All READING/PLAYING SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE CLASS UNLESS THE SCHEDULE INDICATES OTHERWISE. DOWNLOAD GAMES IN GOOD TIME TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN! Module One: Hamlet on the Holodeck Mon Aug 28 – introduction of syllabus and selves Wed Aug 30 –
- Read: Chapter One – Notes
- Project Documentation: Luc Courchesne (at home)
- explore/installations/landscape 1, 1997 (read, watch 17 min video)
Mon Sept 4 – LABOR DAY Wed Sept 6 –
- Read: Chapter Two. Presenters: Chris, Greg, Rachel
- Play: Her Story by Sam Barlow
Mon Sept 11
- Read: Chapter Three, AI, Eliza. Presenters: Adam, Erica, Dylan
- Documentation Michael Mateas on Serious Games with meanginful social content
- Facade
- Playabl.ai
- WATCH for Wed Sept 13 Mateas Serious Game Lecture part 1 and part 2
*** BRING PACK OF INDEX CARDS ** Wed Sept 13 – Eliza workshop, AI (room 242)
- Start Playing Karen by Blast Theory
- Play (?) : talking version of Eliza, standard version of Eliza (IN CLASS)
Mon Sept 18
- Read:-Chapter 4, Immersion Navigation. Presenters: Zak, Shane, Alyssa, Matt
- Review Mateas Serious Game Lecture part 1 and part 2
- Play: Tale of Tales (Auriea Harvey & Michaël Samyn) (Kevin and Robert)
- The Path
- The Path Post Mortem
- The Contradiction Of Linearity, Michael Samyn
Wed Sept 20-
- Read: Chapter 5, Agency, constructivism, Presenters: Austin, Robert, Matt, Aaron
- Play: Save the Date by Chris (need to replay often)
- Play Deviant by Donna Leishman
- Play Underbelly by Christine Wilk
Mon Sept 25 – At home assignment 1. Read : Interactive Story Structures at 2. Creative Exercise – DO the exercise here – there is no wrong way to do it! It’s an exercise to get you thinking! You may think about using the story structure ideas or not. Wed Sept 27
- Read: Chapter 6, Transformation, Presenters: Charles, Feiyan, Christina, Nate?
- WATCH: Lizzie Bennet Diaries by Hank Green and Bernie Su
Mon Oct 2
- Chapter 7, Procedural Authorship, Presenters: Alex?, Brittany, Kevin
- Discussion of Karen by Blast Theory
Module Two: Tools during this module we will also be browsing through the interactive fiction resources, you will choose and extensively play one of the projects and report to the class on it during the third module. Homework during this time is threefold:
- get up to speed with your tech of choice
- plan your creative project on paper
- choose and start playing a work of interactive fiction
Wed Oct 4 – HTML Discussion of at home assignment and Module Two plans Starter Page – hello world html5 and css from the beginning HTML5 and css tutorials and documentation – html, & video javascript tool Mon Oct 9 (room 242?)
- Elevator Pitch descriptions of Project
- Discussion of Planning Documents
- Branching Video html5 example
Wed Oct 11 – (room 242)
Mon Oct 16 – (room 242)
- Taroko Gorge by Nick Montfort, and variations and how to make your own remix
- Submit Presentation Topic and date choice (rank 3 dates – see below)
Wed Oct 18 (room 242)
- mobile phones and augmented reality apps
- App Furnace
- Aris
- Aurasma (Kosakow?)
Module Three: Presentations and Workshops: Presentations
- Preparation – play project, talk to someone else who has played the project
- Powerpoint, prezi, html
- Overview of the project
- Demonstration of project – 2 mins max)
- Analysis of project
- themes, ideas, author(s) intentions
- “game” mechanics & how they supported the theme
- liked/did not like – and WHY
- Conclusion
Mon Oct 23 – Final Project Proposal Round Up – bring planning documents Tech Q and As
Wed Oct 25 – Student Presentations – Alyssa (Firewatch), Matt D (Stanley Parable), Dylan (We made ourselves over/Blast Theory)
Mon Oct 30 – Student Presentations – Austin (Inkubus), Brittany (Daniel Howe), Erica (Firewatch)
Wed Nov 1 – Student Presentations – Aaron (Underbelly), Rachel (Firewatch), Christina (Is it Time/Jaime Fraina)
Mon Nov 6 – Student Presentations – Greg (Passage), Kevin (Firewatch), Nate (Stanley Parable)
Wed Nov 8 (room 242)
- TEST PLAYING first version of PROJECTS
Mon Nov 13 – TBA
Wed Nov 15 – Student Presentations -Alex (The Beginners Guide), Charles (Braid), Matt S (Firewatch)
Mon Nov 20 – Student Presentations – Feiyan (Her Story), Chris (Firewatch), Robert (Save the Date)
Wed Nov 22 – FALL RECESS
Mon Nov 27 – Student Presentations – Adam (Deviant) , Shane (Arteroids) , Zak (Games for Change/Lyla and the Shadow of the Wall)
Wed Nov 28 –
- Aleph Null by Jim Andrews
- Nine Billion Branches by Jason Nelson
Mon Dec 4 – Demos and Critiques – (room 242)
- Big screen (~10 mins each): Rachel, Feiyan, Greg, Shane
- Room 242: Alex, Austin, Adam, Chris, Nate, Rachel, Greg
Wed Dec 6 – Demos and Critiques – (room 242)
- 11-11:50: Erica, Aaron, Matt, Charles, Alyssa, Shane
- 12:00- 12:50: Dylan, Kevin, Christina, Zak, Robert, Feiyan