Game Design Decal Fall 2024

Hello everyone! Hope you all had an amazing Halloweek! Here are this week’s announcements.

Monday 11/4

No announcements!

Thursday 11/7

Project 3, Milestone 2: Alpha Playtest is in class. Milestone 3: Beta Playtest is due Nov 21st.

Make sure to come up with some new feedback questions for the playtest!

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Schedule

Week 0

Sept 5
Lecture Infosession
LabLab 0: Unity Setup

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Oct 7
LecturePitch Day
ReadingHow to Write a Good Game Design Document
Oct 10
Lecture Project 2 Showcase
ProjectProject 3: Final

Week 6

Week 7

Oct 21
Project Work Day
LabOptional: Lab 15: Raycasting
ReadingTips for Better Playtesting
Oct 24
Lecture Game Feel
Project Milestone 1: MVP Playtest

Week 8

Oct 28
Lecture Music and SFX
LabOptional: Lab 16: Lighting
ReadingInsightful Playtest Questions
Oct 31
Project Work Day

Week 9

Week 10

Nov 11
Lecture Work Day
Reading Accessible Controllers
Nov 14
Project Guest Lecture

Week 11

Nov 18
Lecture AI Design
Reading AI in Gaming
Nov 21
Project Milestone 3: Beta Playtest

Week 12

Nov 25
Lecture Guest Lecture
Reading Tutorial Design

Week 13

Dec 2
Lecture Building and Publishing
ReadingGamification
Dec 5
Lecture Course Postmortem
Project Milestone 4: Final Submission

Week 15

Dec 9
GDD Showcase