| INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| GAD3026 | Tabletop Game Design | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÜVEN ÇATAK |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor ERTUĞRUL SÜNGÜ |
| Course Objectives: | This course focuses on games played around a table. It essentially aims the students to understand analog game design processes, but also to acquire information on how to integrate game design and create links with all the other aspects of analog game production. It involves the students in various and numerous workshops and group activities. The course relies on pragmatic reasoning and professional experiences rather than academic informations and ultimately aims to widen prespectives and open a creative mind on the analog game design subject. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; After successful completion of the course, the learned is expected to be able to: 1) Comprehend the scale of use for game mechanics 2) Understanding tabletop game mechanics 3) Using pragmatic reasoning and professional perspective for analog game design 4) Being able to analyze tabletop game making techniques 5) Integrating game design and creativity on all analog projects |
| This course will cover the creation of a game from the very first game idea to the production documents needed by factories, including creating and respecting a policy, brain storming a game, pitching, writing game design documents, writing rules documents, prototyping, playtesting and finalizing documents for production. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Historical approaches to desktop games and design processes | |
| 2) | Defining the types of games and examining game concepts | |
| 3) | Game pacing, management of dynamics and mechanics. | |
| 4) | The formal and dramatic elements of the tabletop games | |
| 5) | Measuring the tabletop gaming experience and iterative development | |
| 6) | Concepts of competition, talent and luck in tabletop games | |
| 7) | Desktop game components: mechanics, narration and dynamics | |
| 8) | From idea to prototype: playable prototyping | |
| 9) | Gameplay testing and playability, game analysis | |
| 10) | Applicable game production and game production stages I | |
| 11) | Applicable game production and game production stages II | |
| 12) | Presentation and decision making for projections | |
| 13) | Final project preperation & revision | |
| 14) | Final project presentation |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Oxford History of Board Games, David Parlett, 2009. The Civilized Guide to Tabletop Gaming: Rules Every Gamer Must Live By, Teri Litorco, 2016 Game Design Workshop – Tracy Fullerton Fundamentals of Game Design – Ernest Adams & Adam Rolling Challenges for Game Designers – Brenda Brathwaite & Ian Schreiber |
| References: | "XU, Yan, et al. Chores Are Fun: Understanding Social Play in Board Games for Digital Tabletop Game Design. In: DiGRA Conference. 2011. WHALEN, Tara. Playing well with others: Applying board game design to tabletop display interfaces. In: ACM symposium on user interface software and technology. New York: ACM Press, 2003. WIGDOR, Daniel, et al. Under the table interaction. In: Proceedings of the 19th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2006. p. 259-268." |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 1 | % 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 5 |
| Project | 9 | % 25 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 35 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 65 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Application | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| Midterms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 126 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Has theoretical and practical knowledge on management, business, trade, economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainable development related to International Trade and Business and can use this information | |
| 2) | Can collect data from different sources in the global business world and successfully apply research techniques, use information and communication technologies. | |
| 3) | Can analyze opportunities and threats with strategic thinking skills by using different resources and channels in the ever-changing global business world. | |
| 4) | Can communicate orally and in writing with a good knowledge of English grammar. | |
| 5) | He / she can transfer the knowledge and skills he / she has acquired in the field to the relevant people in written and oral form and evaluate them critically. | |
| 6) | Adopts the principles of business ethics with the awareness of professional responsibility and can apply these principles within the framework of legal rules in the field of global trade and business. | |
| 7) | He / she can collaborate in and out of the field, take responsibility, respect cultural differences and have ethical values. | |
| 8) | Has sufficient awareness of social rights, justice, cultural values, environmental awareness, occupational health and safety. | |
| 9) | With the lifelong learning skill acquired, she/he can identify learning needs and improve herself/himself |