Digital Game Design (CCME0130)

Key information

Faculty: IOE
Teaching department: Culture, Communication and Media
Credit value: 30

Restrictions: This module is only available to students from MA Digital Media: Production. Who must also have completed both compulsory modules as a pre-requisite.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This practice-oriented module provides an introduction to game design. Through game analysis and the application of theory-informed game design concepts, such as layering and procedural rhetoric, students will have the opportunity to explore various aspects of games production, including worldbuilding, mechanics design, balancing and a critical reflection on the different modes of game production, games industries, game design as a professional practice. Students completing this module will have a foundation to develop playful artefacts in digital and non-digital formats, and to engage with and critique different modes of game production and circulation. Rather than providing a vocational qualification, this module, through critical engagement with theory and practice, enables students to create, modify, and engage with videogames as critically informed, reflexive designers.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 40% Group activity

60% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 0
Module leader: Dr Bruno De Paula
Who to contact for more information: ma.dm.info@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed timed assessments and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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