Audio Lectures

Recordings of selected lectures are available below. All guest lectures are used with permission. Assigned readings and lecture slides (if any) for these sessions are listed under the Related Resources tab of each recording. A full schedule of reading assignments is given on the Study Materials page.

Textbook

[CGD] = Brathwaite, Brenda, and Ian Schreiber. Challenges for Game Designers: Non-Digital Exercises for Video Game Designers. Boston, MA: Charles River Media/Course Technology, 2009. ISBN: 9781584505808.

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Lecture 2: Iterative Design

Lecture 3: Where Do Game Ideas Come From?

Lecture 4: Prototyping

Lecture 5: Assignment 1 Brainstorming and Team Formation

Lecture 6: The Social Function of Games

Lecture 8: Strategy, Skill, and Chance, Part 1

Lecture 9: Strategy, Skill, and Chance, Part 2

Lecture 12: Knowing Your Players

Lecture 18: Puzzles

Lecture 19: Abstraction and Simulation

Lecture 20: What is Intellectual Property?

Lecture 21: Games as Teaching Tools

Lecture 23: Creating Sequels

Lecture 25: Fiction and Stories in Games

Lecture 27: Games as Art

Lecture 30: Clients for Assignment 3 Visit

Lecture 31: Assignment 3 Brainstorming and Team Formation

Lecture 32: Live Action Games

Lecture 33: Ethics in Games