Introduction to Game Design, CS 144
This is the official course website for Introduction to Game Design, CS 144,
taught by Ira Fay at Hampshire College in Fall 2014.
Basic Info
The most important document for this class is the syllabus. It contains useful information, including the course schedule.
Class Sessions: Mondays and Wednesdays 10:30am - 11:50am, ASH 221
Professor: Ira Fay, (413) 559-6844, ASH 216, ifay@hampshire.edu
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30pm - 4pm, and by appointment. A
sign up sheet is available
digitally.
Course Email List: cs144@lists.hampshire.edu
TA Email List: cs144tas@lists.hampshire.edu
TAs: Meghan Strauss, Gabriella Oddo, Lisette Medina, George Laporte
TA Office Hours:
Monday: 5pm-8pm (Bridge, Gabriella)
Tuesday: 4pm-5pm (Dakin K1 Lounge, George)
Wednesday: 4pm-7pm (Bridge, Lisette)
Thursday: 2:30pm-4pm (Dakin K1 Lounge, Meghan)
Friday: 10:30am-noon, 6pm-8pm (Dakin K1 Lounge, Meghan, George)
Projects
Project details will be posted here when they are available.
Dice Game Project
Game Guru
Get to Know Hampshire
Project
Excel Silver challenges
Probability Silver challenges
Create Your Own Website project
Programming for Game Designers project
Magic project
Storytelling Project
Ways to Describe a Character
Roleplaying 101 system rules
Storytelling Advice
Storytelling Sample
Pitch Project
Useful Slides for a Pitch
Pitch Guide from IGDA game submissions
Pitch Example - Ethos Games
Pitch Example - Protege Games
Useful Links
HTML tutorial,
and specifically HTML
tables and
HTML forms.
PHP tutorial.
Complete the chapters Syntax, Variables, echo and print Statements, and Data Types
And a particularly useful link to
PHP forms.
Slides from class:
Programming for Game Designers
Programming for Game Designers, Part 2
Programming for Game Designers, Part 3
Programming for Game Designers, Part 4
How to setup your own Hampshire website
Previous Survey Links
Week 1 survey
Week 3 survey
Programming for Game Designers survey
Storytelling Preparation survey
Storytelling and Magic survey
Bonus Info
If you want to know about Game Development at Hampshire and in the Five
Colleges, join the Game
Development email list. You may also want to join the
Game
Jobs email list. In fact, you might just want to
browse all the lists at Hampshire and
find lists that appeal to you.
Five College Game Jam
Make a game in 5 hours! Free food!
Sat, Sept 13, noon - 5pm
The event is open to everyone, though first year students can sign up for CEL-1 credit.
Game Gatherings
Play and analyze board and card games.
Thursdays, 1pm - 3pm, Library (Basement, Chris Young B9 room)
The event is open to everyone, though first year students can sign up for CEL-1 credit.
Game Dev Lunchtime Talks
One hour presentations from famous game devs. Free food!
Thursdays, noon - 1pm, Library (Basement, Chris Young B9 room)
The event is open to everyone, though first year students can sign up for CEL-1 credit.
Game Analysis: Magic the Gathering League
Explore game design concepts within the newest release of the popular card game
Magic: the Gathering. No experience necessary.
Cost: $25 (and possibly some free spots)
For more information and to enroll, join the MagicLeague e-mail list.
The event is open to everyone, though first year students can sign up for CEL-1 credit.
Game Analysis: D&D Miniatures (DDM) League
Explore game design concepts within the D&D Miniatures (DDM) game. No experience
necessary.
Cost: $25 (and possibly some free spots)
For more information and to enroll, join the DDMLeague e-mail list.
The event is open to everyone, though first year students can sign up for CEL-1 credit.