Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
3 Hour(s) 33 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
One Day Code - John Haste
Rating
3 views
Course Overview
Start creating your own Board Games from scratch, using free tools and playtesting with friends.
This course will teach you how to create Board Games from Scratch.
We start with the history of video games, then you'll learn about the game moments and components used to create a game.
In the end, you'll receive a template to start creating your game from scratch and how to publish it.
You will also learn how to balance your game to make it fun.
You will learn about many different aspects of Game Design in Tabletop Games and how they work, such as:
How to create prototypes using free tools and without being an artist
The History of Tabletop Game Consoles and their Purposes
How to choose the best components for your game
How the different game components feel in each situation
What are the main game genres
How the game aesthetics influence in the game
How to write good rulebooks
What are the main game moments
Where to find free assets for your game and use them commercially
How to balance your game using math
How to separate your game from expansions
How to publish and sell your games
By the end of some classes, I’ll challenge you to do some exercises, to help you learn better. They are not mandatory, but they can make you become a better game designer.
This course will help you create a bionic eye, after your know how games are made, playing them will never be the same again.
Enroll Now and I See you in the course!
Course Content
- 7 section(s)
- 35 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Game Components
- Section 3 Game Moments and Types
- Section 4 Prototyping Your FIrst Game
- Section 5 Playtesting and Publishing
- Section 6 Extra - Mathematics
- Section 7 Thank you!
What You’ll Learn
- Develop Complete Board or Card Games Prototypes, Create Game Projects with Game Design Document and Canvas, Know how the Tabletop Games were created and how they evolved, What are the main Tabletop Game Genres and how they work, Understand what are and when to use Physical Game Components, When to use each type of aesthetics, How to separate the game moments, How to Balance your game using Math, Randomness and Probabilities, Know what goes in the game and whats goes in expansions, How to publish your game with a publisher of by yourself, Find free assets for your projects
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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AAdi Kurahovic
literally a google and reddit search hands the same results. do not know the target audience for this, but it certainly isn't people that want to create games.
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AAdriana Camargo de Brito
Muito superficial
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CChristopher Kessinger
Overall, I thought that class provided a great "wide view" of the stepping stones that are needed to start with game design. The lectures were well-timed and offered up plenty of fun and interesting information. I really learned a lot!
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MMagnus Bodin
Good for real beginners
