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CSC404 / GDES 3B71: VIDEO GAME DESIGN
Course Introduction
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Plan for today & Tuesday
Today: Course overview What the course is about. How to do well in this course. Looking at indie games
Tuesday: Game design tools Unity (education version) Led by: Adam Robinson-Yu
CSC404 Info Form http://tinyurl.com/404InfoForm Fill this in!!
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What is this course about?
The answer to this has changed over time.
The answer (as of 2019):
Learning the Art of Design
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Learning from Experience
Design principles are difficult to quantify, and video game design is no different.
As past students have learned how to makehigh-quality games, we have also learned how to better teach students to make high-quality games. That being said, there are always new lessons to
learn by watching you succeed and fail
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A glimpse into the past
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Bubble Bound – 2008
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Rolling Pig – 2011
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Gentleman Explorer – 2012
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Office Joust – 2014
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Pitfall Planet – 2015
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Course Overview
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Course Deliverables
Assignments “Game jam” events
Course Project
Participation Taking part in class,
running playtesting sessions, attending special events, attending Level Up Showcase, etc.
10% (5% each)
10%
80%
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Course Project Major game development milestones:
Creative Brief Conceptual description; includes key components and
secret ingredients. Design Document
Detailed, fully explored, paper-playable breakdown. Alpha Release
Playable prototype. Beta Release
Feature complete demo and playtesting report. Final Demo
The final evaluation, where industry members and the public judge your game.
Includes: peer evals and game trailer.
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Course Project
Other course project elements: Game Brainstorming
In week 2, submission of potential game ideas.
Mini-Demos Demos between major milestones.
Game Design Blog Weekly log of development progress. Submission site for creative brief & design document.
Playtesting Report Playtesting results and analysis.
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Course project
Groups: UofT + OCAD U + Faculty of Music. Teamwork is essential!
Design options: Unity, Android, Oculus, etc. No keyboards or mice!
Industry feedback at every milestone, and at playtesting time.
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Level Up Student Showcase
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Game Jams
Rapid game prototyping Make a game in 6 hours!
Birthplace of innovative, exploratory game ideas:
Surgeon Simulator, Superhot, Goat Simulator
Popular and prevalent around the community. e.g. Global Game Jam,
ROM Game Jam, TOJam(pictured here)
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What you should want from CSC404
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Why you’re here
Reasons why people take CSC404: Interest in game development careers Real-world industry interaction Working with artists and musicians The challenge of a capstone course Having a game idea that you want to work on
Enjoy playing games Need a 4th-year course
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What I want to see from CSC404
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Course Goals
Developing your creative abilities: Brainstorming Designing Developing Refining
Applying your development skills: Agile development Working with others Dealing with failure
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But most of all…
I want you to make a game that people want to play.
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Past (failed) examples
Bearly Made It Endless runner where main character runs toward
the screen, chased by mutant Goldilocks.
Cat’s Cradle Co-operative game where cats are tethered
together by yarn.
Islands of Araceli Player-vs-player game of throwing blocks at
people on other islands to knock them down.
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It could happen to you!
There are many reasons why a game could fail, and far fewer that lead to success.
We will try to steer you in the right direction, assuming that you want to be led there.
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Ways to do badly in CSC404
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Diffusion of responsibility
Don’t just do what you think you’re required to do. Think of what’s best for the game.
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Taking over the project
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Designing by committee
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Ignoring feedback
Accepting feedback is hard.
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Ways to fail CSC404
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Being a bad teammate
Don’t do your work. Don’t show up for meetings. Not communicating with your team. Impeding the team’s progress. Being a complete jerk.
This is why peer evaluations exist.
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Time management issues
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Treating this like a course
Care about the game, not about the marks.
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Good game designer habits
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Communication
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Have leaders and helpers
Everybody works on everything, and everybody is responsible for something.
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Playtesting
Solicit feedback constantly.
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Bigger expectations
Novelty
Mastery
Insight
Prudence
Tenacity
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Making an “indie” game
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Project theme: “Indie Games”
What does “indie games” mean? Games that have a certain feel to them? Games that are made by an indie studio? Games made in small groups? Games made with small budget?
For CSC404: Something Novel & Innovative Let’s see some examples….
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Braid
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Monument Valley
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Journey
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rain
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Johann Sebastian Joust
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Papers, Please
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CSC404: “indie” = innovation
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Final Takeaway