CP5604 - Advanced Game Design
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Business (pre 2015) |
Advanced Game Design 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 (e.g. mechanics, ludology, narratology) along with player centred design methods and processes and skills in designing for game development environments.
Learning Outcomes
- to demonstrate effective communication, documentation and testing of designs;
- to understand the underlying principles of games design, rules and play;
- to understand how games function to create play experiences anbd social interactions;
- to effectively design rules, play mechanics, balance games and integrate different modalities.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Knowledge of at least one programming language and some knowledge of multimedia packages. |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carrie Lui |
| Lecturer: | Dr Dianna Hardy. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); design prototype and presentation (40%); assignments (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carrie Lui |
| Lecturer: | Mr Eugene McArdle. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); design prototype and presentation (40%); assignments (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 13-Nov-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Carrie Lui, Dr Roberto Dillon. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); design prototype and presentation (40%); assignments (30%). |
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An enrolment quota applies to this offering. |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 20-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Carrie Lui, Dr Roberto Dillon. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); design prototype and presentation (40%); assignments (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 17-Jul-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Carrie Lui, Dr Roberto Dillon. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); design prototype and presentation (40%); assignments (30%). |
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