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Introduction to Game Design: Process and Creation

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Are you passionate about the world of competitive gaming and want to play a crucial role in shaping the future of Esports? With topics ranging from Esports history, players, gaming titles, teams, structure to leagues, events and the key stakeholders that exist in the Esports ecosystem, our Esports Management Course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in this dynamic and rapidly growing industry.How do you come up with good game ideas? How do you start documenting your ideas? How do you create an experience? How do you write a rule book? These are some of the questions that will come up during the game design process, and this course will enable you to answer them.

When you’re designing a game, you’re designing an intricate system, so you will want a series of steps to help you through the game creation process. This course walks you through those steps—from determining a game’s success criteria and conceptualizing new aspects and core concepts to designing and prototyping your game, through to producing and finalizing your game. It explores what’s involved in designing game experiences for the gaming industry and which elements affect player experiences and behavior. It also identifies some key considerations in ideation and video game development: how to establish your game’s situation, design pillars and loops, and document your game ideas.

Topics covered include:

  • The game design process
  • Designing game experiences
  • Envisioning game ideas

At a glance

  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
  • Associated programs:
    • Game design, Game programming
  • Associated skills: Strategic planning, team management, event organization, talent scouting, data analytics, community engagement, sponsorship and partnership management

What you'll learn

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  • Esports: Explore the history, growth, and impact of Esports on a global scale. Learn about the diverse genres and games that dominate the competitive scene and gain insights into its technology

  • Esports Team Management: Learn the art of team organization and leadership in the context of professional gaming. Understand the managerial issues that prevail in the field and the investment opportunities it offers

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

  • Event Planning and Organization: Master the intricacies of hosting successful Esports events, from small community gatherings to large-scale international tournaments. Gain insights into event planning, operations, marketing and sponsorship

  • 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

Syllabus

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Esports 101- Introduction to Competitive Gaming

  • What is Esports

  • Esports Platforms

  • Esports Gaming Titles

  • Genres of Esports

  • Real Sports vs. Esports

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

About the instructors

Kevin Mitchell

Founder and Managing Director of College EsportsX/ Adjunct Professor at Emerson College…

Ian Schreiber

Co-founder of Global Game Jam/ Has been on the faculty of Ohio University, Columbus State Community College…

Raja Ravi Chandra Prasad Kanakamedala

Game Director at Artemisia College of Art & Design (ACAD)…

This course is part of Introduction to Game Design XSeries Program

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HP Gaming Garage

Introduction to Esports Management: Evolution and Scope

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Introduction to Game Design: Process and Creation

Earn a certificate

₹9,762

  • Earn a certificate from a world-class university
  • Graded assignments and exams

After a course session ends, it will be archived Opens in a new tab .
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