CMS 4804: Schedule
| Week | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 16-Aug | Some key terms |
| 18-Aug | Introductions | |
| 02 | 23-Aug | Types of Games |
| 25-Aug | Passage | |
| 03 | 30-Aug | Narrative Architecture 1 |
| 1-Sep | Narrative Architecture 2 | |
| 04 | 6-Sep | Game Space |
| 8-Sep | The Last of Us | |
| 05 | 13-Sep | Dramatic Games 1 |
| 15-Sep | Dramatic Games 2 | |
| 06 | 20-Sep | Roles and Goals 1 |
| 22-Sep | Roles and Goals 2 | |
| 07 | 27-Sep | Into the Spider-Verse |
| 29-Sep | Performance Capture 1 | |
| 08 | 4-Oct | Performance Capture 2 |
| 6-Oct | Frames and Games | |
| 09 | 11-Oct | Fall Break |
| 13-Oct | Exam 1 | |
| 10 | 18-Oct | Game Mechanics 1 |
| 20-Oct | Games Mechanics 2 | |
| 11 | 25-Oct | Writing and Narrative Design |
| 27-Oct | Theme | |
| 12 | 1-Nov | Satire |
| 3-Nov | Genres 101 | |
| 13 | 8-Nov | Genres: Gangster |
| 10-Nov | Genres: Western | |
| 14 | 15-Nov | The Metaverse |
| 17-Nov | Player experience 1 | |
| 15 | 22-Nov | Player experience 2 |
| 24-Nov | Thanksgiving | |
| 29-Nov | Review for Final Exam | |
| 01-Dec | Final Exam |