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Anonymous

Hi all,
At our college in India we are looking out for a name for our course which is in toy & games.Can u give me some creative names that could attract students for the course.

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Name for a course

Is the course about the business of toys and games, or inventing toys and games, or the history of toys and games, or what?

-- Matthew

Anonymous
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This semester I was able to student teach a course on game design from a different angle than is the normal for my school. I go to a school that is geared towards video game design rather than traditional style game design. I pitched the idea to my teacher about how the "fun" in game design actually transcends media and that the ability to figure out what makes the game fun is more important.

In the class we dont make video game design docs, we dont mod current engines and we really dont look at video games at all. Instead we play existing board, card and dice games and evaluate the game to figure out why we are having fun playing it.

So far we have played a single card game to figure out whats fun about it, changed it to suit different audiences, than they had to change it to fit within an IP that the publisher owned. Currently for the mid term project they are taking a video game, finding out what makes the game fun and trying to recreate that fun in a traditional game.

Later in the semester I will cover research, interactive software (software that is fun but not a game ie. Furby's, Tamogatchi, screen savers, etc.), publisher developer relationships and time constraints.

The course material is based off the yearly Game Design Workshop at the Game Developers Conference. The material can be found online at www.eightkindsoffun.com .

Josh

btaggart
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To answer the question that was asked, I would suggest something like "Play Time" or "Fun Factory", or even just "Fun 101".

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Fundamentals of Game Design
Toys and Game Theory

Anonymous
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The course is a post grad course & is for a duration of 21/2 years where basic inputs on design of games & toys,history of games,design management etc are taught.So basically we are looking out for some names for the course that could attract students to take up education in this field.
Some of the names I thought of were:
Game & Toy play
Interactive play design
Interactive & Instructional design
Enrichement design
Edutainment & toy design
Digital game & toy design
Toy & game studies
Electronic game & interactive development

Any ideas???

Anonymous
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Creative Interactive Design

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I think the most communicative title would be "Game and Toy Design" or "Game and Toy Studies" if there is little actual design. I think these would most clearly evoke the course you described to potential students.

Anonymous
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Recreational engineering

Anonymous
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Theory of Fun for Play

Anonymous
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josgertz wrote:
Creative Interactive Design

I really like this title...

I also find that I have to explain what I do to a lot of people (as a freelance game developer/designer) to indicate that I don't sit around making Monopoly or Risk... So sometimes I use these sorts of phrases or self-appointed Job Titles, which may lead to some interesting course titles:

Recreation Designer
Past Time Practitioner
Boardgame Engineer

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