Labs

  • Project Management (Trello/Mira/MilaNote) linked on portfolio and contains:
    • Asset Attribution - Anything you use that you didn't create should be properly cited. Leave the creators name and a link to where you found the asset.
    • Design Document for Project - Paragraph describing the game you're going to make, going into details about game mechanics, characters, story, art style, etc.
    • Postmortem for Project - Paragraph describing the final state of your project after you finished it, what you learned in making it, challenges you faced and how you solved them, etc.
  • Lab Builds
    • A WebGL build for each exercise linked on portfolio.
    • Exercise builds should reflect an understanding of the content covered in the lecture.
  • Quiz
    • Unity project meets the objectives outlined for the quiz.
    • Unity project submitted properly.

Final Project

  • Project Management (Trello/Mira/MilaNote) linked on portfolio and contains:
    • Team Requirements
      • Design Document for Project
        - Detailed document describing game mechanics, characters, story, art style, audience, input, etc. This is a team deliverable item, everyone should contribute and consider this item tied into your Professionalism contribution to the project.
      • Playtest Forms
        - Links to forms used to gather feedback from playtest sessions.
      • Asset Attribution
        - Anything you use that you didn't create should be properly cited. Leave the creators name and a link to where you found the asset.
    • Personal Requirements
      • Documentation of Work
        - Team member roles and detailed list of contributions to project. Each week should have accumulated tasks listed with details about each task.Include screenshots, code, GIFs, GitHub links, builds of example scenes, or whatever else you need to submit so that I can best assess your contributions. Include the number of hours you spent on each task.
      • Portfolio Update
        - Add your game to your personal portfolio, or create a draft, which contains screenshots, GIFs, videos, and a link to the build.
        You should also include a description of your contributions to the project in a blog-post style summary. The target audience should be a potential employer who is looking at your portfolio to assess your skills in the area you focused on for the project.
        Example Portfolio with Portfolio Tips
        Example:

        You can generate this however you like, as long as you can send it to me. Link to this doc, website, pdf, png, jpg, powerpoint, etc. on your team project management board.
  • Game
    • Project demonstrates iterative testing and improvements.
    • Project demonstrates the ability to use and build on skills learned in the program to date.
    • Game utilizes audio, narrative, and visual, assets to create compelling experience.
    • Game has been thoroughly tested for bugs.

Downloadable syllabus available here.

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