Creating Your First Video Game (3op)

Osaamistavoitteet (Opintojakso)

-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.

Sisältö (Opintojakso)

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.

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

-The course is evaluated based on a course work task and graded as a pass/fail.

Arviointiasteikko

Hyväksytty/hylätty

Opiskelumuodot ja opetusmenetelmät

-Online lectures
-Learning by doing
-Problem based learning

Oppimateriaalit

-Free digital resources

Arviointikriteerit - hylätty (0) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

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.

Arviointikriteerit - hyväksytty/hylätty (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

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.