Video Game Design

4.0 credits

In this course, students will learn how to approach the digital game medium with a critical eye for game design. Through reading about, discussing, writing about and playing digital games, students will become literate in meaningful play. Students will gain an understanding of important game design elements such as interactivity, challenge, games as systems (cybernetic, emergent, conflict), genre, and setting. Eventually, students will work on designing, and then developing, their own digital game using an engine called GameMaker Studio 2.