Learn the tools for a successful career in game design from experts at one of the top-ranked game design and development programs.
This is a series of 5 courses that can be taken in any order, however we recommend that Elements of Gameplay Programming for Video Game Designers be taken last in the sequence whenever possible.
https://www.edx.org/xseries/video-game-design
What You’ll Learn
- The origin and evolution of game mechanics and its effective integration into video games
- The design process and method of balancing a game’s design and mechanics for optimum effect
- How different industry roles collaborate to produce, market, and ship a video game
- How engines and different assets are created and brought together to build a video game
- How to create some simple elements of running game code
Courses in this XSeries Program
This is a series of 5 courses that can be taken in any order, however we recommend that Elements of Gameplay Programming for Video Game Designers be taken last in the sequence whenever possible.
Learn about the evolution of video games from experts at The Strong National Museum of Play, the world’s largest collection of video game materials.
October 31, 2016 – Self-Paced
Learn about the video game design process and experiment with effective methods for balancing a game’s mechanics.
January 2, 2017 – Self-Paced
Learn about the tools, processes and platforms that allow video game assets to be created and assembled into a commercial game.
March 6, 2017 – Self-Paced
Learn how a team comes together to create, market and deliver a video game.
July 24, 2017 – Self-Paced
Learn how to create the best gameplay by understanding algorithmic thinking in simple programming problems and applying it to game design.