08-16-2018, 10:55 PM
Video: Teaching rapid prototyping through creating a game a week
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/video-teaching-rapid-prototyping-through-creating-a-game-a-week.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>In this GDC 2018 talk, game developers and professors Douglas Wilson and Bennett Foddy present a close look at the “Game a Week” model of game education and discuss the challenges involved in successfully running such a class.</p>
<p>Inspired by the Experimental Gameplay Project, Foddy and Wilson discuss how they’ve been teaching two versions of a class in which students (working alone or in pairs) make a digital game every week of the semester.</p>
<p>The two also go over the results this method has produced: a body of critically successful prototypes as well as students who have rapidly improved in terms of technical competence, design flexibility, and creative vision.</p>
<p>It’s an informative talk that’s definitely worth watching, so developers shouldn’t miss the opportunity to do so now that it’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O9Q8OVWrFA">freely available on the official GDC YouTube channel!</a></p>
<p>In addition to this presentation, the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/">GDC Vault</a> and its accompanying <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0JB7TSe49lg56u6qH8y_MQ/feed">YouTube channel</a> offers numerous other free videos, audio recordings, and slides from many of the recent <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/">Game Developers Conference events</a>, and the service offers even more members-only content for GDC Vault subscribers.</p>
<p><em>Those who purchased All Access passes to recent events like GDC or VRDC already have full access to GDC Vault, and interested parties can apply for the individual subscription via <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/inquiry/">a GDC Vault subscription page</a>. Group subscriptions are also available: game-related schools and development studios who sign up for GDC Vault Studio Subscriptions can receive access for their entire office or company by contacting staff via the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/demo/">GDC Vault group subscription page</a>. Finally, current subscribers with access issues can <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/contact_us.php">contact GDC Vault technical support</a>.</em></p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/video-teaching-rapid-prototyping-through-creating-a-game-a-week.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>In this GDC 2018 talk, game developers and professors Douglas Wilson and Bennett Foddy present a close look at the “Game a Week” model of game education and discuss the challenges involved in successfully running such a class.</p>
<p>Inspired by the Experimental Gameplay Project, Foddy and Wilson discuss how they’ve been teaching two versions of a class in which students (working alone or in pairs) make a digital game every week of the semester.</p>
<p>The two also go over the results this method has produced: a body of critically successful prototypes as well as students who have rapidly improved in terms of technical competence, design flexibility, and creative vision.</p>
<p>It’s an informative talk that’s definitely worth watching, so developers shouldn’t miss the opportunity to do so now that it’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O9Q8OVWrFA">freely available on the official GDC YouTube channel!</a></p>
<p>In addition to this presentation, the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/">GDC Vault</a> and its accompanying <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0JB7TSe49lg56u6qH8y_MQ/feed">YouTube channel</a> offers numerous other free videos, audio recordings, and slides from many of the recent <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/">Game Developers Conference events</a>, and the service offers even more members-only content for GDC Vault subscribers.</p>
<p><em>Those who purchased All Access passes to recent events like GDC or VRDC already have full access to GDC Vault, and interested parties can apply for the individual subscription via <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/inquiry/">a GDC Vault subscription page</a>. Group subscriptions are also available: game-related schools and development studios who sign up for GDC Vault Studio Subscriptions can receive access for their entire office or company by contacting staff via the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/demo/">GDC Vault group subscription page</a>. Finally, current subscribers with access issues can <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/contact_us.php">contact GDC Vault technical support</a>.</em></p>
<p><em><em><strong><em>Gamasutra and GDC are sibling organizations under parent UBM Americas.</em></strong></em></em></p>
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