Interactive Arts and Media 36-2500 - Simulation Design I

Institution:

Columbia College-Chicago

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Description:

Though games are traditionally viewed as being for "fun," thereexists a significant potential for using game-style presentation and techniques for "realistic" purposes, so-called non-entertainment"serious games." This course introduces the studentsto the concepts of simulation design and develops the student's ability to analyze a realistic process or environment in terms of the elements within each that lend themselves to modeling, interaction, and play. The designer's practical skills develop through the use of a basic scripting language and generally available interactive authoring environments and design tools. 3 CRED ITS PREREQUISITES: 35-2500, 36-1500 GAME IDEA DEVELOPMENT, 52-1151 WRITING AND RHETORIC I COREQUISITES: 52-112

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colum.edu

Phone Number:

(312) 663-1600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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