Module Descriptors
ANALOGUE GAMES
GAME30185
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 3
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Stephen Webley
Email: S.J.Webley@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
A PRACTICAL weighted at 100%.

100% coursework assessing Learning Outcomes 1, 2 & 3

This will incorporate written work and presentations throughout the module.

Individually students will create a practical prototype analogue game based on a set brief; they will look at play test strategies and the assessment will incorporate presentations and reflective work.

Module Indicative Content
This Module will include
¿ History & Taxonomy of Analogue Games
¿ Game Play design
¿ Applications of Probability
¿ Narrative in Analogue Games
¿ Play testing Strategies
¿ Designing Replayability
¿ The Gameplay experience
¿ Working to a client brief & Presenting Ideas
Module Learning Strategies
3 hours per week Interactive lecture.
(1:n)3
Module Resources
Desk Top Publishing and Office Products
Dice, timers, counters and other game creation items

Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Texts
A theory of fun for game design.
by Koster, Raph
978-1932111972
Paperback - 1 Jan 2005

Challenges for Game Designers (Paperback)
by Brenda Brathwaite
978-1584505808
Paperback - 20 Sep 2008