Creating Interactive Multimedia

Course aim

The aim of this course is to develop the knowledge, experience and skills required for the creation of effective multimedia games.

Course content

The creative process; writing for multimedia and games; graphic and interface design; content acquisition and organisation; navigational structures; instructional design, interactivity; accessibility; authoring issues: representation of game actions and states, game personalisation, storing data externally, reusability, advanced scripting, platform issues; WWW interfaces; legal and copyright issues; project and resource management; project evaluation.

Textbook(s)

Flanagan, M 2009, Critical play: radical game design, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
INFT 2005	Design for Interactive Media

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Practical	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Project Design, Project Implementation, Project Proposal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.