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Computer Games: Design

This unit is all about how games are planned and designed. You won’t be coding or making artwork — you’ll be learning how to come up with game ideas, plan them out, and explain how they will work. You’ll look at games that already exist, come up with your own ideas, and plan a game you will make later on.

What will be covered?

You will learn about:

  • Different types of games

  • What hardware and controls games use

  • How games work (gameplay and rules)

  • Stories, characters, and worlds in games

  • Planning levels and user experience

  • How to write a game plan clearly

How this unit is assessed

You will complete three main pieces of work during this unit:

Review of Games You Have Played

  • Pick games you know and explain what makes them good or bad.

Game Proposal and Plan

  • Come up with a simple game idea
  • Come up with a more advanced game idea
  • Write a design plan for the game you will create

Game Pitch

  • Present your game idea and explain why it would be fun to play.

Target

You should be able to compare and review games.

You should be able to come up with and document game ideas.

You should be able to pitch a game to an audience.

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