Creating Video Games

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction; Guest Pablo Suarez (Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Center); Game Engines; Meaningful Decisions in Games
2	Project 1; Brainstorming and Low-Fidelity Prototyping	Project 1 Out
3	Revision Control; Game Engines; Vision Statement	Project 1 Playable Version Due for Playtesting
4	Project 2 Intro; Project 2 Elevator Pitches; Digital Prototypes; Project 2 Team Choice	Project 1 Due, Project 2 Out
5	Agile Software Development	Project 2: Vision Statement Due
6	Agile Project Management	Project 2: Product Backlog Due
7	Quality Assurance; Playtesting by Genevieve Conley (Riot Games); Focus Testing Results	Project 2: Sprint Tasklist Due
8	Project 2 Presentations; Project 3; Digital Prototype with User Interference	Project 2 Due, Project 3 Out
9	Guest Lecture – Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro (Access Games)
10	Project 3 Check-In; UI and Usability	Project 3: HLDD, Project Backlog Due
11	Game Development and Best Practices by Tim Cowan (EA Games)	Project 3: Sprint Tasklist Due
12	Project 3 Presentations; Project 4 Topics by Guest Pablo Suarez (Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Center); Project 4 Brainstorming	Project 3 Due, Project 4 Out
13	Project 4 Planning and Team Formation; Serious Games
14	Aesthetics	Project 4: HLDD Due
15	Freedoms of Play by Scot Osterweil (MIT Game Lab); Project 4 Playtesting; Project 4 Status Report	Project 4: Product Backlog, Sprint Tasklist, Low Fidelity Prototype Due
16	Team Dynamics
17	Working with Artists by Luigi Guatieri
18	Fiction and Narrative in Video Games	Project 4 Playable Version Due for Playtesting
19	Working with Sound Designers by Richard Ludlow and Andy Forsberg (Hexany Audio)	Project 4: Sprint Tasklist, Focus Test Report Due
20	Writing in Games by Heather Albano and Laura Baldwin	Project 4: Sprint Tasklist Due
21	Guest Lecture: Blizzard Entertainment	Project 4 Playable Version Due for Playtesting
22	Project 4 Check-in Presentations; Scope	Project 4: Product Backlog, Sprint Tasklist, Focus Test Report Due
23	Project 4 Feedback; Team Discussions
24	Running a Game Studio (Guest Lecture by Michael Carriere and Jenna Hoffstein of the Indie Game Collective)	Project 4: Sprint Tasklist Due
25	Getting Players to Your Game by Sean Baptiste (Fire Hose Games)
26	Final Presentation Rehearsal
27	Final Presentations	Project 4 Due