The Capstone project is a place for you to develop your game idea into a fully-fleshed proposal. A game design document is your game bible, the go-to document that defines the genre of your game, its look and feel, and the evolution of gameplay. This four-part capstone project guides you to distill and improve the foundational aspects of your game so that you may express your ideas in a clear and productive way.
Game Design Document: Define the Art & Concepts
Game Design Document: Define the Art & Concepts
This course is part of Game Design: Art and Concepts Specialization
Instructor: Théotime Vaillant
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There are 7 modules in this course
Welcome! In this first week we’ll lay out the structure of the course, and what milestones you will have to meet each week. At the end of this week is your first assignment: presenting your preliminary game idea to your peers.
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4 videos14 readings1 peer review1 discussion prompt
In Week 2 we’ll take a look at several different ways of making a prototype (some of which you’ve seen before) and play testing. Before the end of the week you'll be making and presenting a prototype of your game, using the tool of your choice.
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1 video11 readings1 peer review1 discussion prompt
In Week 3 you'll continue refining your prototype.
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1 reading1 peer review
In Week 4 you will start concretizing the look and feel of your game with visuals and other descriptive materials.
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2 videos2 readings1 peer review
Week 5 is a continuation of the last: refine your visual materials and upload them for one last pass.
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2 readings1 peer review
Your finished, polished game design document is submitted for final review. Check out the bonus material later this week as well. Good luck!
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2 videos1 reading1 peer review
The final week. We will be wrapping things up this week and reviewing our final projects.
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1 reading
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An excellent course that guides you step by step to finish a GDD! I really loved all the feedback and content!
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I enjoyed working on the capstone project. I found it challenging and fun, I learn a lot while working on my project. I encourage everybody interested in game design in taking this specialization.
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Reviewed on Apr 19, 2018
Great way to wrap up the overall course. Very pleased with my final product!
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