Game Design and Gamefication - Part 2 (5 ECTS)

Content

Game Design and Gamefication Part 2 - course takes you into game designers work and deeper to game design and its production. Your educator is a highly experienced game designer who has worked on 100 published titles and received 30 industry awards. The course offers a very practical approach to learn game design and covers following areas: 1) design documents and what is essential in those 2) working as a game designer 3) how to be a good designer and how to design a good game 3) level design 4) game design tools and methods 5) game design process and production 6) lots of exercises, examples, templates, videos and other material.

Location and time

Course can be done in own pace in course environment.

Materials

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Teaching methods

100% Online (Self-Study) course. The course includes theory and exercise parts, in addition to videos, templates, checklists and games.

Employer connections

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Exam schedules

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International connections

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Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

Up to Student her-/himself.

Content scheduling

Up to Student her-/himself.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Showing understanding of game design and ability to apply the learned when creating the game concept and completing the 8 required exercises.

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation criteria
Showing understanding of game design and ability to apply the learned when creating the game concept and completing the 8 required exercises.

Exam schedule and retests
Can be find in study environment.

Qualifications

None. Game Design and Gamefication Part 1 recommended.

Accomplishment methods

After completing the course, student can work as a game designer and has strong toolset available and understands how the game development process happens for game design. Outcome from the course is completion of multiple very educational exercises. Main output is your game concept created by the Game Design Canvas tool.