Об этом курсе: In the game design and development capstone, you will create an original game from initial concept through implementation and then launch it to the world! Along the way, you will have the opportunity to put your game ideas in front of your peers and for the best-of-the-best you will have the chance to get feedback from game industry professionals. The capstone experience gives you the opportunity to push your skills further and demonstrate your newfound skills as a game developer. The capstone also contains guest talks from game industry professionals at Riot Games, Deep Silver Volition, Iron Galaxy, Radiant Entertainment, Goodgame Studios, Stardock, GREE, Heart Shaped Games, Kongregate, and more.
Автор: Университет штата Мичиган
Преподаватели: Brian Winn, Associate Professor
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Преподаватели: Casey O'Donnell, Associate Professor
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| Основные сведения | Course 5 of 5 in the Game Design and Development Specialization |
| Язык | English |
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Программа курса
НЕДЕЛЯ 1
What's in the Capstone?
Welcome to the Game Design and Development Capstone. In this module we'll give you a little bit of a sense of what to expect over the coming weeks. We're going to be honest with you though, this is going to be a fair amount of work. As you have learned, making games takes time and effort. And the goal of the Capstone is to prove that you have the knowledge, skills, and attitude to make games. So, get ready to flex those game design and development muscles that you have developed across the specialization.
2 видео, 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: Capstone Overview
- Reading: FAQ
- Reading: Industry Guest Talks
- Видео: "What is Success in Video Game Development" by Ziba Scott, Founder, Popcannibal
- Видео: "Game Design Problem Solving Basics" by Scott Brodie, Founder and Lead Designer, Heart Shaped Games
НЕДЕЛЯ 2
Milestone 1: Your Game Idea
You're going to notice a lot of overlap in terms of the kinds of activities we're asking you to do in this capstone and the things we already asked you to do in the previous courses. This isn't because we're lazy, it is because making games is how you get better at making games. So, the first thing you need to do is come up with a new idea. The next thing you need to do is convince us that it is worth giving you our time and hopefully money to explore that idea.
1 видео, 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: Getting Started
- Discussion Prompt: High Concept Discussion
- Reading: High Concept Document
- Reading: Getting Better at Talking about Your Game
- Видео: "Finding An Art Style for Your Small Game" by Marie Lazar, 3D Environment Artist, Goodgame Studios
Оцениваемый: High Concept and Pitch
НЕДЕЛЯ 3
Milestone 2: Early Prototype, Blueprint, and Progress Report
Now you have to start the process of making your game a reality. No matter how you do this, either as a non-digital prototype or a digital prototype, you need to start building and testing some of your core gameplay systems and mechanics.
1 видео, 2 материалов для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: Early Prototyping
- Reading: Blueprint (vs. Design Document)
- Discussion Prompt: An Early Progress Report
- Видео: "Programming Best Practices" by Matthew Vorce, Programmer, Pixo Group
НЕДЕЛЯ 4
Milestone 3: First Playable and Fun Test (aka, playtest)
The next step is to get something that you can start putting in front of people to begin getting feedback and working to "find the fun." Good luck.
1 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: First Playable Prototype
- Видео: "User Interface and User Experience for Games" by Charles Roman, Senior Software Engineer, Radiant Entertainment
Оцениваемый: First Playable Playtest
НЕДЕЛЯ 5
Milestone 4: Alpha Build
Once you've found that core game idea, the next step is to begin building enough of it that it can begin feeling like a game. Your goal at this point is to continue iterating on that core game idea and build out enough features and content that you move beyond the prototyping phase (goodbye cubes and spheres) and on to something that really starts to look and feel like your game.
3 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: Alpha Build and Reflection
- Discussion Prompt: An Alpha Progress Report
- Видео: "Game Production Overview" by Chris Bray, Studio Head and Senior Producer, Stardock
- Видео: "How to Be a Producer" by Greg Donovan, Senior Producer, Deep Silver Volition
- Видео: "Project Management" by Jared Riley, Engineering Manager, GREE International
НЕДЕЛЯ 6
It is Crunch Time!
Now is the time to finish all the features, build all the levels, and begin polishing. You're not going to be done yet, but that's what you're working toward.
3 видео, 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: Beta Build
- Reading: Thinking about Your Release Now
- Reading: Distributing your capstone game through Kongregate
- Видео: "Intro to Kongregate" by John Cooney, Director of Launchpad, Kongregate.com
- Видео: "An Overview of the Business of Free Games" by Anthony Pecorella, Virtual Goods Director, Kongregate.com
- Видео: "Introduction to the Kongregate API" by Matt Starsoneck, Virtual Goods Analyst, Kongregate.com
НЕДЕЛЯ 7
Milestone 5: Beta Build and Beta Testing
You are in the final crunch leading up to the beta testing! Good luck and try to keep up your energy level with your project.
3 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: Polish it up and test it!
- Видео: "Optimization in 3D Video Games" by Jon Moore, Graphics Engineer, Iron Galaxy Studios
- Видео: "Empowering Content Creators" by Eric Arnold, Studio Architect of Programming, Deep Silver Volition
- Видео: "Games as a Service" by Will Bonner, Associate Test Engineer, Riot Games
Оцениваемый: Beta Testing
НЕДЕЛЯ 8
Milestone 6: Ship It!
Rule #1 of GameDev: If you don't ship, it doesn't exist. In this module, it is time to say, "Enough is enough," and ship your game. We're literally asking you to create a final build of something and put it somewhere where the world can see it. That can be Kongregate, the iOS App Store, Google Play or wherever you think is most appropriate.
10 видео, 4 материалов для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: When to Release Your Game?
- Reading: Release Build(s)
- Reading: Create Supporting Materials
- Reading: Introduction to Career Journey and Advice Guest Talks
- Видео: Marie Lazar, 3D Environment Artist, Goodgame Studios
- Видео: Eric Arnold, Studio Architect of Programming, Deep Silver Volition
- Видео: Will Bonner, Associate Test Engineer, Riot Games
- Видео: Jon Moore, Graphics Engineer, Iron Galaxy Studios
- Видео: Matthew Vorce, Programmer, Pixo Group
- Видео: Chris Bray, Studio Head and Senior Producer, Stardock
- Видео: Greg Donovan, Senior Producer, Deep Silver Volition
- Видео: Scott Brodie, Founder and Lead Designer, Heart Shaped Games
- Видео: Jared Riley, Engineering Manager, GREE International
- Видео: Charles Roman, Senior Software Engineer, Radiant Entertainment
Оцениваемый: PEER REVIEW: Has it Shipped?
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Great course
One of the best courses of game development ever! You go from the idea of a game, to create a game and finally publishing a game. The lectures are very helpful because the professionals come from different areas to give you a better understanding of the areas of game development.
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Overall it's a great course. In this capstone project you're mostly on your own, utilizing what you've learned in the first four courses. The additional videos aren't directly helpful for your project, but motivating to keep working on the project. 8 weeks might not be much, especially for beginner developers, but if you don't overextend yourself when setting the scope for the game, it's doable.
The peer reviews worked fine for me, but other people had less than stellar experiences and I can see how it might not always be the best way to grade projects.
But at the end of this course you'll definitely have your own published game online for the world to see, which goes great with the certificate.