Rhedir gan School of Languages, Literatures, Linguistics and Media

20 Credyd neu 10 Credyd ECTS

Semester 2

Trefnydd: Dr Eben Muse

On this module, you will spend your time watching video games, talking about video games, and making video games. You will make use of a range of professional game creation tools to create a range of short projects to meet a series of game design challenges. These challenges will provide the opportunity to work with popular game mechanics and narrative designs, reflecting common game industry practices. All challenges will allow scope for individual creative expression.

Each week new techniques and principles are introduced during weekly seminar sessions, illustrated both by instructional explanations of the theory and through critical review of real-world examples. A regular series of animation challenges are provided which allow students to experiment with these techniques and principles and to develop their knowledge of the wide range of potential narrative and gameplay strategies. Students present work from the game challenges in an online portfolio that includes the game and a short reflective piece. Feedback from these occurs regularly throughout the semester, and the student chooses one piece to develop further.

da

Good (C- to B+)

• Strong knowledge of key areas/principles
• Understanding of theoretical underpinnings
• Evidence of background study
• Limited original interpretation
• Well known links between topics are described
• Problems addressed by existing methods/approaches
• Good presentation with accurate communication

ardderchog

Excellent (A- to A**)

• Comprehensive knowledge
• Detailed understanding
• Extensive background study
• Original interpretation
• New links between topics are developed
• New approach to a problem
• Excellent presentation with very accurate communication

trothwy

Threshold (D- to D+)

• Knowledge of key areas/principles only
• Weaknesses in understanding of main areas
• Limited evidence of background study
• No original interpretation
• Only major links between topics are described
• Limited problem solving
• Many weaknesses in presentation and accuracy

1. Design games using a range of software tools

2. Demonstrate knowledge of the range of game design genres and narratives

3. Understanding of the ludological and narrative nature of video game

4. Ability to produce video game prototypes using a range of game techniques.

5. Make creative use of game design principles

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
ARDDANGOSIAD/YMARFER	Reflective portfolio		60
ARDDANGOSIAD/YMARFER	2D video game		40

		Oriau
Practical classes and workshops	Game development workshops	22
Lecture	Lecture / discussion introducing practical application of game design and project management principles	11
Individual Project	Work independently to design and produced games for assessment.	167

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Rhifedd - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio rhifau ar lefelau priodol o gywirdeb
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
• Gwaith Tîm - Gallu cydweithio'n adeiladol ag eraill ar dasg gyffredin, ac/neu fod yn rhan o dîm gweithio o ddydd i ddydd
• Mentora - Gallu cefnogi, helpu, arwain, ysbrydoli ac/neu hyfforddi eraill
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.

• An understanding of creative and critical processes, and of the wide range of skills inherent in creative writing. (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.1).
• An awareness of writing and publishing contexts, opportunities and audiences in the wider world (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.1).
• Artistic engagement and ability to articulate complex ideas in oral and written forms. (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2).
• Ability to connect creative and critical ideas between and among forms, techniques and types of creative and critical praxis. (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2; English Benchmark Statement 3.2).
• Reflective practitioner skills, including awareness of the practice of others in collaborative learning (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2; English Benchmark Statement 3.2).
• Ability to formulate and solve problems, anticipate and accommodate change, and work within contexts of ambiguity, uncertainty and unfamiliarity (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2; English Benchmark Statement 3.3).
• Ability to engage in processes of drafting and redrafting texts to achieve clarity of expression and an appropriate style. (English Benchmark Statement 3.3; NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2).
• Information technology (IT) skills broadly understood and the ability to access, work with and evaluate electronic resources (NAWE Creative Writing Benchmark Statement 3.2; English Benchmark Statement 3.3).

Goblygiadau o ran adnoddau ar gyfer myfyrwyr

Students may need to purchase in expensive stationary or game assets (tokens, dice, etc)

Rhestrau Darllen Bangor (Talis)

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/uxs-1801.html

Rhagofynion

• UXS-1800: Game Studies

Rhagofynnol ar gyfer:

• UXS-2801: Game Development

Gorfodol mewn cyrsiau:

• W622: BA Film Studies with Game Design year 1 (BA/FSGD)
• P310: BA Media Studies with Game Design year 1 (BA/MSGD)
• W305: BA Music with Game Design year 1 (BA/MUSGD)
• W839: BA Professional Writing with Game Design year 1 (BA/PWGD)

Opsiynol mewn cyrsiau:

• T103: BA Chinese and Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CHCS)
• W890: BA Creative&Professional Writing year 1 (BA/CPW)
• WPQ0: BA Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CST)
• WPQB: BA Creative Studies (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/CST1)
• WQ93: BA Creative Stds & English Lang. year 1 (BA/CSTEL)
• WR91: BA French and Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CSTFR)
• WR92: BA German and Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CSTG)
• WR93: BA Italian and Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CSTITAL)
• WW93: BA Creative Studies and Music year 1 (BA/CSTMUS)
• WR94: BA Spanish & Creative Studies year 1 (BA/CSTSP)
• W620: BA Film Studies year 1 (BA/FLM)
• W62B: BA Film Studies (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/FLM1)
• 2W89: BA Film Studies (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/FSIE)
• PP53: BA Journalism and Media Studies year 1 (BA/JMS)
• PP5B: BA Journalism & Media Studies (4yr with Incorp Foundation) year 1 (BA/JMS1)
• P306: BA Media Studies year 1 (BA/MS)
• P31B: BA Media Studies (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/MS1)
• 8U76: BA Media Studies (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/MSIE)
• P3WL: BA Media Studies with Theatre and Performance year 1 (BA/MSTP)
• P3WB: BA Media Stud with Theatre & Perform (4yr with Incorp Found) year 1 (BA/MSTP1)
• W6W8: BA Professional Writing & Film year 1 (BA/PWF)
• GW49: BSC Creative Technologies year 1 (BSC/CT)