| Date |
Due Today |
In Class |
| Aug. 22 |
|
• Course introduction
• Complete survey |
| Aug. 27 |
• Read GDR "The Player Experience" and one corresponding essay
• Read information about Responses
• Complete Response 1
|
• Sign course contract
• "The Player Experience"
• Review Project introduction
|
| Aug. 29 |
• Read review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Wired)
• Read review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Action Button)
• Read review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (RPGFan)
• Read review of Madden NFL 12 (IGN)
• Read review of Madden NFL 12 (The Onion A.V. Club)
• Read review of Madden NFL 12 (Bleeding Green Nation)
• Read review of Metroid (Armchair Empire)
• Read review of Metroid (The Video Game Critic)
• Read review of Metroid (About.com)
• Read review of Tiny Wings (Touch Arcade)
• Read review of Tiny Wings (Ars Technica)
• Read review of Tiny Wings (Common Sense Media)
• Complete Response 2 |
• Discuss Reviews
• Create Review rubric
|
| Sept. 3 |
• Read GDR "The Rules of a Game" and one corresponding essay
• Complete Response 3 |
• "The Rules of a Game"
|
| Sept. 5 |
• Design Plan |
• Rubric vote
• Share Design Plans
|
| Sept. 10 |
• Read GDR "Gaming the Game" and one corresponding essay
• Complete Response 4 |
• "Gaming the Game"
• In-Class Play Exercise 1
|
| Sept. 12 |
• Complete In-Class Play Exercise 1
• Draft Reviews |
• Draft Review workshop |
| Sept. 17 |
• Read GDR "The Game Design Process" and one corresponding essay
• Complete Response 5 |
• "The Game Design Process"
• Draft Review feedback |
| Sept. 19 |
• Listen to one of the seven "A Life Well Wasted" podcast episodes
|
• Check Review rubric
• Discuss Review Analyses
• Discuss Postmortems
• In-Class Play Exercise 2 |
| Sept. 24 |
• Read GDR "Player and Character" and one corresponding essay
• Complete Response 6 |
• "Player and Character"
• Review Project questions
• In-Class Play Exercise 3A |
| Sept. 26 |
• Review 1
• Review 1 Analysis
• Review 2
• Review 2 Analysis
• Postmortem |
• Pitch, Package, Promote Project introduction
• In-Class Play Exercise 3B |
| Oct. 1 |
• Read excerpt from The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design |
• Discuss one-sheets
• One-sheet activity |
| Oct. 3 |
• Complete one-sheet activity
• Read GDR "Games and Narrative" and one corresponding essay
• Complete Response 7 |
• Discuss one-sheet activity
• "Games and Narrative" |
| Oct. 8 |
• One-Sheet |
• Share pitches
• Select topics
• In-Class Play Exercise 3C
• Form groups |
| Oct. 10 |
|
No class |
| Oct. 15 |
• Existing packaging materials (instruction manual, retail box jacket, game label) |
• Packaging materials exercise
|
| Oct. 17 |
• Draft packaging materials (Instruction Manual, Retail Box Jacket, Game Label) |
• Draft packaging materials workshop
• Create packaging materials rubrics |
| Oct. 22 |
• Completed packaging materials rubric
• Existing promotional materials (magazine-format advertisement, video advertisement) |
• Select class packaging materials rubric
• Promotional materials exercise
• Create promotional materials rubrics |
| Oct. 24 |
|
No class |
| Oct. 29 |
|
• Video production workshop
• Draft promotional materials workshop
• Discuss Presentations |
| Oct. 31 |
• Presentation |
• Share Presentations
• Form class promotional materials rubric |
| Nov. 5 |
|
• Discuss Packaging Materials Analysis
• Discuss Promotional Materials Analysis
• Discuss Postmortem
• Draft workshop
|
| Nov. 7 |
• Instruction Manual
• Retail Box Jacket
• Game Label
• Magazine-Format Print Advertisement
• 30-Second Video Advertisement |
• Missing Chapter Project introduction
• In-Class Play Exercise 4
|
| Nov. 12 |
• Packaging Materials Analysis
• Promotional Materials Analysis
• Postmortem
• Read How to Do Things introduction–chap. 6
• Complete Response 8 |
• How to Do Things introduction–chap. 6 |
| Nov. 14 |
• Read How to Do Things chap.7–chap. 10
• Complete Response 9 |
• How to Do Things chap.7–chap.10 |
| Nov. 19 |
• Read How to Do Things chap. 11–chap. 17
• Complete Response 10 |
• Discuss Design Plan
• Discuss IDEA outcomes
• How to Do Things chap. 11–chap. 17
|
| Nov. 21 |
• Read How to Do Things chap. 18–conclusion
• Complete Response 11
• Look through sample chapters (linked on project page) |
• Online Portfolio introduction
• How to Do Things chap. 18-conclusion
• Discuss sample chapters |
| Nov. 26 |
• Design Plan
| • In-Class Play Exercise 5 (meet at Sharky's in Fisher Student Center) |
| Nov. 28 |
|
No class |
| Dec. 3 |
• Draft Chapter
• Look through sample chapters (linked on project page)
• Think about what makes an effective chapter | • Discuss Postmortems
• Draft Chapter workshop
• Complete IDEA forms |
| Dec. 10 (8:00–11:00) |
• Chapter
• Postmortem |
• Complete Online Portfolios |