Students in this course built and tested their own games, under a variety of constraints. (Photo courtesy of MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Instructor(s)
Clara Fernandez-Vara
Doris Rusch
Jesper Juul
Philip B. Tan
MIT Course Number
CMS.608 / CMS.864
As Taught In
Spring 2008
Level
Undergraduate / Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Image galleries
- Selected lecture notes
- Projects and examples
- Assignments: design with examples
- Assignments: written with examples
Course Highlights
This course features a set of lecture notes transcribed by a student, and photos from a play-testing lab session.
Course Description
An historical examination and analysis of the evolution and development of games and game mechanics. Topics include a large breadth of genres and types of games, including sports, game shows, games of chance, schoolyard games, board games, roleplaying games, and digital games. Students submit essays documenting research and analysis of a variety of traditional and eclectic games. Project teams required to design, develop, and thoroughly test their original games.
Other Versions
Other OCW Versions
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