Game Design 210 course in college, worth it?

Zachary Prinzbach · 2013-08-20T19:36:09

I'm interested with the technical part of game design like the actual coding much more than the artsy stuff like graphics, story and what not. Has anyone taken a similar course? I don't want to spend 4 hours a week sitting in a circle talking about stuff that is blatantly obvious like progression of difficulty. If the course was going to actually teach me new concepts that are not obvious to anyone who has ever played a video game I would take it, but I'm not sure what it's going to be. Here's a course overview for what it's worth (it doesn't yield much information.) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.masongamedesign.org%2Fsyllabi12_13%2FGAME210-002BasicDesignSpring2013Nolan.doc&ei=NpoSUuTaMaukyAHa7oFQ&usg=AFQjCNG7C2UCKNjCHLIbtUZZjIO0raQP8A&sig2=LfOq010uCu-rtMFOD7MduA&bvm=bv.50768961,d.aWc

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Started by zachprinz August 19, 2013 10:39 PM

11 comments, last by Kryzon 10 years, 7 months ago

Cornstalks

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August 20, 2013 03:47 PM

I think I'm going to add the course. Like cornstalks pointed out I could always drop it after I see what it's like.

Are you tuition fee then not wasted?

Many schools won't charge you for classes that you drop during their grace period.

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Dwarf King

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August 20, 2013 04:49 PM

I think I'm going to add the course. Like cornstalks pointed out I could always drop it after I see what it's like.

Are you tuition fee then not wasted?

Many schools won't charge you for classes that you drop during their grace period.

Well then I guess this is a no brainer, the OP should check it out :)

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Kryzon

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August 20, 2013 07:36 PM

As to avoid losing focus, don't just drop the course 'because it's bad'. Drop it because 'you're moving to something better'.

There's a slight difference in that you already know the next step.

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