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Introduction to Game Design

A practical introduction to game design and game design concepts, emphasizing the basic tools of game design: paper and digital prototyping, design iteration, and user testing.

About this Course

An introduction to the basic methods of game design. This course includes defining and analyzing games and their mechanics, and understanding how mechanics affect gameplay and player experiences. Practical assignments include creating both paper and digital prototypes, using user testing to find points of failure and iterative design processes to revise and improve overall gameplay.

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with board and video games; interest in designing and understanding how games work. Willing to learn and use a simple game programming language.

School: MITx
Course Code: 11.126x
Classes Start: 22 Oct 2014
Course Length: 6 weeks
Estimated effort: 8 - 10 hours/week

Nice! Great to see more free online courses coming out!

How do these courses work? Like is it live? Can i watch when I want?

Yes you can watch the lecture videos when you want. Check out the EDx demo. There is lots of courses on EDx and Coursera from top universities ( classes are free, but certificates of completion usually cost money, though honor code certificates are usually free). I'm completing an intro to computational thinking and python course this week (6.00.1x MITx) and I'm very impressed. It was challenging and demanding at times, but lots of fun and most importantly I learned a lot. The second part of the course starts in October (6.00.2x). If you are looking for "go at your own pace" classes I highly recommend checking out MIT OCW, they put all their courses online for free (lecture videos and course materials).

Udacity also has pace yourself courses created by Google and Stanford types. Basic versions of the courses are free but certificates cost money.

https://www.edx.org/how-it-works

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

https://www.coursera.org/about/

https://www.udacity.com/course-experience