Creating Video Games (M-I-T)

• Session 1: Introduction; Guest Pablo Suarez (Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Center); Game Engines; Meaningful Decisions in Games (MIT)
• Session 2 Brainstorming and Low-Fidelity Prototyping (MIT)
• Session 3 Revision Control; Game Engines; Vision Statement (MIT)
• Session 4 Project 2 Intro; Project 2 Elevator Pitches; Digital Prototypes; Project 2 Team Choice (MIT)
• Session 5 Agile Software Development (MIT)
• Session 6 Agile Project Management (MIT)
• Session 7 Quality Assurance; Playtesting by Genevieve Conley (Riot Games); Focus Testing Results (MIT)
• Session 8 Project 2 Presentations; Project 3; Digital Prototype with User Interference (MIT)
• Session 9 Guest Lecture – Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro (Access Games) (MIT)
• Session 10 Project 3 Check-In; UI and Usability (MIT)
• Session 11 Game Development and Best Practices by Tim Cowan (EA Games) (MIT)
• Session 12 Project 3 Presentations; Project 4 Topics by Guest Pablo Suarez (MIT)
• Session 13 Project 4 Planning and Team Formation; Serious Games (MIT)
• Session 14 Aesthetics (MIT)
• Session 15 Freedoms of Play by Scot Osterweil (MIT)
• Session 16 Team Dynamics (MIT)
• Session 17 Working with Artists by Luigi Guatieri (MIT)
• Session 18 Fiction and Narrative in Video Games (MIT)
• Session 19 Working with Sound Designers by Richard Ludlow and Andy Forsberg (MIT)
• Session 20 Writing in Games by Heather Albano and Laura Baldwin (MIT)
• Session 22 Project 4 Check-in Presentations; Scope (MIT)
• Session 23 Project 4 Feedback; Team Discussions (MIT)
• Session 24 Running a Game Studio (MIT)
• Session 25 Getting Players to Play Your Game by Sean Baptiste (MIT)
• Session 27 Final Presentations (MIT)