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DIGM12-100: Game Thinking

Description

Game Thinking equips students with key principles and strategies from games to rethink how problems are solved and services are delivered. Students will experience games and emerging industries such as eSports, including the motivation and emotional response to games and explore how techniques such as gamification and serious games can transform content delivery. Students will learn how to create expressive, interactive and meaningful content whilst actively engaging in project-based learning to produce their own creative game pitch that reimagines and enhances a product or service.

Subject details

Type: Undergraduate Subject
Code: DIGM12-100
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Society and Design
Semesters offered:
  • September 2023 [Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • Communication, Film, and Creative Media
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2023: $4,050.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $4,260.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $5,400.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $5,730.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Describe the core terminology, concepts and theories as they apply to game thinking.
  2. Employ game mechanics, dynamics and aesthetics to communicate a product or service.
  3. Frame complex problems using games theory to deliver creative and innovative solutions.
  4. Consolidate theoretical and conceptual game design concepts to produce a project based outcome.
  5. Work collaboratively and cooperatively with others to affect positive outcomes.
  6. Communicate effectively using oral, written and visual communication techniques.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions:

Subject dates

  • Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 16/07/2023
    Semester start: 11/09/2023
    Subject start: 11/09/2023
    Cancellation 1: 25/09/2023
    Cancellation 2: 02/10/2023
    Last enrolment: 24/09/2023
    Withdraw - Financial: 07/10/2023
    Withdraw - Academic: 28/10/2023
    Teaching census: 06/10/2023
Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 16/07/2023
Semester start: 11/09/2023
Subject start: 11/09/2023
Cancellation 1: 25/09/2023
Cancellation 2: 02/10/2023
Last enrolment: 24/09/2023
Withdraw - Financial: 07/10/2023
Withdraw - Academic: 28/10/2023
Teaching census: 06/10/2023