Creating Your First Video Game (3cr)
Code: IM00CT20-3008
General information
- Enrolment period
- 02.05.2021 - 02.09.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.09.2021 - 28.10.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Virtual portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Online learning
- Unit
- Media and Arts
- Campus
- TAMK Mediapolis
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 4 - 30
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor's Degree Programme in Media and Arts
Objectives (course unit)
-Students are able to create simple html5-based video games.
-Students are able to do game graphics, level design and game logic without the need to learn code syntax.
-The students are able to collaborate online in an international student team in order to create a working video game as the course work project.
Content (course unit)
During this online course, the students create a simple video game. The tools used during the course are free and no prior knowledge of coding is required. The games created as a result of this course will be playable with any web browser. The course is built in a way that allows it to be customized to individual learning preferences of each student. As a student, you can choose if you want to use a lecture based structured approach or a more flexible problem based learning approach during this course.
Assessment methods and criteria
-The course is evaluated based on a course work task and graded as a pass/fail.
Assessment scale
Pass/Fail
Teaching methods
-Online lectures
-Learning by doing
-Problem based learning
Learning materials
-Free digital resources
Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
If more than one of the following criteria is true, the course is graded as failed:
-The student doesn’t understand key concepts of video game design.
-The student is not able to produce animated graphics for a video game.
-The student is not able to take user input and make it transform objects in the game.
-The student is not able to use variables that control the progression of the game.
-The student is not able to do independent problem solving related to video game design.
Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
If more than three of the following criteria is met, the course is graded as passed:
-The student understands key concepts of video game design.
-The student is able to produce animated graphics for a video game.
-The student is able to take user input and make it transform objects in the game.
-The student is able to use variables that control the progression of the game.
-The student is able to do independent problem solving related to video game design.