Create Expressive Videogames (FutureLearn)

Create Expressive Videogames (FutureLearn)

Take your first steps towards constructing your own games by exploring game design, play, and experience creation. Explore the theory and practise of creative computer game design. Anyone who’s played videogames understands that designing them requires a complex blend of technical ability, creative skill, and theoretical knowledge.

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On this course, you’ll learn both the artistry and technique needed to create brilliant games. You’ll discover how to critically analyse decisions in real games, and apply your knowledge to creating small games of your own after each lesson.
By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills to start constructing your own game project, or study videogame design further.

What topics will you cover?

  • Principles of game design
  • Game development in Unity
  • The process of creating a game
  • Diverse perspectives on working in and producing games

Learning on this course
You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

  • Discuss and analyse existent games and their design decisions
  • Design and refine game ideas
  • Develop a game in Unity
  • Explore and express ideas and emotions through the medium of games

Who is the course for?
This course is perfect for anyone looking to create games to express themselves and their experiences. It’s also for anyone who understands the important role games play in today’s society, and wants a critical framework for their cultural context. It acts as a starting point for someone wanting to make larger independent games - regardless of how much programming ability they have to begin with.
This course was made by the Code Liberation Foundation. You may be interested in our other workshops and projects too - news about which is available on our website or our twitter.
You might also be interested in the other courses in the Essential Creative Technologies collection from UAL Creative Computing Institute, Lancaster University and the Institute of Coding.

What software or tools do you need?
During the course we’ll be using Unity and Fungus. We’ll spend a bit of time on the Code Liberation Github, too.

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