VA 306 – Intro to Game Design (Spring 2012)


List of all graded materials for Spring 2012
May 2, 2012, 7:11 pm
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Below is a list of all the materials you will be graded on. The percentage each of these is worth is listed below. The pop quiz and responses are all included as part of the blog design notes grade.

  • Game Design Blog                                   Mandatory
  • Game Designs (7 + 6 revisions)             50%
  • Game Design Portfolio                             10%
  • Blog Design Notes                                   20% (15% for 3000-level)
  • Player Feedback                                     10%
  • Postmortems and Presentations            10% (15% for 3000-level)

The final day to have your blogs updated is Wednesday, May 9 before class. No work submitted past this date will be graded.

  • Games: 7, plus 2 major revisions.
  • Game design blogs (13). Includes one for each game (7) and each minor and major revision (6). Blogs include game rules, explanation of the design process, and playtest observations.
  • Responses on other student blogs (13 for 2000-level; 26 for 3000-level).
  • Game Design Lessons: 15
  • Postmortems and Postmortem presentations (2)
  • Presentation (3000-level only)
  • Pac-Man Post-Mortem response
  • Art Game Response
  • Pop Quiz 1

Grading scale is based on the following scale:

  • 95-100 – A
  • 90-94 – A-
  • 86-89 – B+
  • 83-85 – B
  • 80-82 – B-
  • 76-79 – C+
  • etc.

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