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unity workshop
This course focuses on teaching students the fundamentals of Unity. By the end of the course the students will be able to build a small game from scratch in Unity. No programming knowledge is required to take this course. Students will learn basic concepts of the Unity Game Engine from learning the interface of Unity to scripting basic behaviors in C#.
game development capstone
This course is an opportunity for students to work on a game or game-related project that showcases the skills and interests developed throughout their undergraduate study. The aim of Capstone is to create a fully developed alpha of a game. Students will be guided through the full production cycle from pitching to playtesting to prototyping.
theater games for game designers
Theatre Games for Game Designers delves into physical space and improvisational games. Using human bodies in space rather than pixels, this course is designed to give students a bit of history of theatre and performance art and the experience of playing theatre games, designing theatre games, and making performance.
games 101
The focus of Games 101 is game literacy & shared understanding of games as complex cultural and aesthetic objects. The class incorporates lectures, discussion, readings, and writing assignments, but the primary activity of the class is critical play & playing games in order to better understand and appreciate them. The class covers games on and off the computer, including classic and contemporary board and card games, sports, and games on the PC, internet, and consoles.
intro to game development
Introduction to Game Development is a practical course that introduces students to the methods, tools and principles used in developing digital games. Over the course of the semester, students will work alone to create a two digital prototypes or sketches, before building on them to produce a final polished game, using the lessons learned in the earlier prototypes.
national student leadership conference
Developed and taught a complete curriculum for a nine-day high school program. The program is meant to introduce students to the games industry, teach them the basics of game design and development, and develop their leadership skills.
games from Theater Game for Game Designers Fall 2021 below:
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