This document outlines the course objectives, content, schedule, and learning methods for a course on designing computer games. The course will cover topics like game definition, elements, design stages, roles, gameplay, mechanics, balancing, characters, and storytelling. It will involve gamified learning through missions, levels and XP that can be earned through game analyses, ideas, roles, concepts, prototypes and presentations. The schedule lists daily topics over the weeklong course, which will include teacher presentations, quizzes, workshops and student work. Learning materials and examples will be sourced from online game design resources and the Time Mesh history game.

1. Design of Computer Games
Course Program
Martin Sillaots
Aug 5 2019
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2. Course Objectives
Research and Theory
Design and Implementation
of Computer Games

3. Course Content
• Game definition and classification
• Game elements
• Design stages and roles
• Game Idea and concept
• Gameplay
• Core mechanics and balancing
• Game world
• Character design
• Storytelling
• User Interface and prototyping

4. Course Schedule
• Mo Aug 5
– Introduction, Game elements
– Game examples. Design
Process, Game idea
generation
• Tu Aug 6
– Game Ideas, Teams and Roles
– Game concept
– Gameplay - Challenges and
Actions
• We Aug 7
– Core Mechanics
– Game Balancing
– Game world
• Th Aug 8
– Game characters
– Game story
– Prototype and Level Design
• Fr Aug 9
– Game implementation
– Prototype presentation

5. Course Time Table
• 10:00 First session
• 11:30 Lunch
• 12:30 Second session
• 14:00 Coffee break
• 14:30 Third session
• 16:00 Free workshop
Session = teacher presentation + quiz + workshop + student presentations

6. Learning Materials
www.ludoguru.com/gamedesign
Design of Computer Games

8. Learning Methods
Gamification
Project Based Learning

9. Missions
• Game analysis 2 XP
• Game Idea = 2 + 2 XP
• Teams and Roles = 2 XP
• Game Concept = 2 XP
• Gameplay = 2 XP
• Core mechanics = 2 XP
• Game world = 2 XP
• Characters = 2 XP
• Game story = 2 XP
• Prototype = 10 XP
• Final presentation = 10
XP
• Attending the classes (N
= 14) = A 1 XP
• Quizzes (N = 8) = A 0 …
3 XP

10. Levels and XP’s
XP Level
0 - 2 0
3 - 5 1
6 - 9 2
10 - 13 3
14 - 18 4
19 - 23 5
24 - 29 6
30 - 35 7
36 - 42 8
43 - 49 9
50 - ... 10

11. Content from

12. Time Mesh History Game
www.timemesh.eu
Game for teaching history of Europe
Examples from