CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar What will be required? Attendance and participation Term papers Term papers, cont’d In-class Presentation Game project Game demos
CISC 2540: Intro to Video Game Design
Overview
Robert K. Moniot
Fordham University
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar What will be required? Attendance and participation Term papers Term papers, cont’d In-class Presentation Game project Game demos
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar What will be required? Attendance and participation Term papers Term papers, cont’d In-class Presentation Game project Game demos
Intro to Video Game Design
What is this course?
An EP-3 seminar (a core requirement for class of
2013 and later)
An introduction to concepts of video game design
and the game industry
What is this course
not?
A course primarily about video game implementation
A “real” computer science class
Course requires
no programming.
No pre-requisites.
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar
What will be required? Attendance and participation Term papers Term papers, cont’d In-class Presentation Game project Game demos
Eloquentia Perfecta
(EP) Seminar
Requirements of any EP seminar:
Writing
Minimum of 15 pages of writing that has gone
through at least one cycle of feedback and revision
We will fulfill this by two term papers
Oral expression
Minimum of 20% of class time devoted to student
writing and oral expression
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar
What will be required?
Attendance and participation Term papers Term papers, cont’d In-class Presentation Game project Game demos
What will be required?
Grade will be based on:
attendance and participation (15%),
a midterm paper (6–8 pages, 20%),
an in-class presentation (20 minutes plus Q&A,
20%),
a game project (20%), and
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar What will be required?
Attendance and participation
Term papers Term papers, cont’d In-class Presentation Game project Game demos
Attendance and participation
15% of grade
This is a seminar: attendance is required.
If you must miss a class, get excused in advance
Graded on 5-point scale:
Mere presence is 3 points
Contributing to discussion adds 1 or 2 points
Arriving late or detracting from discussion subtracts 1
or 2 points
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar What will be required? Attendance and participation
Term papers
Term papers, cont’d In-class Presentation Game project Game demos
Term papers
Midterm paper 6–8 pages, 20% of grade
Final paper 9–10 pages, 25% of grade
Each will go through stages of:
proposal
first draft, feedback
final draft
First drafts should be at least 2/3 of final length
proposals & drafts are graded only on timeliness
Papers graded on:
writing quality & length
organization & clarity
research & citations
content & depth
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar What will be required? Attendance and participation Term papers
Term papers, cont’d
In-class Presentation Game project Game demos
Term papers, cont’d
Topics you may use:
review of a commercial video game
exploration of some aspect of the social impact of a
game or of some genre of games in general
issues raised by some aspect of the game industry
or other topics of interest related to video games
Papers are to be of academic quality
based on at least some research
include critical analysis
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar What will be required? Attendance and participation Term papers Term papers, cont’d
In-class Presentation
Game project Game demos
In-class Presentation
20% of grade
15–20 minutes plus 5–10 minutes Q&A
Max 25 minutes total, to fit 3 per class meeting
Topic the same as one of your papers
No two presentations on same topic
First come, first served
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar What will be required? Attendance and participation Term papers Term papers, cont’d In-class Presentation Game project Game demos
Game project
20% of grade
Must be original
Need not be elaborate
We will use
8.1
Drag and drop, no programming needed
Lite version is free — adequate for this class
Full version $40 — optional
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar What will be required? Attendance and participation Term papers Term papers, cont’d In-class Presentation Game project
Game demos
Game demos
Session held in lieu of final exam
fun break from finals
Each student presents game project
using podium PC
5 minutes
show basic controls, play
peer evaluation is part of grade
CISC 2540
Spring, 2014
Robert K. Moniot
Course Overview
Intro to Video Game Design
Eloquentia Perfecta(EP) Seminar What will be required? Attendance and participation Term papers Term papers, cont’d In-class Presentation Game project
Game demos
