Open Games Workshop

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

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

News

• 17.02.2021: Open Game Workshop is nearing its end. Check out some of the demos below.
• 28.10.2020: Dates and tentative schedule available.
• 2.9.2020: Further information and exact dates will be available soon.
• 2.9.2020: uni2work page and website are up.

Demos:

• Corporate Frenzy

  Demo

  Created by Antonia Halbig, Julian Hager, Severin Schmid

• Pirates and Cures

  Demo

  Created by Maike Friedrich, Vasil Lazarov, Yara Fanger

• G for Gravity

  Demo Website

  Created by Marius Rusu, Shaoying Liu, Sybil Bast

• Student Out of a Labyrinth

  Demo

  Created by Elena Wallwitz, Julia Huber, Tien Duc Nguyen

Dates and Location

• Tutorials: Wednesdays 14-16 | Online
  
  November 4, 2020 - February 3, 2021
• Final presentations: February 3, 2021 | Online
  
• Final submission: February 17, 2021
  

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 to and evaluated by other groups.

The final deliverables are:

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

Schedule

• November 04: Organization, Introduction, Tips, Tricks and Resources
• November 11: Optional feedback session
• November 18: Game pitches and group introductions
• November 25: Optional feedback session
• December 02: Progress update
• December 09: Optional feedback session
• December 16: Progress update
• (Christmas break)
• January 13: Progress update
• January 20: Optional feedback session
• February 03: Progress update
• February 17: Demo Session
• February 28: 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 20 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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