The Wednesday slides of gameplay design workshop. These slides contain the requirements for getting credits. The deadline for lecture diaries and game design documentations is Fri 12.11.
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Game Project
Game Project, 6–15 ECTS Assignment Design and develop a fully playable game that is at least beta level The game should be A murder mystery with 4 to 5 characters (plus the murdered one) Happens in an isolated island with no possibility to leave before X days No violence within gameplay In addition, the groupsContinue reading “Game Project”
Obsession to Lie Detection in US Series
Non-game-related rant. I have been amazed about the US series revolving around lie detection such as Lie to Me and The Moment of Truth. In those, the truth-by-science fetishism bothers me; the idea that one can detect a lie without errors is suspicious using machines or just watching facial expressions and body language. Even whenContinue reading “Obsession to Lie Detection in US Series”
Game Desig and Production: Introduction to Studies Slides
New Media Exam for Game Design and Production Students
Chapter 4: “Theory of Game Elements” from Järvinen, Aki (2008) Games without Frontiers, Tampere: Tampere University Press. acta.uta.fi/pdf/978-951-44-7252-7.pdf Date: Sat 18.9.2010 klo 10–14 (alternative / re-exam dates will be announced later) Enroll to exam to amanuensis at least 10 days prior the exam date.
Curriculumn: Game Design and Production
This info will be available on the http://mlab.taik.fi/studies/master_of_arts/ma_in_new_media_games/ page. MA in New Media is a 2-year degree programme focusing on design for interactive digital media. From the fall2010 on we will offer two specialisation areas: New Media Design and Game Design and Production. The education is project-oriented, combining practice with theory, hands-on with minds-on. TheContinue reading “Curriculumn: Game Design and Production”
Game Design Education Starts
I am very excited: the new game MA students starts at next Monday at our department. At spring we selected five students from 24 applicants. In addition, we will have five students from the School of Technology taking part to the selected courses. I have been busy to take care of various things such asContinue reading “Game Design Education Starts”
Nordic Digra 2010 Programme is Published
The program of the conference Experiencing Games: Games, Play, and Players (First Nordic Digra August 16-17, 2010, Stockholm, Sweden) is published. We accepted 14 papers and two workshops. The workshop descriptions can can found at the program page.
Game Design and Production
There are still some things to be taken care before the game design and production curriculum is officially published on Aalto Oodi. The teaching schedule is available on media lab courses page along with New Media specialization area courses. Meanwhile, you can read the degree requirements for Game Design and Production below. The official requirementsContinue reading “Game Design and Production”
A Study Links Personality Traits and Violent Video Game Effects
A study by Markey and Markey (2010) indicates that persons with high neuroticism, low agreeableness, and low conscientiousness personality traits are more likely be influences violent video games. Interestingly, in conclusions, they write: Although the incidences of violence, particularly school violence, linked to video games are alarming, what should perhaps surprise us more is thatContinue reading “A Study Links Personality Traits and Violent Video Game Effects”
Petri Lankoski 