Welcome to

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Welcome to Interactive Gameplay Design!
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The Team

• Mario Michaelides Module Leader
• Ian Grant Module Tutor

Lecture schedule can be seen on the online Module
Study Guide http//mercury.tvu.ac.uk/igd/lecture
s.htm
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The Module

• On completion of this module you will be able
  to
• Demonstrate a critically reflective approach to
  game playing both subjectively and objectively.
• Demonstrate their ability to develop games using
  a minimum of materials
• Present a design proposal for a game of their own
  invention.
• Devise, design, develop, prototype and test a
  game.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the technical
  requirements of the production of a fully
  realised game.
• Demonstrate an appreciation of the social and
  historical importance of games.

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The Module Study Guide
http//mercury.tvu.ac.uk/igd
or via Blackboard
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Time Commitments

• Learning Hours
• 200 hours
• Lectures 14 hours
• Workshops 28 hours
• Private study/practical work 158 hours
• Note This module is concerned with games and
  game playing.
• To create a successful video game you must
  understand how video games work.
• You are required to play and analyse a wide
  variety of games.
• This should constitute part of your 158 hours
  self study.
• I dont play games is not a phrase that is
  acceptable on this module - you must play games
  for the next 14 weeks.

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Ethical Commitments

• We encourage you to learn from each other in
  small groups
• but your assessed coursework must be 100 you
  own work.
• Copying, colluding, etc. is plagiarism, and a
  serious offence (and we will be watching out for
  it).

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Referencing

• As this is a creative module, it is often the
  case that you may wish to use work from outside
  sources to strengthen your assessments.
• This is permitted, but only if all work not
  created by you (and you alone) is fully and
  correctly referenced.
• This means a bibliography, and also a clear
  indication at the point where the material is
  used.
• Failure to adhere to these conditions is
  plagiarism and is not acceptable.
• For more details, get the LRC leaflet (or do a
  web search) on Harvard referencing.

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Resources

• Recommended Resource
• Pen and paper Very important!
• Core software
• You can use any software, provided that the final
  output runs on Grove House machines in G102.
• Recommended software packages include Macromedia
  Director/Flash (general), Maya (3D), Photoshop
  (image manipulation) and Director/ PowerPoint/
  Flash (for creating your assessed
  presentations).
• See Module Study Guide for more

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Assessment

• There are two elements of assessment
• Design portfolio for an original computer-based
  game, and 3-min presentation of the concept
  (40).
• Prototyping/Development of an aspect of an
  original computer-based game, and 5-min
  presentation of development (60)
• To pass the module you must get an overall module
  mark of 40.

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Assignment 1

• Design portfolio for an original computer-based
  game.
• Weighting 40.
• Submission due end of week 6 (21st March 2008).
• 3-minute concept presentation in the workshop of
  week 6 (17/20 March 2008) - you must attend this
  presentation.
• Assignment 1 Brief Module Study Guide
• Yellow/ Red card rule.

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Assignment 2

• Prototyping/Development of an aspect of an
  original computer-based game.
• Weighting 60.
• Brief is negotiable (from an artwork, through a
  prototyped aspect, to a fully working playable
  prototype).
• Submission due end of week 14 (30th May 2008).
• 5-minute presentation in the workshop of week 14
  (26/29 May 2008) - you must attend this
  presentation.

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Workshop

• Favourite Game Discussion and Analysis
• Assignment 1 Brief Q A

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Questions?
Enjoy the Module!