Applied Game Design

Teacher:

• Prof. Fabrizio Fornari

ESSE3 Link

• Applied Game Design - AY 2024/25

Degrees:

• MSc in Computer Science (LM-18)

Scheduling of Lectures:

• Scheduling is available at the following link

Exams:

• 20/06/2025 09:00
• 04/07/2025 09:00
• 18/07/2025 09:00
• 25/07/2025 09:00
• 19/09/2025 09:00
• 26/09/2025 09:00
• 06/02/2026 09:00
• 20/02/2026 09:00

Lectures Mode

• Lectures will be delivered in different modalities: frontal lectures, seminars from experts of game design, and practical exercises

Materials:

• Students are requested to bring their laptop to each lecture

Course Slides

• 00 - AGD - Course introduction - 07-03-2025
• 01 - AGD - Game Definition, Game Design, Game Designer, Introspection, Game Report, Essential Experience, 4 Basic Elements - 14-03-2025
• 02 - AGD - Example of The 4 Basic Elements - 21-03-2025
• 03 - AGD - Example of The 4 Basic Elements, The Theme in a Game, Gameful Design, Gamification, Applied Games, Example of Applied Games, Chocolate-Broccoli - 28-03-2025

Recordings

• 00 - AGD - Course introduction - 07-03-2025
• 01 - AGD - Game Definition, Game Design, Game Designer, Introspection, Game Report, Essential Experience, 4 Basic Elements - 14-03-2025
• 02 - Ambra Ferrari's Seminar - 02 - AGD - Example of The 4 Basic Elements - 21-03-2025
• Luigi Caputo's Seminar - Niccolò Vacca's Thesis Presentation - 03 - AGD - Example of The 4 Basic Elements, The Theme in a Game, Gameful Design, Gamification, Applied Games, Example of Applied Games, Chocolate-Broccoli -28-03-2025

Additional Material:

• Students Background Questionnaire

In-Class Quests

• 07-03-2025 In Class Quest 1: White Paper Esports and Gaming in Italy
  1. Scroll the White Paper (you find it here)
  2. Select one of the messages reported there (the one that captured your attention) and write your name and the page of the message here
  3. Read it carefully
  4. Describe it to the class!
• 23-03-2025 In Class Quest 2: The First that Comes to Mind!
  1. Open a Spreadsheet
  2. Write in a left cell the Game Aspect mentioned
  3. Write in the right cell the first game that comes to your mind that has that aspect
  4. At the end upload the Spreadsheet on this GDrive folder

Side-Quests

• 21-03-2025 Side-Quest 1: Don't be shy challenge!
  • The student/s that will engage the most during the AGD's seminars will be rewarded
• 28-03-2025 Side-Quest 2: No Chocolate-Broccoli!
  1. Scout all the kingdom (Internet) in search for No Chocolate-Broccoli Applied Games (the more the better)
  2. Upload a list on this Gdrive folder. The longest list with the highest quality will grant the author a point!
  3. Choose one of the Game and report it in front of the class (in the most convincing way)
  4. If the class + the Prof. will declare it a No Chocolate-Broccoli Applied Game you will earn a point
  5. The presentation will take place during the last AGD lecture

The examination will consist in the evaluation of the following activities that students are requested to carry out.

• Writing of a game report with information about games you have played so far (those that have been most important to you let's say or those that you can recall) described based on the characteristics that we will introduce during the lectures (check the slides).
• Writing of a Game Design Document, reporting your idea and design of an Applied Game
• Demonstration of a tool for game development that you practiced with
• Deliver a Pitch