Instructions for Game Design Document and Playtest Plan
For this assignment, you will submit your Game Design Document and Playtest Plan for your nano-game. Please read the Major Assignment 2: Game Design Document and Playtest Plan for more details.
Course Information
Welcome to Introduction to Transformative Game Design!
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Unit 1: Introduction to Transformative Game Design
This course explores foundational concepts and practices to consider when designing for transformative impacts.
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Unit 2: Transformative Leisure Role-playing Games
These types of games were not necessarily designed for an educational or therapeutic purpose, but that players might find them transformative in a variety of different ways.
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Unit 3: Therapeutic Role-playing Games
These types of games are designed for a therapeutic purpose or to help participants develop social skills.
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Unit 4: Educational Role-playing Games
These types of games are designed for an educational purpose according to specific learning objectives.
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Unit 5: Research Through Design
We will discuss ways to design and iterate role-playing games, but also how to take that process a step further and engage in formalized analysis of the process through academic writing.
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Unit 6: Ritual, Myth and Symbolism
We can consider role-playing games ritual spaces, but rituals can also be embedded into role-playing games for deeper experiences.
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Unit 7: Culture and Conflict in RPGs
We will explore different types of culture in RPGs, including fictional and real cultures and subcultures portrayed in games.
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Unit 8: Safety and Identity in RPGs
In this unit, we will deepen into concepts related to safety design.
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Unit 9: Game Technologies and RPGs
By its very name, analog role-playing emphasizes interactions between people unmediated by technology, but of course in reality, we often use technologies during play.
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Unit 10: Transformative Game Design and You
In this unit, you will reflect upon the course as a whole, as well as your design and playtest experiences.
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