Designing Play

Catalog description

Students move into the study of game design. Covers the following topics: collaborative approaches to designing games from start to finish; the values embedded into games and play; various social, cultural and creative topics essential to game design; how platforms, hardware and interfaces shape game design and gameplay; and ethical considerations of game design. Students work individually and collaboratively to design various types of games, including those text-based, 2D and 3D. Students also build on their expertise of and fluency in game studies as addressed in previous coursework. Provides the opportunity to explore individually and collaboratively personal topics of interest.