Course Overview

What Will Happen

Students advance games as an artistic medium in this course by understanding work and making work that is avant-garde in its form (aesthetics) or politics (force). Students develop and complete an art game that challenges the conventional wisdom of what games are, how and why we play them, and the role they perform in popular culture — all that will happen naturally (you don't have to "try" to be avant-garde or formal / political) if you commit to cultivating your own personally-derived process of creation.

Grades:

Participation & Dialogue (50% of Final Grade)

Students are expected to communicate regularly. Seek & give critical feedback to improve or reflect upon work. Problem-solving occurs by engaging the class as well as the world at large. Find answers online, through relevant communities of practice or by engaging with artificial entities if one chooses.

Effort & Exploration (50% of Final Grade)

Creativity thrives in a space of play and curiosity. But it needs time to manifest. Students should devote significant meaningful energy on coursework. The less time you have the more strategic you must be.

Extra Credit (up to 50% of Final Grade)

Helping peers do their work, solve problems, or reflect on their work.