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Course Catalog
Grade Level:
9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites:
none
Delivery Method:
In Classroom
Duration:
one semester
Sample Lesson:
Course Outline:
Course Description
Are you aspiring to a career in video games?
Try it out first by role-playing different industry jobs, such as artist, project manager, musician, and game designer. Learn the tools, skills, and methodologies used in the video game industry by using them on a real project.
Start with a general overview of software development and production and discover how games are marketed and make money. Form up to three fictitious game companies in which you assume different positions within the firm, create a game, and sell some copies. Classmates are given virtual dollars used to purchase two out of the three games. Finally, analyze how well your product competed in the virtual marketplace.
Click here to see the Video Game Academy course roadmap.
Materials
general art supplies such as colored pencils, paper, cardboard; dice
About the Course Author
As a lighting designer, Chris worked on Broadway and opera, and toured with various 70's rock n' roll bands.
He was Creative Director for Electronic Art's MMORPG Earth & Beyond.
At SSI he assisted with Universe, designed the 2nd edition of Game of the Year award-winning DragonQuest, Horror Hotel, and Damocles Mission. He edited the RPG section of Ares magazine.
At Victory Games, Chris headed the RPG division, designed Game of the Year
award-winning James Bond 007, and designed six other titles.
Chris freelanced for SegaSoft, TSR, Hasbro Interactive, 3W, THQ, Simon and Schuster Interactive, Target Games, h2o Interactive, Gizmo Games, Westwood Studios and GT Interactive. His game credits include Star Trek DS9: Dominion Wars, Europa Universalis, Duke Nukem: Time to Kill, Diamond Dreams Baseball, and Aidyn Chronicles: First Mage.
Chris developed world-class computer sports simulations as VP and Chief Creative Officer for Diamond Dreams, Inc.
At Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, he was Creative Director the MMO Stargate Worlds.
Chris taught Interactive Storytelling at the Art Institutes of Pittsburgh and Phoenix, and is a member of the Writer's Guild of America West.