Open Games Workshop

Lecturer: Dr. Ville Mäkelä
mailto: ville.maekelae(at)ifi.lmu.de
Hours per week: 4
ECTS credits: 6

Module: P 5.0.2 or P 5.0.4: Gruppenpraktikum zu fortgeschrittenen Themen der Informatik I or Informatik II, P2, P3 or P6: Vertiefende Themen für Master

News

• 26.7.2021: Open Game Workshop is nearing its end. Check out some of the demos below.
• 20.2.2021: Tentative dates and schedule available.
• 20.2.2021: Check out some of the demos from last semester.
• 20.2.2021: uni2work page and website are up.

Demos:

• Prometheus

  Demo (Windows and Mac)

  Created by Louis Grüll, Niklas Hirsch, Tim Lehmann

• Molten Moons

  Demo (Browser, Windows and Mac)

  Created by Patrick Tamunjoh, Vanessa Voigt, Verena Winterhalter

• Fix the Lighthouse

  Demo (Windows, Mac, and Linux)

  Created by Benedikt Pirker, Christian Schmalzbauer, Miriam Halsner

• Arcade Racing

  Demo (Windows)

  Created by Johannes Merkt, Thomas Horner, Wenfeng Zhu

• Banana Drama

  Demo (Windows) Demo (Mac)

  Created by Chau Duong, Dominik Runge, Magdalena Benkard

• Bubbles Time Troubles

  Demo (Windows) Demo (Mac) Demo (Linux)

  Created by Pauline Leininger, Thomas Holger, Valentin Scheibe

Dates and Location

• Tutorials: Wednesdays 14-16 | Online
  
  April 14, 2021 - July 7, 2021
• Final presentations / demo session: July 28, 2021 | Online
  

Contents

In this workshop, students will design and develop a computer game in small groups. Students will create a game concept, develop a playable prototype, and maintain a game design document throughout their project. At the end, the games will be presented in a public demo session.

The final deliverables are:

• A functioning game prototype
• A complete game design document
• A final presentation and demonstration of the game

Schedule

• April 14: Organization, Introduction, Tips, Tricks and Resources
• April 21: Optional feedback session
• April 28: Game pitches and group introductions
• May 5: Optional feedback session
• May 12: Progress update
• May 19: Optional feedback session
• May 26: Optional feedback session
• June 2: Progress update
• June 9: Optional feedback session
• June 16: Optional feedback session
• June 23: Progress update
• June 30: Optional feedback session
• July 14: Progress update
• July 28: Demo Session
• August 11: Final deliverables

Students

The lecture course is suitable for:

• Students of Media Informatics (Master)
• Students of Computer Science (Master)

The course is intended for Master's students and can only be credited to the Master's degree.

Bachelor students have the possibility to attend the course and collect ECTS credits for the Master in advance. However, it is not possible to contribute to the current Bachelor's program.

The number of participants is limited to 30 students. For further participants there is a waiting list.

Bachelor students can only participate in this course if the place is not already occupied by a Master student.

Registration

Applications by central application facilities on Uni2Work.

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