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Course Description
Game Mechanics & Systems Design
UW Bothell, Classroom, Winter 2013
Instructor: Jay Schneider
Tu, 1/8 - 3/12, 2013, 6-9 p.m.
Cost: $925 | 3 CEUs
This course focuses on the user experience - game play, story, theme, and fun. It gives students knowledge of how to create compelling original game content, which is the core of a successful game. The idea of this course is to cover concepts that make games successful regardless of platform or production methods.
Topics include:
- Creating game play content
- Brainstorming
- Systems design
- Story design
- Technology/AI design
- What makes a game fun?
- Player psychology
- Business models
- Metagames
- User metrics