GAME 315 Principles of Game Play Mechanics

• Analyze the psychology and principles of play in all forms
• Conceptualize, visualize, and document the flow of interactive experiences
• Create meaningful and compelling gameplay experiences
• Balance gameplay experience with levels of difficulty
• Analyze and incorporate user feedback into game design
• Implement the principle of “Easy to learn - but difficult to master”
• Design and balance risk/reward scenarios for the player
• Determine which elements can be automated to enhance gameplay
• Design interactive experiences based on traditional core gameplay mechanics
• Assess the social and ethical consequences of games and gameplay

• analyze all of the core areas of digital game design and interactive development while allowing for in-depth focus and development on a small subset targeted at industry specialization
• produce project architecture, workflow, and pipeline working with data structures, porting to mobile platforms, and utilizing inter-process communication techniques and graphics processing units programming
• develop proficiency creating and integrating user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) into interactive projects with an emphasis on human-centered design theory and principles of inclusive and accessible design
• apply the science and foundations behind UX and solve business problems via design, including analysis of human behavior, and how users use UI, and think about user interface to solve problems and game play challenges