KCOE 4100 - Video game world (The)

Videogames have been a major entertainment industry for years, leading mass market technological changes and new cultural practices. Each kind of game introduces a specific production process, a specialized market, new design forms, emerging practices. This course aims to analyse their plurality and transformations: from arcade games to alternate/virtual reality. At the end of the course, you will be able to understand what videogames are and how they are produced and designed.

Olivier MAUCO

Séminaire

English

For each course, student will have to read a chapter / book / article or to play a game (required readings / games).

Course taught in English Language: a C1 Level in English is required to register for this course. Knowledge in Media studies and communication analysis ; practice of videogames ; interest in new technology ; understanding of digital issues.

Spring 2023-2024

Because producing games is a collective matter mobilizing individual skills. Individual : 15 minutes on a subject related to the course : article or book resumé, a game content analysis, a case study, a specific market (40%) + participation (10%). Collective : with a team of 5, you will present a game project : one page game concept, market analysis, funding and investment opportunities, production planning, communication strategy, public relation agenda (50%).

12 x 2h00 Each course will develop a specific component of game industry with a theoretical and practical approach. First part : two oral presentations by student, one dealing with a market issue (case study, market area, public issues, etc.), the other with a specific product (a game, a device). Second part : classical course. Some will hold a special speaker from the industry (to be determined).