Final Project Packet (Monday)
Final Project Packet (Tuesday)
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:
