FORMAT OF WORKING PAPERS Game Design for Fun and Learning _______________________ SEECS-NUST Background

FORM-2 (New Course)

1. Currently there is no course offered at SEECS with similar objectives and content. This is a new course that will help students learn the use of games for education. The details are given under the heading Rationale. Rationale 2. Educational Entertainment (Edutainment) is defined as any entertainment content that is designed to educate and train as well as to entertain. This term was first used by the Walt Disney Company in early 1948. Since then we have seen many games and movies that have been produced for edutainment. Such entertainment material, often games, are designed to have fun while learning and training. Such games are also termed as "Games with a Purpose" and "Serious Games". Edutainment is being used in a variety of fields. As an example 3D games built around discovering and extracting oil have been used to train workforce to work in oil and gas fields. Edutainment Apps like Alchemy and Kids Zoo - 3D Animated Animals are designed to teach combination of elements and animal names to kids in a fun way. University of Oregon has a role playing game called "Reacting to the past" that is used by history students. In this role playing game they can assume a character from the history and get involved in debate with other characters from the same era. "Cool it" is an interactive engineering game designed by University of Winsconsin to teach cryogenics. In this course we will look at the components of games with purpose or edutainment software. This will greatly enhance the ability of teachers to communicate with their students and help them learn in a fun way and at their own pace. Educational Objectives 3.The objectives of this course are:

To develop the understanding of game development To study how can learning be mixed with games To develop an understanding of the process to create games with a purpose

Input Obtained from Industry/Corporate Sector 4. None yet 1

International Practice 5. Universities where similar courses and research and development facilities are available: 1.Purdue University : Research and development center for Serious Games: http://social.education.purdue.edu/game/ 2.Wisconsin's Polytechnic University: Course on "Using Games for Learning and Assessment : http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/games-for-learning-andassessment.cfm 3.San Diago State University : Course titled "Exploratory Learning through Educational Simulation and Games": http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/ 4. Middle East Technical University: Course titled" Serious Games and Simulations: Theories and Applications": http://ocw.metu.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=85 Proposed Timeframe of Commencement 6.Fall 2013 Course Contents 7. Course Details: a. b. c. d. Course Code: XXX Title: Game Design for Fun and Learning Credit Hours: 3 Objectives: To develop the understanding of game development To study how can learning be mixed with games To develop an understanding of the process to create games with a purpose Outcomes: After studying this course the students will be able to understand 1. The science of designing a game 2. The tools and technologies for designing game assets 3. How to do paper prototyping for games 4. Concepts and models for digital education 5. The tools used for creating interactive games. f. Contents with suggested contact hours:
Week 1 2 Topics Game Design Origins and Gameplay Styles Gameplay Styles

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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Core Game Design Concepts Visual Design of Characters Visual Design of Characters OHT-1

Navigation and Interfaces Designing Levels

Paper Prototyping for Games

Serious Games for Education Tools for Visual Design of Games

OHT-2

Conceptual Flow for Digital Learning Assessment of the Player Tools for Visual Design of Games Tools for Visual Design of Games
Case Studies Distribution and Marketing

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Details of lab work, workshops practice (if applicable), Recommended Reading (including Textbooks and Reference books). 1. Serious Games and Edutainment Apps, Minhua Ma, Springer, 2011. 2. Game Design Essentials: An Introduction, Jeannie Novak, 2011 3. A Theory of Fun for Game Design, Roph Koster, 2004 4. Game Design: Principles, Practice, and Techniques, Jim Thompson et. al., Wiley 2007. 5. Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, MIT Press, 2003

Faculty 8.
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List of available faculty with highest qualifications and specialization/expertise:

Faculty Member Dr. Muhammad Muddassir Malik Qualification Ph.D

Specialization / Expertise Computer Graphics

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Requirement of additional faculty: None at the moment

Laboratories 10. 11. No new laboratory is needed for this course Approval attached with the document Approval by DBS/FBS Library 3

12.Five new books (10 copies in all) will be purchased initially. We estimate the cost to be around 450 USD. Exact amount will be known after a tender is served through NUST Main Office. Budget for the purchase is available with SEECS library. Proposed Research Areas/Benefit(s) to the Society 13. We have explained the learning problems that we will address in this course in section 3 Educational Objectives above. All the objectives are relevant for a student who wants to become an efficient learner as well as for a teacher who wants to teach effectively. Infrastructure 14. No additional infrastructure will be needed.