Design Lab 5: Game Media   [ Monday 6pm - Rm 908]

instructor: Jonah Warren
email: jonah AT feedtank DOT com
url: http://www.playfulsystems.com/teaching/2006/gamemedia



Course Description

Junior year offers three different Design Lab sections for Students to choose an area of focus most beneficial to their development and support of their projects. The underlying thread the Design Lab is the continued focus of programming languages. Design Lab 5: Game Media examines digital game use and the different kinds of media used in their creation. This class will offer students the opportunity to examine games as media, unified spaces for interaction, narrative, and social networks. It will analyze different types of digital games and the technology used to create them. Students will focus on object-oriented programming to develop game concepts. The studio encourages the use of quick prototyping and testing for ideas and analysis, as students obtain a basic knowledge of the aesthetics, systems, terminology and narratives, used in interactive and multimedia experiences.


Game Media Links
[A del.icio.us class site. This is a common list of games, articles, and sites referenced in class. Each student is expected to contribute to this list, by sharing links to inspirational websites and favorite games using short descriptions and appropriate tags. For each link you add, use your name as a tag.]
Announcements

11/20/06 - CLASS 10
FINALS assigned!

10/16/06 - CLASS 5
MIDTERMS assigned!

9/25/06 - CLASS 3
You can now reach this site from http://playfulsystems.com/gm to save you some typing.

Here is a great book on the history of video games.

9/11/06 - CLASS 1
Welcome to class!

Be sure to check this site after each class, to review the latest labs, assignments and readings.


Notes, Labs and Assignments

week 1: lab + homework
week 2: notes + lab + homework
week 3: notes + code + lab + homework
week 4: code + lab + homework
week 5: notes + code + design docs + homework
week 6: code + homework
week 7: WORK ON MIDTERMS
week 8: MIDTERM PRESENTATIONS + homework
week 9: notes + code + lab + homework
week 10: notes + code + lab + homework
week 11: FINAL PROPOSALS + homework
week 12: WORK ON FINALS (show progress)
week 13: WORK ON FINALS (individual meetings)
week 14: FINAL PRESENTATIONS

Official Syllabus
Please read me.
Student Work

Elizabeth Coerver
Jack Lai
Andrew LaMorte
Yang Li
Hung-Ning Liao
Jonah Model [2]
Tyrone Mojica
Sean Mooney
Adam Nguyen
Olga Pakhomov
Chris Raleigh
Jennifer Randolph
Johnny Trinh
Yuki Wright