Class Sessions

As you begin work on your game, understand that not everyone will be programming. In this lecture we show how we devide up game development to take advantage of your multidisciplinary team.    More ›

Before you propose your game idea, you need to understand the basic design vocabulary we will be using. Otherwise, you are very likely to pitch a narrative that does not have a clearly defined ludic focus.    More ›

These first set of labs are to get you started right away, so that you can understand that scope of what you are going to work on. These are essentially homework assignments that you get to spend class time getting help with.    More ›

The definition of a game (and what does-and-does-not count as a game) is a highly controversial topic. While this lecture does not resolve this controversy, it does give you some understanding of the basic issues.    More ›

We lose the first day of class this year to the MLK holiday. However, we have to get started immediately. So we will have class on the first day of discussion. This is where we will talk about the course expectations.    More ›