In this lecture, the professors discuss team dynamics in project management.

Lecture 16: Team Dynamics

In this lecture, the students present their third project, and are introduced to the fourth project of the class.

Lecture 12: Project 3 Presentations, Project 4 Introduction (Small Game Project)

In this lecture, the professors discuss the principles of UI and usability in creating video games.

Lecture 10: UI and Usability

In this lecture, the students deliver their final presentations.

Lecture 27: Final Presentations

Luigi Guatieri

In this guest lecture, Luigi Guatieri discusses visual artists in game development.

Lecture 17: Working with Artists (Guest Lecture by Luigi Guatieri)

In this lecture, the lecturers discuss with every group about their projects, including their working plans and issues they may have.

Lecture 23: Team Discussions

In this lecture, the professors discuss project management and paring down features to fit the allotted project timeframe.

Lecture 22: Cutting Features; Scope

Michael Carriere

Jenna Hoffstein

In this lecture, Michael Carriere and Jenna Hoffstein from the Indie Game Collective discuss managing a game studio, through the perspective of the Indie Game Collective.

Lecture 24: Running a Game Studio (Guest Lecture by Michael Carriere and Jenna Hoffstein)

In this lecture, the students rehearse their final presentations.

Lecture 26: Final Presentation Rehearsals

Sean Baptiste

In this lecture, Sean Baptiste from Firehose Games discusses promotion of video games.

Lecture 25: Getting Players to Your Game (Guest Lecture by Sean Baptiste)

Creating Video Games (2014)

In this lecture, the professors discuss the development of video game stories.

Lecture 18: Fiction and Narrative in Video Games

In this lecture, SWERY from Access Games describes his experience in game development.

Lecture 9: Guest Lecture with SWERY of Access Games

Heather Albano

Laura Baldwin

In this lecture, the guest lecturers discuss story and gameplay writing in video games.

Lecture 20: Writing in Games (Guest Lecture by Heather Albano and Laura Baldwin)

In this lecture, the professors discuss aesthetics and polish in video games.

Lecture 14: Aesthetics

Scot Osterweil

In this lecture, Scot Osterweil of the MIT Game Lab describes his experience in games.

Lecture 15: Guest Lecture (Scot Osterweil of MIT Game Lab)

Richard Ludlow

Andy Forsberg

In this lecture, Richard Ludlow and Andy Forsberg from Hexany Audio discuss professional sound design for video games.

Lecture 19: Working with Sound Designers (Guest Lecture by Richard Ludlow and Andy Forsberg)

In this lecture, the professors introduce Project 2 of the class.

Lecture 4: Project 2, Digital Prototype with Project Management

Genevieve Conley

In this lecture, Genevieve Conley from Riot Games describes the process of game development.

Lecture 7: Testing and Guest Lecture with Genevieve Conley of Riot Games

In this lecture, the professors describe topics about game design, including freedoms of play and its applications.

Lecture 13: Serious Games, Simulation and Abstraction

In this lecture, Tim Cowan of EA Games describes his experience in game development.

Lecture 11: Guest Lecture (EA) on Development and Best Practices

In this lecture, the students present their second project, and are introduced to the third project of the class.

Lecture 8: Project 2 Presentations, Project 3 (Digital Prototype II: User Interface)

In this lecture, the professors continue discussing Agile project management.

Lecture 6: Agile Project Management

In this lecture, the professors discuss Agile software development, and how it relates to project management.

Lecture 5: Agile Software Development

In this lecture, the professors introduce the course, explain the projects, and start to discuss the aspects of various games.

Lecture 1: Introduction

In this lecture, the professors discuss the role of game engines in creating video games.

Lecture 3: Game Engines

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