Tues/Thursday 5:30 - 7:15 p.m. HYPR 155 Thom Gillespie 855-3254, Office hours Wednesday 2-4 and by appointment. Our list: I_STORIA@indiana.edu
... is a project-based studio course in which students from a variety of disciplines work together in small teams on a variety of entertainment projects: graphic novels, film & video for the web, card games, board games, live action role-playing games. This is a class about design, play testing and publishing entertainment. All students in the class will be involved in all aspects of basic media development. They will develop a range of entertainment ideas in various formats, discuss the ideas, further develop the ideas in groups, play test their ideas, produce finished pieces and begin the process of publishing their work. The goal is to play ideas into existence.
No passing grade will be given if all assignments are not completed and handed. All assignments lose half their value if late.
Sept 2:Introductions
Sept 4: Bring to class: a pitch for a 'piece' you love to read/watch/play and an analysis of what you like in particular about this form of play. 2 pages max, text, sketches, what ever. Bring in 18 copies for everyone in the class.
Inspiration: Author of Book Series Sends Kids on a Web Treasure Hunt & Television Keeps a Hand in the Online Game With Serialized Shows
Sept 9: Bring in a card game proposal based upon your experience of the Slocom collection at the Lilly Library
Sept 11:
Sept 16: Bring in a card game idea influenced by these resources:
Sept 18
Sept 23: Bring in a working copy of one of your card games so we can play them and see how they work or don't.
Sept 25: Continue 'playing' our games. Elizabeth & TingTing will come in and talk about Sun Chaser, his game.
Sept 30: Bring 1 proposal.
I Have No Words & I Must Design
Oct 2: GameZombie.tv
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Oct 28
Oct 30 First book report due.
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Nov 18:
Nov 20: Second book report due.
Nov 25: no class
Nov 22: Thanksgiving
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Dec 18: Final Exam 7:15 pm
