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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 | Spring 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. |
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) | List the relations between concepts and institutions related to various legal disciplines and this concepts and institutions. | |
2) | Have the knowledge of legal methodology and methods of comment. | |
3) | Comment the modern legal gains with the historical knowledge. | |
4) | Have the knowledge of philosophical currents of thought which are the bases of legal rules. | |
5) | Have the knowledge of legal regulations, judicial decisions and the scientific evaluations related to them. | |
6) | Resolve the juridical disagreements in light of legal acts, juridical decisions and doctrine. | |
7) | Use at least one foreign language as scientific language. | |
8) | Have the knowledge of the political and juridical foundation of the state. | |
9) | Have the knowledge of the historical development of the rights of individuals and societies and of the basic documents which are accepted throughout this development. | |
10) | Have the ability to resolve the disagreements which can violate the social order in national or international level. | |
11) | Have the ability to prevent the juridical disagreements between individuals. | |
12) | Have the knowledge of international and comparative law systems. | |
13) | Have the knowledge of the construction and the conduct of the national and international commercial relations. | |
14) | Use Turkish in an efficient way both verbal and written. | |
15) | Have the professional and ethical responsibility. | |
16) | Have the knowledge on the European Union’s legislation and institutions. | |
17) | Have the knowledge on juridical regulations and applications related to economical and financial mechanisms. | |
18) | Have the knowledge of the operation of the national and the international judicial bodies. |