Practical Game Design and Development Pedagogy

Author

Diefenbach, P.J.

Volume

31

Issue

3

fYear

2011

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

88

Abstract

Unlike many game development programs, Drexel University´s program doesn´t reside in one department and so mirrors the true nature of commercial game development. Drexel´s Digital Media program offers a game art and production major that instructs students on the fundamental skills of design, art, programming, 3D modeling, animation, audio, and video production and on how to use industry tools such as Maya. The Computer Science department offers a game programming and development concentration focusing on software development skills and offers software courses for prototyping game concepts.

Keywords

computer games; computer science education; educational courses; educational institutions; software engineering; Drexel University; Maya tool; game art major; game development programs; game production major; game programming; prototyping game concepts; software courses; software development skills; Animation; Design methodology; Games; Drexel University; Game Development Workshop; Scrum; agile development; computer games; computer graphics; game design; game development; gameplay; graphics and multimedia; software development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2011.45

Filename

5754298