Games Design and Prototyping

• • A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.

Others

Note: Level 3 subjects normally assume a moderate level of prior knowledge in this area, eg from studying related Level 1 and 2 subjects or other relevant experience.

Special requirements

No special requirements

Students combine their prototyping skills and game design knowledge to develop and test original games for a wide variety of real-world settings targeting several different platforms. The prototypes developed could engage several genres, from serious and educational to casual and hardcore games.

Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.

Assessment and feedback are iterative in that each assignment will cumulatively build on the next toward the successful development of a series of games design projects that demonstrates a good understanding of the principles of games design. Students receive feedback through class discussion and weekly project work, game prototyping, written assignments, peer review and critique, homework exercises, student group work and online assignment feedback and discussion.

• Problem Solving Task (20%)
• Model: Paper Prototype (35%)
• Game Design Document (30%)
• Online discussion (15%)