Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Games Project
  • Unit Code

    GDT3204
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

The content of this unit is a student-devised semester long games project. Students will produce professionally resolved proposal for a game that will include appropriate project management documentation, a comprehensive research diary and prototype.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from GDT3102

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded GDT4204

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Design and render thematic visual content for a game proposal.
  2. Organise and structure the visual documentation for a game proposal.
  3. Research all aspects of a game proposal and game context.

Unit Content

  1. Creative team organisation and documentation.
  2. Game proposals.
  3. Game prototypes.
  4. Preparing and construction documentation for games.
  5. Research diaries.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars. Tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
JournalResearch documentation20%
ProjectVisual diary of game project30%
AssignmentGame Proposal50%

Text References

  • ^ Doyle, M. E. (1999). Colour drawing. USA: John Wiley and Sons.
  • Fox, D. (2005). Game interface design. USA: Course Technology.
  • Irish, D. (2005). Game producers handbook. USA: Course Technology.

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Games Project
  • Unit Code

    GDT3204
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

The content of this unit is a student-devised semester long games project. Students will produce professionally resolved proposal for a game that will include appropriate project management documentation, a comprehensive research diary and prototype.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from GDT3102

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded GDT4204

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Design and render thematic visual content for a game proposal.
  2. Organise and structure the visual documentation for a game proposal.
  3. Research all aspects of a game proposal and game context.

Unit Content

  1. Creative team organisation and documentation.
  2. Game proposals.
  3. Game prototypes.
  4. Preparing and construction documentation for games.
  5. Research diaries.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars. Tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
JournalResearch documentation20%
ProjectVisual diary of game project30%
AssignmentGame Proposal50%

Text References

  • ^ Doyle, M. E. (1999). Colour drawing. USA: John Wiley and Sons.
  • Fox, D. (2005). Game interface design. USA: Course Technology.
  • Irish, D. (2005). Game producers handbook. USA: Course Technology.

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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