Gdc Game Design Doc Ppt

Game Design and Development 2019

Past Games: itch.io 2017 – itch.io 2018

Slides
- week 0: Introduction slides
- week 1:
  - game design elements,
  - talk by amazon
- week 2: game mechanics
- week 3: game art
- week 4: gamer psychology
- week 5: game engines, PCG
- week 6: AI, performance

Resources
- Game Design Document Template: https://github.com/JoeyPrink/GDDtemplate/
- Template GDC Talk Summary: https://github.com/JoeyPrink/TUGameDev

Readings and Links
- Week 0:
  - http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/167418/what_makes_a_game.php
  - Jordan Melcher's Journal: http://www.jordanmechner.com/downloads/makpopsample.pdf "The Making of Prince of Persia"
- Suggested Videos
  - http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014634/Classic-Game-Postmortem-PRINCE-OF

Game Analysis
- Week 1: Game Dev Tycoon
- Week 2: QWOP
- Game Recommendations for Homework: SHARE

Schedule (tentative)
- 11.10. – Course Introduction, About Games
- 18.10. – Game Prototyping, Game Design Document
- 30.10. ~~25.10.~~ –Submit First Individual Assignment
- 30.10. – Group Registration,Submit First Game Idea (Abstract max 300 char) Link
- 08.11. – Game Art (Blender)
- 15.11. – Game Dev Process,Send Design Document as PDF to gdd@iicm.edu
  - Naming convention: 'GDD1_GameDesignDoc_##.pdf', where ## is your groupnumber, hence group 5 sends the file 'GDD1_GameDesignDoc_05.pdf'.
- 21.11./22.11. Tutoring Interviews (Doodle sign-up), NO LECTURE
- 26.11. – Extra Lecture – Meeting Industry Experts – Patrice Désilets (Mandatory Attendance – 18:30 @ HSi7!)
- 29.11. – no lecture
- 06.12. – Game Engines Overview
- 13.12. – Submit First Prototype
- 20.12. – Submit Second Individual Assignment
- 10.01. – AI in Games +Send QA Feedback
- 17.01. – reserved lecture slot
- 24.01. -reserved lecture slot
- (31.01. Global Game Jam start)
- 06.03 –Submit Final Games + Final Presentations

Guidelines
- A: Diversity
- B: Accessibility
- C: Humanity

QA Strategy
- Some instructions/tips for your testing sessions. You should test the (1) experience, the usability, and (3) QA (alias bugs).

Game Design (Player Experience)

Fun fun fun?
Confused/bored/frustrated..?
Design good?
Ideaclear?
Mechanics?
Level too long/short…
Do you understand the game?

2. Usability

Interface etc intuitive and easy to use?

3. Quality Assurance (Severe Bugs)

Bugs, bugs, bugs

Provide a small report (.txt file, or excel sheet) with a list of issues you've found:
number + type of issue (number 1-3) + description of issue + severity of this issue (1 EXTREMELY BAD – 3 NICE TO HAVE) + tips for improvement,
which you should send by 10.01. (11:59 AM) to the group you've tested + gdd@iicm.edu

e.g.
#4-1-the game controls are not clear-1-explain the controls in the start screen
#5-3-the game crashed when driving 100 times into the tree-1-fix the bug

Meeting Industry Experts

Mandatory Attendance – 18:30 @ HSi7!

1. Individual Assignment

Details: Your task is to create a classic little 2D side scrolling Shmup ("Shoot'em up", think R-Type, Gradius, etc.) game with Unity to get a hold of game development basics.

Assignment 1 Details

~~Deadline: Oct 25th 23:59.~~

Extended Deadline: Oct 30th 23:59 – BUT with the following restriction: For every additional day you need, you have to implement two additional features of our pool (bonus features also count).

submit here

2. Individual Assignment

Details:

Template GDC Talk Summary: https://github.com/JoeyPrink/TUGameDev
List of Talks: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MOZb-3owi9MqXnTHdhD6U4wcyFfQ2zfvAqnOVweKMDQ/edit?usp=sharing
GDC Talk Summaries: GDC Talk Summaries

Deadline: ~~Dec 06th 23:59~~. Extended: Dec 20th 23:59.

send to gdd@iicm.edu
subject: [GDD] TALK Summary
Naming convention: 'GDD1_Ass2_#.pdf', where # is your matriculation number, hence student with matr. nr. 012345678 sends the file 'GDD1_Ass2_012345678.pdf'

Group Assignment

30.10. submit the form with group names and game idea (link)

15.11.: send in the first draft of game design document to gdd@iicm.edu as PDF -> recommendation for collaboration: Overleaf for a living document (tutoring interviews)
Naming convention: 'GDD1_GameDesignDoc_##.pdf', where ## is your groupnumber, hence group 5 sends the file 'GDD1_GameDesignDoc_05.pdf'.

21.-22.11.: Tutoring Interviews (design document): Doodle sign-up
13.12.: submit the first prototype

10.1.: send QA feedback
~~17.1.: tutoring interviews (first prototype) –~~ not necessary as all project plans are in good shape 🙂

06.03: final submission

the inspirational topics for 2019:

** Graz & Culture & Science Graz Culture 2020: https://www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10314806/8952938/Graz_Kulturjahr_Kultur_schafft_urbane_Zukunft.html#

** Graz Science Museum: https://www.museum-joanneum.at/cosa-graz/eroeffnung

so for your inspiration a few keywords related to that: Graz, urban, culture, cultural heritage, science, museum, engineering, environment, climate, urbanism

your game idea should *somehow* touch any/both of these topics.

Details Final Submission / Presentation

Schedule
14:00 – 17:00 Game Pitches/Presentations
Presentation
Short "pitch" (max. 4-5 minutes!) – try to "sell" your game/game idea; you can show your video or play the game life (or both if time).
Exhibition
please bring your own equipment for the exhibition. In case you are missing HW contact jpirker in advance.
Submission:
- Join TUGameDev 2019 at itch.io, create your own site for your game and upload/fill in the content of your game: https://itch.io/jam/tugamedev-2020
  Example how your created itch.io page could look like.
- Submit Printout (printed!) + DVD in a binder
  - Printout containing:
    - Title page: Game title + who worked on this game (+ matr.nr)
    - Your final Game Design Document
  - DVD containing:
    - readme.txt with the following information, that we can feature your games on the website:
      (1) short game description
      (2) all names + matr. nr
      (3) Technologies used
      (4) Credits
      (5) Link to build for feature on website (such as on https://gamelabgraz.com/games/)
    - .tex files from all individual assignments
    - digital Game design document
    - 4-6 screenshots
    - a small video of the gameplay (ca 2-3 minutes)

Books Recommendations for this course

This is my personal recommendation for a reading list. And also a list of books I use for the lecture.

*** Jane McGonigal – Reality is Broken One of my favorite books. Jane McGonigal gives some inspirations and ideas of how to use games in different contexts. Reads like a novel and avoids theoretical aspects.
*** Jesse Schell – The Art of Game Design This is the book I am using a lot for my lecture. Very good summary of the most important design aspects from different points of view (technical aspects, player psychology, all different design things).
*** Scott Rogers – Level Up (2nd Edition) Also a very good design on game design. I've especially enjoyed the bonus chapters with inspirational lists for environments, game mechanics, and different templates as an inspirational resource for your games.
** Jeremy Gibson – Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development This book gives also a very nice introduction to game design techniques, but in a more practical manner. The main part of this book is a unity and C# tutorial.
** Raph Koster – A Theory of Fun I simply love the style of this book. It has comics and sketches 😉
* Flow – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Wonderful book (THE book) about the flow experience with neat examples from all different fields.
* Katie Salen & Eric Zimmerman – Rules of Play Very interesting book on game design with a lot of practical examples. Note: Amazon credit me a small referral amount, should you purchase a book after following these links.