[game_edu] Summer course: Game Analysis & Design

[Ian Schreiber]

Thanks for the resources, George. Also, glad to hear Camtasia is working out for 
you... I've been pretty happy with it so far as well.

FWIW, I have a few as well: a book on game design 
(http://www.amazon.com/Challenges-Game-Designers-Brenda-Brathwaite/dp/158450580X/
 - and my book is under $20 as well ;-), an intro game design course that 
focuses on tabletop games (http://gamedesignconcepts.wordpress.com), and I put a 
few course syllabi on the Ed SIG knowledge base wiki, back in the day 
(http://wiki.igda.org/OU_TCOM_486_Game_Development , 
http://wiki.igda.org/OU_TCOM_486_A05_Game_Development , 
http://wiki.igda.org/OU_TCOM_486_Advanced_Game_Development ).

To be clear, the course this summer focuses on teaching game design, more than 
game design itself. We'll therefore be looking at tabletop games that have 
already been designed and exploring what works well (or not) in their designs, 
as well as how to take the lessons learned and apply them to the design of 
original games. So that's a little different than either of our previous work 

:-)


- Ian





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From: George D. Phillies <phillies at WPI.EDU>
To: IGDA Game Education Listserv <game_edu at igda.org>
Sent: Wed, June 22, 2011 5:22:47 PM
Subject: Re: [game_edu] Summer course: Game Analysis & Design

Readers interested in board game design may wish to take note of the Worcester 
Polytechnic Institute course as taught for the past half-decade under various 
names and numbers

IMGD 2500 Design of Tabletop Strategy Games

supported by my two books on game design (available at http://3mpub.com/phillies 
and when is the last time you saw a textbook for under twenty American dollars?)

which actually teaches game design, primarily of Eurogames.  I am planning on 
doing a set of YouTube lectures as a support point, someday or another.

And, by the way, thanks to all of you who suggested Camtasia as the solution to 
my software problem.  It seems to work, though if on youtube you search out 
"George Phillies Lectures" the learning curve through the third Lecture will be 
extremely apparent.
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