Czech

Not applicable.

Filozofická fakulta (FF MU)

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will finish/aquire:

portfolio:
• playable prototype – sklil-based digital game (2D, 3D, platform game)
• playable prototype – narrative-based digital game (exploration, game book)
• playable prototype – card game

ability to:
• design and analyze gaming mechanisms
• create game prototypes
• visualize interaction systems
• basic control and work in UNITY

knowledge:
• on instruments commonly used in the game industry
• of the development cycle (pre-production, production, release)

Ability and willingness to work in a group, endurance, creativity, knowledge of digital games.

Not applicable.

Theoretical preparation, creation during the lessons, project work in groups outside the classroom, project consultation.

• final (group) project (60 % of the evaluation)
• game prototypes finished during the cousre (40% of the evaluation)

• game design basics (rules, conflict, formal systems, motivation); genre specifics (asynchronous games, balancing, difficulty, onboarding, probability); narrative tools (nonlinear dialogue, environment narration, audiovisual narration)

• work with VUE, Unity, Thread / Inklewriter

• 2D skill based gameplay - platformer / shooter, 3D story driven, competitive card game, gamebook

Not applicable.

The course focuses on the practical development of digital game prototypes by using common practice of iterative development cycle: game design> prototype creation> playtest> repeat.

Compulsory attendance (how many lessons can be missed will be specified in the beginning of the semester).

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

A theory of fun for game design. Edited by Raph Koster. Scottsdale, AZ: Paraglyph Press, 2005. x, 244 p. ISBN 1932111972.
CRAWFORD, Chris. The art of computer game design : [reflections of a master game designer]. Berkeley: Osborne
FULLERTON, Tracy. Game design workshop : a playcentric approach to creating innovative games. Edited by Eric Zimmerman. 3rd edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2014. xxvii, 507. ISBN 9781482217162.
KOSTER, Raph. A Theory of Fun for Game Design. 2004. ISBN 978-1-932111-97-2. info
McGraw-Hill, 1984. xiv, 113. ISBN 0881341177.
SCHELL, Jesse. The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses. 2008. ISBN 0-12-369496-5.
TEKINBAŞ, Katie Salen a Eric ZIMMERMAN. Rules of play : game design fundamentals. London: MIT, 2004. xv, 672. ISBN 0262240459.

Not applicable.