Below is a selection of lecture notes for this course. Please note that lecture notes are not available for every session. During the spring of 2006, Sandra Gonzalez took these notes especially for OpenCourseWare.
Lecture files.| WEEK # | topics |
|---|
| 1 | (Brief) Trip Through Time (PDF) |
| 2 | Game Basics |
| 3 | Game Basics (cont.) (PDF) |
| 4 | Designing Games (PDF) |
| 5 | Class Workshop: Teams and Projects (PDF) |
| 6 | "Storytelling and Narrative" (PDF) |
| 7 | Team Building |
| 8 | "Using Outside Resources" (PDF) |
| 9 | Play Balance and Online Games (PDF) |
| 10 | "Introduction to Marketing and Intellectual Property" (PDF) |
| 11 | Selling your Game |
| 12 | Workshop: Polishing the Presentation and Business Plan (PDF) |
| 13 | Team Presentations (PDF) |
| 14 | Discussing Last Week's Presentations (PDF) |
| 15 | Final Team Presentations (PDF) |