[game_edu] Prototyping/Playtesting groups?

[Jon Preston]

SPSU has a game design club that does digital and analog games, and we also
teach a 2000-level analog design course using the definitive
Schreiber/Brathwaite text! :)  Each student is required to not only do
various challenges from the text, but they also design two games during the
16-week term.  We'd be happy to trade designs and playtest other students'
games from other schools; in fact, this could help reinforce the idea that
the design/mechanics definition needs to be articulated clearly such that
someone beyond the designer herself can play the game.

Please let me know if a "trade organization" forms; we'd be happy to
participate.

Jon

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Bill Whetsel <billsclass at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Ian,
>
> We have a student Game Design Group at Cuyahoga Community College.
> Students collaborate and play test both digital and tabletop games.
>
> It's been very valuable to give students an opportunity to spend more time
> getting hands on with commercial and student designed games.
> It's also been great for building camaraderie and community around the
> Game Design program at our College.
>
> *Bill Whetsel*
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>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Ian Schreiber via game_edu <
> game_edu at igda.org> wrote:
>
>> Something that just occurred to me.
>>
>> At RIT, we have a student club that meets weekly to playtest non-digital
>> prototypes. For any students or faculty who want to design board games,
>> this has been a godsend. (No, I can't take credit for this one - it was set
>> up before I got here.)
>>
>> Do any student clubs/orgs like this exist at other schools? I'm sure it's
>> not exactly a common thing, but we can't possibly be the only one, and it'd
>> be good to know what other playtest groups are out there (I'm thinking of
>> coordinated prototype exchanges between groups, for example). Raise your
>> hand if you've got one of these on your campus?
>>
>> - Ian
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