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Welcome To Game Design - Game Design Canvas And Document
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Welcome To Game Design - Game Design Canvas And Document

Create Efficient Project Documentation to Build Games of any kind (Board, Digital or Gamification)
Created byOne Day Code - John Haste
Last updated 3/2024
English
Portuguese

What you'll learn

  • Structure Game Projects
  • Manage Game Development Processes
  • Organize your game ideas
  • Prototype quickly
  • Develop a Game Design Canvas

Course content

5 sections • 24 lectures • 1h 34m total length

  • Introduction1:03

    The template is in the last bonus session of the course!

  • The Game Design Canvas4:33

    Discover the game design canvas as a project skeleton that structures your game with a table of contents, guiding purpose, definitions, and gameplay elements.

  • How to Rate the course2:42
  • Brainstorming4:21

    Follow a step-by-step brainstorming method for game design, set a time limit, capture all ideas, follow inclusive rules, and vote to turn concepts into a final canvas.

  • Your First Game3:48

    Design your first complete game using the game design canvas, with a one-month project, real playtests, a menu and credits, sound, and art messages to ensure a finished, polished experience.

  • Join Our Discord Server ?0:14
  • Project Management - Kanban Trello6:11

    Learn Kanban-based process management with Trello to organize game development tasks from to-do to testing and done, using boards, cards, labels, and due dates.

  • Game Purposes5:06

    Explore multiple game purposes, from educational games that teach math or behavior to advergames and productivity through gamification. Balance fun with learning to keep players engaged and meet measurable goals.

  • Quizz 1

Requirements

  • There are absolutely no prerequisites to take this course.

Description

The Goal is to understand how to build a Game Design Canvas for any type of Gaming Project you have.

You will learn about many different aspects of Game Design that make a game be a game, with clear explanations and examples.

The Goal is to understand how to create projects from scratch and develop them using project management tools, brainstorming techniques and tips to make games that make sense.

First you show you how to find the Purpose of your project and define metrics according to your goals.

Then we start at the Red Sign, where I’ll show you how to define:

  • Platforms

  • Number Of Players

  • Target Audience

  • Duration

On the Yellow Sign, you’ll learn about:

  • Genres

  • Mechanics

  • Story and Theme

  • Aesthetics

And finally, what makes your game be a game

  • Goals

  • Interaction

  • Obstacles

  • Rules

By the end of some classes, I’ll challenge you to do some exercises, to help you learn better. They are not mandatory, but they can make you become a better game designer.

You will also answer some Quizzes, to help you memorize what you learnt even more.

You’ll also be able to download the presentation used in this course.

This course will help you create a bionic eye, after your know how games are made, playing them will never be the same again.

Enroll Now and I See you in the course!

Who this course is for:

  • People who want to learn about the Games Creation
  • People who want to understand Game Theory
  • Anyone who plans to work with Games in any area
  • People who want to be Game Project Managers
  • People who want to become Great Game Designers
  • Humans that want to create a Bionic eye and play games as a Game Designer

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