Game Design Introduction

• • Games, Players and Game Designers
  • Game Design Frameworks
  • Game Design Elements: Mechanics and Aesthetics
  • Game Design Elements: Game Technology
  • Game Design Elements: Game Story
  • Game Design Idea Generation and Constraints
  • Why We Play Games: Fun and Engagement
  • Game Design Documentation: Overview, Mechanics and Engagement
  • Game Development Pipeline
  • Game Design Documentation: Story and Narrative
  • Game Design Documentation: Aesthetics, Technology and Accessibility
  • Game Design Prototype Development
  • Game Design Evaluation and Testing

No eligibility requirements

Additional requirements

• Equipment requirements - Computer capable of running project-relevant animation software
• Software requirements - Relevant Animation Software (eg. Adobe Creative Cloud, Maya, zBrush etc)

This subject invites students to consider the design, structure, functionality and application of games and gaming. The subject presents various ways to consider game elements including as virtual environments, toys, narrative engines, sets of algorithmic rules, simulations. There is a primary focus on digitally mediated games, especially those that leverage three dimensional modelling and rendering. Students will undertake critical analysis of existing games, as well as explore the potential for game creation through the design and conceptualisation of their own games.

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• Case Study (30%)
• Project Proposal (30%)
• Project Report (40%)

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