Ontario College of Art & Design

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GDES 1B30
Game Design 1
0.50 Credit(s)
Studio/Seminar
From film, television, animation, web to mobile; digital game form increasingly consists a central part of the modern media experience. This studio seminar course provides a practical introduction to game design within the larger transmedia environment from a thematic and global perspective.This course provides practical and theoretical studies of games and gameplay to build foundational game design literacy for broad application. Class exercises will frame the fundamentals of games; rules, play and culture to support the design process. Through presentation of case studies the student will learn and apply a range of methods and approaches to design and build playful game experiences.
Notes: Priority Registration for DF: TIDA majors.
Please take special note that this course has material fees associated with it.
Course was last updated June 9, 2014 - 3:52 PM