| Class Times: | MWF 2:30-3:20 | Phone: | (440) 775-8052 |
| Classroom: | King 221 (sometimes King 135) | Office: | King 223 E |
| Professor: | Tom Wexler | Office Hours: | MWF 10-11 and by appointment |
| Email: | tom.wexler "at" oberlin.edu | TAs: | Michael Brooks & Kiron Roy |
| Tuesday | 8:30-10:30pm | Kiron |
| Thursday | 8-10pm | Michael |
| Saturday | 8-10pm | Michael |
| Sunday | 3-5pm | Kiron |
| Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Lab |
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| 1 | Aug 31 | Introduction and Overview | lab 01 | |
| Sept 2 | Players and Designers | Chapter 1 | ||
| Sept 4 | Hands On: Fixing Bad Games | Chapter 2 | ||
| 2 | Labor Day | lab 02 | ||
| Sept 9 | Hands On: Testing War and Tic Tac Toe Variants | Chapters 3 & 4 | ||
| Sept 11 | Design Approaches / Genres | |||
| 3 | Sept 14 | lab 03 | ||
| Sept 16 | Chapters 8 & 9 | |||
| Sept 18 | ||||
| 4 | Sept 21 | lab 04 | ||
| Sept 23 | ||||
| Sept 25 | ||||
| 5 | Yom Kippur | Milestone Doc and Functional Spec |
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| Sept 30 | ||||
| Oct 2 | ||||
| 6 | Oct 5 | Gameplay Prototype | ||
| Oct 7 | ||||
| Oct 9 | ||||
| 7 | Oct 12 | Game Script (Wiki) |
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| Oct 14 | ||||
| Oct 16 | ||||
Fall Recess |
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| 8 | Oct 26 | Technical Prototype | ||
| Oct 28 | ||||
| Oct 30 | ||||
| 9 | Nov 2 | Game Treatment (Website) |
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| Nov 4 | ||||
| Nov 6 | ||||
| 10 | Nov 9 | Alpha Version (Code Complete) |
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| Nov 11 | ||||
| Nov 13 | ||||
| 11 | Nov 16 | Game Manual | ||
| Nov 18 | ||||
| Nov 20 | ||||
| 12 | Nov 23 | Beta Version (Content Complete) |
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| Nov 25 | ||||
| Thanksgiving Break | ||||
| 13 | Nov 30 | Portfolio | ||
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| Dec 4 | ||||
| 14 | Dec 7 | Release Version (Balanced and Tested) |
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| Dec 9 | ||||
| Dec 11 | ||||
| Showcase (TBA) | ||||