WELCOME to the Sneak Preview of "Introduction to Game Design"
Time, Location, Instructor
Time M/W/F 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. | Location: Library Multimedia Theater
Instructor: Lori Shyba MFA PhD
Office Location: 210 Engineering Hall
Email: LShyba@mtech.edu | Class web site: http:lorishyba.pbworks.com
Course Description
This course introduces you to the cultural, economic, and social significance of videogames and gives you a chance to design your own game.
It is geared to students in Professional and Technical Communication, Software Engineering, Computer Science, and Liberal Studies at a first- or second-year level.
Objectives
Key concepts and theories will be discussed though case studies from particular historical periods.
Being an inquiry-based course, among the reserach questions and topics we can explore within this subject are:
• Ritual, Play and Multimodality,
• Theories and Methods of Game Analysis,
• Formative Casual and Action videogames of the 1970s,
• Fiction and Adventure videogames of the 1980s,
• 3-D videogames of the 1990s,
• Social and “Serious” gameplay in contemporary games, and
• The Future of Games.
Resources
Required Texts.
• Mäyrä, Frans. (2008). An Introduction to Game Studies. London: Sage. 2008. (Available in Bookstore.)
• Salen, Katie and Eric Zimmerman. (2003). Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals. Cambridge, MIT.
• Shyba, Lori. (2009). Beyond Fun and Games: Interactive Theatre and Serious Videogames with Social Impact. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag. (PDF version available on class web site.)
Other required material will be posted as links and pdf downloads, and supplied as handouts.
It is suggested, but not mandatory, that you bring your own laptop to class to download and play some of the games, software, and game engines we study in class.
Assignment Descriptions
There are three assignments and two exams. Details coming soon.
Study Guide
Coming Soon
Reading List and Weekly Subjects
Coming Soon
Lectures, slideshows, links, and this and that.
January 2010 | February 2010 | March 2010 | April 2010 | May 2010
Your 2956 Sandbox
Knock yourself out!! Coming Soon.
Thank you for considering this course and I look forward to working with you.
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