WPI IMGD 1000
International Game Developers Association
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WPI IMGD 1000: Critical Studies in Interactive Media and Game Development
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Teachers
Instructors
Course Background Information
Location
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Last taught: Fall '06
Student background needed
None
Course prerequisites
None
Time period
- Seven week course (one WPI term)
- Four one-hour class meetings per week
Course Structure
Course Description
This course will be devoted to a critical study of interactive media and computer and video games. We will develop a critical vocabulary for discussing them, and we will discuss specific games using this vocabulary. There will also be a discussion of the history of games.
Week by week topics
Oct 25
Course Overview
Game Settings and Worlds (RA: Chapter 3)
Oct. 21
Storytelling and Narrative (RA: Chapter 4)
Character Development (RA: Chapter 5)
Nov 7
The User Experience (RA: Chapter 6)
Gameplay (RA: Chapter 7)
Nov 14
Game Genres (RA: Chapters 9 – 11)
Midterm Exam, Tuesday, November 15
Nov 21
Game Genres (RA: Chapters 12 – 14)
Draft of Paper due, Tuesday, November 22
No class November 24 & 25.
Nov 28
The Future of Gaming (RA: Chapter 18)
Game History (HS)
Dec 5
Game History (HS)
Final Paper due, Thursday, December 8
Dec 12
Game History (HS)
Final Exam,Thursday December 15
Course Materials & Facilities Used
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Books
Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams On Game Design, by Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams, New Riders Publishing (Pearson Education). 2003. RA
High Score! The illustrated history of electronic games, 2nd edition. McGraw Hill / Osborne. HS
Other materials
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Software (engines, tools)
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Syllabus
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Slides
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Assessment materials
Two one-hour exams. A major ten-page paper analyzing a game of the student's choice. The students turned in weekly papers that were ungraded but returned with comments, and then a draft of the major paper that was also ungraded and returned with comments, and then the final paper, which was graded.
Digital media used in class
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Case studies
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Tutorial files
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Other materials
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Analysis of learning methods
What worked
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What didn't work
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