EÜT346

School of Architecture and Design \ Industrial Design

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Elective

Turkish

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Industrial Design Undergraduate Program

Games are fun systems that bring together various psychological, creative, and technical fields. The goal of game design is to combine these different types of knowledge to create an experience that engages players.
EÜT 346 is a practice-based course. Students will learn the basic principles of game design by designing physical board games and will develop their own original games. Digital games and programming are not part of this course's scope. No prior game design experience is expected from the students.

Schell, J. (2008). The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses. CRC Press.
Adams, E. (2014). Fundamentals of Game Design. Pearson Education.
Zubek, R. (n.d.). Elements of Game Design.

This course aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge and skills in game design through a hands-on, learning-by-doing approach.

1. Can develop original ideas by identifying design problems; synthesize information with critical thinking skills and create innovative solution suggestions
2. Can express ideas in two and three dimensions in line with basic design and visual hierarchy principles.
3. Can effectively carry out the entire project process by gaining the skills to plan, execute and manage design processes.

Week 1: Introduction to the course
Week 2: Game 1 - Explanation of the theme
Week 3: Game design exercises and class discussions
Week 4: Game design exercises and class discussions
Week 5: Player experience test 1
Week 6: Player experience test 2
Week 7: Project 1 - Presentation and submission
Week 8: Game 2 - Explanation of the theme
Week 9: Game design exercises and class discussions
Week 10: Game design exercises and class discussions
Week 11: Player experience test 1
Week 12: Player experience test 2, Project 2 - Presentation and submission

• Project 1 40 %
• Project 2 40 %
• Participation 20 %