🗝 Course Prerequisites

Basic development skills, as acquired in the Year 1 Game Development class. Students should also enter with, if not a game project to immediately work on, at least a working idea of what they would like to build.

🧠 Course Objectives

The course is focused on:

Prototyping main game mechanics
Iterating on several prototypes of game mechanics
Gaining practical experience using dedicated equipment
Calibrating, improving, finishing a game, based on practical design requriements
Analysing and evaluating game prototypes
Testing game mechanics, exploring alternatives

📚 Readings

Mandatory Bibliography

🧮 Course Schedule

S1 & S2 Breakdown

🏆 Grading

Breakdown

Course (60% of the final grade):

Two presentations of game mechanic prototypes
Final game prototype presentation
100% participation in lectures

Seminar/lab activities (40% of the final grade):

Final lab quiz.
100% participation in lab activities.

Grading Scale

A 90%-100% B 80%-89% C 70%-79% D 60%-69% F < 60%