Intro to Game Design Concepts

Learn to build better creative visions for your projects!

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Course in English

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Description

Game design is an oft-misunderstood craft. Lessons about rapid prototyping and fast iteration, while important, often overshadow the more fundamental aspects of the actual process of design. In this course, you'll learn what it means to think about games like a game designer rather than a player, how that shift in mindset can happen, and how to apply it to your own work.

During this course, you are highly encouraged to take notes, and to revisit the lectures multiple times as you work on your on basic vision documents. By applying all of the lessons in this course, you will be much more successful in putting together design concepts; it's quite a lot of information, and won't be easy to apply immediately! Take these lessons with you and be ready to practice and be patient, just like you would if you were learning an instrument or any other artistic endeavor!

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Objectives

Attain a better understanding of what's required to build a strong vision

Instructional level

Introductory

Requirements

Microsoft Word or Google Docs

Who should take this online course

Anyone who's interested in learning how to more effectively think about game design. this course is suitable for all ages.

Chapter 1: Chapter 1
- 1 Lesson 1: Thinking Like a Designer 26:56 min
  
  DescriptionLearn the difference between objectivity and subjectivity as it relates to the design process, and what it takes to put together a solid creative vision to move forward with confidence.
- 2 Lesson 2: Experience Pillars 27:32 min
  
  DescriptionThis lecture is an overview on what Experiential Pillars are, what to do and what not to do, and how to think about them. These will become the guiding principles for your design.
- 3 Lesson 3: Theme Actions & One-Pager Overview 21:45 min
  
  DescriptionTheme Actions, Player Actions, and Core Criteria are the 3 main components that will help you build a strong initial vision document, called a one-pager.
- 4 Lesson 4: Player Actions 16:08 min
  
  DescriptionPlayer Actions define the main player decisions. This lecture discusses how to put them together in a way that will make them useful to you!
- 5 Lesson 5: Core Criteria & Conclusion 19:02 min
  
  DescriptionAn in-depth look at Core Criteria, as well as a conclusion that looks back and summarizes how to put all of the information together.

The Teachlr

Cory Rodis

Game Designer

I'm a published game developer, and have been teaching game design at top post-secondary institutions for 3 years.