Edugametion

Diploma

Game Demo Project

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'Structure is clear and easy to follow. The Tetris examples are really really good!'

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'The exercises are extremely useful in addition to the clear and useful material! I learned so much'

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'The site is well structured, good design and colors. Very comfortable to use.'

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'I learned so much about game design. Now I really know what it means and how to design!'

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Edugametion is used by thousands students, schools, colleges and universities from various degree programs and by incubators, game companies and game developers around the world.

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Upon completing an online course you will get an instructor signed certificate with the institutions logo to increase your job prospects!
ECTS Credits are also available as part of your degree.

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COURSE DETAILS

Game Design and Gamification 1

	Enrolment	Open now. Please notice: limited amount of seats per year.
	Description	Game Design and Gamification course takes you into the secrets of game design. Through theory and very practical exercises you will learn efficiently to broaden your game design thinking and make complete game concepts form your ideas.
	Requirements	None.
	Outcome	You will learn game design deeply and efficiently.
	Level	For both beginners and pros.
	Language	English (Chinese).
	Location	Online
	Hours and credits	135 study hours. Upon completion 5 ECTS credits. More info
	Course Type	Learn at your own pace. 100% Online.
	Certificate	Earn a Certificate upon completion.
	Price	Studying is completely free of charge, there are no completion or fees for receiving a certificate or ECTS. More info

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ALL THIS IS INCLUDED

What is game design?

Learn game design theory like why we play games, what are the components of a game and what is the core loop of a game.

How does game design work?

Learn how game design work and learn about the game design process from with the idea to product.

Become a Video Game Designer

Learn all about what it is like to be a game designer. Understand what it requires to be a game designer. Improve you prospects in getting a game design job.

Game Design Templates Tools Guidelines Design Doc

Templates, Checklists, Guidelines and Tools

Receive various Templates, Checklists, Guidelines and Tools to help you in your game design work.

Learn with the Exercises

Learn with over 50 tough but extremely educational exercises based on real-life challenges. For example, how would you create a Naval Battle game that would keep player's excited for weeks?

Make your game ideas stronger

Learn to distinguish game idea types and how to improve any idea into a complete, well working and fun game idea.

Quick designing and concepting

Use the Game Design Canvas to quickly design your game. The Canvas tool is fast, you can create a complete game in 20 mins and have it shown and understood in 1 minute.

Write a Great Story for a Game

How will it be integrated to a game and where is the story told? Learn all about it!

Focus lost? Team overloaded?

Core-Ext-Wish is a super powerful and many many many times used tool to streamline production. It has provided amazing results and is highly recommended for any team during game development.

Exercises

Difficulty varies between Easy 1h and Hard 1d.

Just about every page has atleast one exercise if not many more. The exercises are very much liked and considered to be really really helpful. They can also be very demanding ;) Each exercise comes with a Solution, an Example or a 'Do Nots', or all of these.

xxxTETRISxxx SAMPLE xxxHEADERxxx

On these pages we'll use Tetris as a reference game. Within each page and exercise when possible Tetris will be used as a sample to help you clearly understand and help you follow the matter at hand. Look for this icon to see how this topic would apply for Tetris.
For Tetris, its unique thing is the mechanics. When introduced, it was something totally new. Many games have created copies or similar games with same block elements, but with different gameplay mechanics.

INSTRUCTOR

Instructor rating 4.6/5 (681 Reviews)

100 Published games
30+ Industry Awards
Creator of Finland's biggest game education's
20 years game industry experience
12 years game design experience
10 years internationl game design teaching
1000+ game ideas, game concepts, start-ups reviewed
4.6 / 5 rated lecturer
Juror for international game competitions
Board member of Finnish game industry hub Neogames
Entrepreneur & startup mentor
Juha has worked in many roles in the industry: from Game Developer to Lead Game Designer and now General Manager.

Multiple awards include game of the year awards, editor's choises, gold awards and winning competitions.

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