Coding for Creative Game Design ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This introductory creative coding course introduces programming as an artistic and narrative medium. Using P5.js, students will learn basic coding concepts through digital sketches, games, visual novels, and multimedia artworks. Beyond technical programming, the course emphasizes aesthetics, applied theoretical principles of interactivity, and cultural relevance of creative coding in contemporary art and design. Students will reflect on the role of coding as a form of digital storytelling and expression, applying critical thinking to the ways interactive media shape meaning. By the end of the course, students will have the skills to code their own interactive works and situate them within broader artistic and cultural narratives.