Design/Assess of Serious Games.

Catalog description

This course develops the skills and techniques required for the creation of serious games. Serious games are games that have an additional purpose beyond simple entertainment. Topics include understanding and evaluating the current landscape of serious games, undergoing the research to design a serious game, and assessing the games created to see if they fulfill their goals as a serious game. This course is intended to prepare students to design, develop and assess multi-purpose software. Prerequisites: Algorithms Core Skill and Programming Languages Core Skill and graduate students in the School of Engineering and Computer Science or instructor approval.