CP2020 - Games Design and Technology

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Business

Games Design and Technology links the experience of immersive play to the process of conceiving, designing and implementing a computer game. Areas covered include the principles behind the rules and play of games, player centred design methods and processes and skills in using game development environments.

Learning Outcomes

• apply principles of player centred design;
• use typical game engines for game design and re-design;
• understand how games function to create play experiences and social interactions;
• design rules, play mechanics, balance games and integrate different modalities effectively.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Assumed Knowledge:	This is not an introductory subject. Students would be advised to have successfully completed IT at high school or CP1030 at JCU
Prerequisites:	CP1200
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	CP2430

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Dr Colin Lemmon
Lecturers:	Ms Angela McCarthy, Dr Tim Marsh.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 24 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 50%); other exams (10% - 20%); (5%); assignments (25% - 45%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coord/Lect:	Dr Colin Lemmon.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 24 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 50%); other exams (10% - 20%); (5%); assignments (25% - 45%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52
Census Date 21-Jul-2011
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 24 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40% - 50%); other exams (10% - 20%); (5%); assignments (25% - 45%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.