Date |
Due Today |
Class Topic |
Aug. 23 |
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• Course introduction
• Complete survey
• Sign Course Contract
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Aug. 28 |
• Read excerpt from Steven Johnson's Everything Bad Is Good for You
• Read information about Responses
• Complete Response 1 |
• Johnson
• Review Project introduction
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Aug. 30 |
• 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. 4 |
• Read What Video Games chaps. 1&2
• Complete Response 3 |
• Rubric vote
• What Video Games chaps. 1&2 |
Sept. 6 |
• Design Plan |
• Share Design Plans |
Sept. 11 |
• Read What Video Games chaps. 3&4
• Complete Response 4 |
• What Video Games chaps. 3&4 |
Sept. 13 |
• Review drafts
|
• Draft workshop |
Sept. 18 |
• Read What Video Games chaps. 5&6
• Complete Response 5 |
• What Video Games chaps. 5&6 |
Sept. 20 |
• Read excerpt about casual games from Jesper Juul's A Casual Revolution |
• Discuss Review Analyses
• Discuss Postmortems
• In-class play exercise |
Sept. 25 |
• Read What Video Games chaps. 7&8
• Complete Response 6 |
• What Video Games chaps. 7&8 |
Sept. 27 |
• Review 1
• Review 1 Analysis
• Review 2
• Review 2 Analysis
• Postmortem |
• Pitch, Package Promote Project introduction
• In-class play exercise |
Oct. 2 |
• Read The Ultimate Guide chaps. 0-3
• Complete Response 7 |
• The Ultimate Guide chaps. 0-3
• Play Zork online |
Oct. 4 |
• Read excerpt about mimetic games from Jesper Juul's A Casual Revolution
|
• In-class play exercise (meet at Sharky's in Fisher Student Center) |
Oct. 9 |
No class |
|
Oct. 11 |
• Read The Ultimate Guide chaps. 4-7
• Complete Response 8 |
• The Ultimate Guide chaps. 4-7
• One-sheet activity |
Oct. 16 |
• One-sheet
|
• Share pitches
• Select topics / form groups |
Oct. 18 |
• Existing packaging materials (instruction manual, retail box jacket, game label) print or online |
• Packaging materials exercise
• Create packaging materials rubrics |
Oct. 23 |
• Completed packaging materials rubric (group)
• Instruction Manual draft (group)
• Retail Box Jacket draft (group)
• Game Label draft (group) |
• Packaging materials workshop
|
Oct. 25 |
|
• Video production workshop
|
Oct. 30 |
• Existing promotional materials (magazine-format advertisement, video advertisement) print or online
|
• Promotional materials exercise
• Create promotional materials rubrics |
Nov. 1 |
• Magazine-Format Print Advertisement draft (group)
• 30-Second Video Advertisement draft (group) |
• Promotional materials workshop
• Discuss Packaging Materials Analysis
• Discuss Promotional Materials Analysis
• Discuss Presentations
• Discuss Postmortem |
Nov. 6 |
• Presentation
|
• Share Presentations |
Nov. 8 |
• Instruction Manual
• Retail Box Jacket
• Game Label
• Packaging Materials Analysis
• Magazine-Format Print Advertisement
• 30-Second Video Advertisement
• Promotional Materials Analysis
• Postmortem
|
• Missing Chapter Project introduction
• In-class play exercise |
Nov. 13 |
• Read How to Do Things chaps. introduction-6
• Complete Response 9 |
• How to Do Things chaps. introduction-6 |
Nov. 15 |
|
• In-class play exercise (meet at Sharky's in Fisher Student Center) |
Nov. 20 |
• Read How to Do Things chaps. 7-14
• Complete Response 10 |
• How to Do Things chaps. 7-14 |
Nov. 22 |
No class |
|
Nov. 27 |
• Read How to Do Things chaps. 15-conclusion
• Complete Response 11 |
• Discuss Design Plans
• How to Do Things chaps. 15-conclusion
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Nov. 29 |
• Design Plan |
• Discuss Postmortems
• Online Portfolio introduction |
Dec. 4 |
• Chapter draft
|
• Chapter workshop |
Dec. 11 (11:30–2:30) |
• Chapter (due as .pdf file attached to email)
• Postmortem |
• Complete Online Portfolios |