• The design process and how to approach designing a game from scratch

• How to define success for your game, evaluate its viability, and design and prototype the game idea you have selected

• How to produce and finalize your game, including finalizing card games and board games and designing the packaging and a clear rule book

• The elements affecting game experiences and how to envision and create game experiences for your target audience

• The importance of defining criteria for your game, gameplay situations, and narrative in game design and how to concretize your narrative or situations into goals and actions through game pillars and loops

Module 1: Game design process

• Defining success for your game

• Creating a core concept

• Designing and prototyping your game

• Producing and finalizing your game

• Designing your packaging and rule books

Module 2: Designing game experience

• Experiences and your primary intention

• Elements affecting game experiences

• How to envision an experience

Module 3: Envisioning game ideas

• Establishing the narrative and situation

• Designing game pillars and loops

• Documenting your game ideas