Coursework

coursework for COMP 488

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Course assessment will continue throughout the semester.

If you have any questions on the following assessments, please contact me.

Overview

• assessment will include a combination of semester’s exercises (1), project outline and mockup (2), DEV Week (3), and final demo and report (4)
  • project outline & mockup
  • brief group presentation of initial concept and mockup
  • DEV Week demo
    • brief group presentation or demo
  • final demo
    • presentation, online demo, video overview…
  • final report
    • clearly detail design and development process
    • explain implemented differences from DEV week
      • where and why did you update the game?
      • benefits of updates
      • …
  • work may be conducted individually or in groups (max. 5 persons per group)
    • group report must clearly define each student’s work and contributions, where applicable
      • no attribution, no mark
• Final Report Outline - PDF Document

Assessed coursework will include the following primary categories:

1. weekly exercises & discussions (20%)

• exercises, playtesting…
  • help develop course project
  • test course knowledge at each stage
  • get feedback on project work
• discussions
  • sample games, game concepts…
  • design topics, UI and UX concepts
• extras
  • code and game reviews
  • various other assessments
  • peer review of demos

2. project outline & mockup (15%)

• begin outline and design of a game
  • builds upon examples, technology outlined during first part of semester
  • purpose, scope &c. is group’s choice
  • presentation should include mockup designs, concepts or paper prototypes

n.b. project outline assessment will include the following:

• brief presentation or demonstration of current project work
  • ~ 5 to 10 minutes per group
  • analysis of work conducted so far
  • presentation and demonstration
    • outline current state of game concept and design
    • show prototypes and designs

3. DEV Week assessment (25%)

• design a game, which may be played by at least one person
  • choose a game genre
    • why did you choose this genre?
  • outline game theme and story
    • what is it about?
    • what is the purpose of the game?
    • outline script for the game
  • outline mechanics of game play
    • detail options, logic…
  • show storyboards and initial designs
    • storyboards, mockups, prototypes…
  • show working example
    • where applicable…
    • detail what does and does not work…

Please contact me to discuss your chosen programming language for this game’s design and development.

NB: DEV Week assessment will include the following:

• brief presentation or demonstration of current project work
  • ~ 10 minutes per group
  • analysis of work conducted so far
    • eg: during semester & DEV Week
  • presentation, demonstration, or video overview…
    • outline current state of game
    • show prototypes and designs
    • explain what works & does not work
    • …

4. final assessment (40%)

• final design of game from DEV Week…
  • continue to develop your group’s game concept
• working game (as close as possible)
• explain choices made in the design and development
  • initial choices
  • final implementation choices, options, patterns…
• show and explain implemented differences from DEV Week
  • where and why did you update the game?
  • how did playtesting influence your updates and designs?
  • perceived benefits of the updates?
• how did you respond to feedback from DEV Week and onwards…

Important assessment dates

• project outline and mockup
  • due Friday 15th February 2019 @ 2.45pm
• DEV week demo
  • due Friday 22nd March 2019 @ 2.45pm
• final team demo
  • due Friday 26th April 2019 @ 2.45pm
• final team report
  • due Friday 3rd May 2019 @ 2.45pm

Grading

Grades will be issued for appropriate weekly or section tasks, where applicable, and for each of the core assessments listed above. A composite grade will then be available at the end of the semester for the overall class.

Grades will use the following scale,

• 100% to 91% = A
• 90% to 81% = A-
• 80% to 71% = B+
• 70% to 61% = B
• 60% to 51% = B-
• 50% to 41% = C
• 40% to 31% = C-
• 30% to 0% = F