I’ll add to this list as I think of stuff over the rest of the summer – need to do a little research – i’ll put up a couple of links to get them started
building a big building – construction, architecture
brushing your teeth
ninjas vs pirates
Archive > July 2008
topics for them to come up with game ideas about
Books for the sophomore level 2 semester game class
Image by kandinski via FlickrHere is where I think we’ll use the adams and rollings book. I don’t mind the price if it’s a 2 semester course. It’s a great book and i want them exposed to it. It covers all teh decisions they’re going to have to make as they design their games.
I will [...]
books for 2nd semester class
the 2nd semester class is the critical analysis of games – not in a critical cultural way, but a loook at basic game design elements and applying them to games – watching what others do (in games) before students have to do themselves in the sophomore class. We will have chapters left from our books [...]
game idea blog assignments
gotta find a way to owrk them more into class – as a way to practice giving nad receiving criticism
first try – each week you have to read and comment on a different person’s blog about their ideas for the week – give constructive criticism – what’s clear about their idea, what do you not [...]
book for spring semester class – not!!! Too expensive
I think i’m going to go with adams & rollings Fundamentals of Game Design – it’s part of the game design and development series and they have a long history in the field. There are a lot of good design books on teh market right now so it’s a tough pick. This one has some [...]
game assignments
Image by l0ckergn0me via Flickrlearn several games and compare
1st 8 weeks – boardgames/cardgames
Videogames get all the advertising dollars (ok – most of them). Create ads for your games for the upcoming holiday season. You need to include specifics about the game, you canwrite consumer quotes based on your playing of hte game. You have to [...]
thoughts on using the treehouse pyramids
some resources -
the ice house games wiki – has games under development, games ready for playtesting, developed games, lots of games under development not sure how often the page is being updated now, but we can look at the games under development as examples, see variety of things you can with the pyrmids (any game [...]
make a game assignment based on fyri book: Persepolis
i’m thinking of having the students do this in the spring – design it a coupel of different ways – maybe as board/card game first 8 weeks and as videogame 2nd 8 weeks (do the design doc, maybe some art)
book has main character – the little girl – and some supporting characters – her parents, [...]
changing games – hey that’s my fish
play hey that’s my fish normally first
notice cards are up – everyone has the same info – can havestrategy
then play with hte cards turned over -Â stll take the tile from where you start each move – but can’t have strategy, or at least not hte same kind of stragtegy
then add dice or spinners to [...]
put together photos sets in flickr
to illustrate lecture topics – have students analyze
have them make their own sets using other sources
do we have access to the art history depts digital slide sets
