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Session 1: Introduction; Guest Pablo Suarez (Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Center); Game Engines; Meaningful Decisions in Games

Session 2: Project 1; Brainstorming and Low-Fidelity Prototyping

Session 3: Revision Control; Game Engines; Vision Statement

Session 4: Project 2 Intro; Project 2 Elevator Pitches; Digital Prototypes; Project 2 Team Choice

Session 5: Agile Software Development

Session 6: Agile Project Management

Session 7: Quality Assurance; Playtesting by Genevieve Conley (Riot Games); Focus Testing Results

Session 8: Project 2 Presentations; Project 3; Digital Prototype with User Interference

Session 9: Guest Lecture – Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro (Access Games)

Session 10: Project 3 Check-In; UI and Usability

Session 11: Game Development and Best Practices by Tim Cowan (EA Games)

Session 12: Project 3 Presentations; Project 4 Topics by Guest Pablo Suarez (Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Center); Project 4 Brainstorming

Session 13: Project 4 Planning and Team Formation; Serious Games

Session 14: Aesthetics

Session 15: Freedoms of Play by Scot Osterweil (MIT Game Lab); Project 4 Playtesting; Project 4 Status Report

Session 16: Team Dynamics

Session 17: Working with Artists by Luigi Guatieri

Session 18: Fiction and Narrative in Video Games

Session 19: Working with Sound Designers by Richard Ludlow and Andy Forsberg (Hexany Audio)

Session 20: Writing in Games by Heather Albano and Laura Baldwin

Session 22: Project 4 Check-in Presentations; Scope

Session 23: Project 4 Feedback; Team Discussions

Session 24: Running a Game Studio (Guest Lecture by Michael Carriere and Jenna Hoffstein)

Session 25: Getting Players to Play Your Game by Sean Baptiste (Fire Hose Games)

Session 26: Final Presentation Rehearsal

Session 27: Final Presentations

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