Faculty: Leilei Xia ([email protected])

Office Hour: By appointment. Debug via zoom is ok.

In this course we will primarily use Bitsy, Bitsy 3D, Twine or Slideshows(Powerpoints or Slides) to make a mini game or interactive novel of our own.

You can work in teams or solo

Resource

Game Assets:

https://opengameart.org/

https://kenney.nl/assets

https://pixelfrog-assets.itch.io/pixel-adventure-1

Project Prompt

If you have an idea, you can do whatever you want. If you don’t, here are the prompts for you:

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Interactive Diary: Create a game that feels like reading someone's journal, where the choices you make affect how the story unfolds.

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A Day of Surprise: Create a game that simulate a lifestyle of a person, and maybe something unexpected happen

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Reverse Role: Create a game where the player controls the environment instead of the character.

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You could also choose to work on a game jam topic. Here is a game jam that I would highly encourage all of you to participate:

https://forms.gle/JvgK42iDoBwb6bd6A

Syllabus

Intro to Video Game Design

Cheat Sheet