Video Game Design/Developers

What is your favorite supplemental resource you use in your program and how do you use it?

For me, the one constant across every iteration of my class since discovering it was Mark Rosewater's 2016 GDC talk "Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons". It is a great holistic view of game design, that isn't specific to TCGs (Rosewater is one of the principal designers of Magic the Gathering).

I have used it in multiple ways, but I presently chop it up into 20 quick write responses to use a bell wringers. Each lesson typically takes between 3 and 6 minutes and is accompanied with a direct example of the lesson in real life, it is super relatable for my intro kids. Rosewater is a energetic, if quirky, speaker and his unique position in Game Development gives him a very clear vision of game design that he is very good at articulating. I could not imagine a version of my Intro Design class that doesn't include it in some way.

A fair few kids wind up playing Magic as a side effect.

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Brian Bautista
West Park High School
bbautista@rjuhsd.us
Roseville, CA
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I use Jeremy Gibson-Bond's textbook for a big chunk of the prototyping/tutorial portion of my year 2 class. I like the book because it is highly detailed, and since it is a book and not a website, students cannot simply copy/paste the code examples. It forces the students to manually type in the code which:

1. Allows them to practice their typing
2. they misspell stuff creating a bunch of errors which leads to lots of debugging practice.

The youtube channel Extra Credits is a great resource too for all kinds of game design related talks in 7-10 minute pieces.

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Wesley Jeffries k12teacher
Riverside CA

Original Message:
Sent: 08-23-2023 13:54
From: Brian Bautista
Subject: Wednesday Check in - Resources

What is your favorite supplemental resource you use in your program and how do you use it?

For me, the one constant across every iteration of my class since discovering it was Mark Rosewater's 2016 GDC talk "Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons". It is a great holistic view of game design, that isn't specific to TCGs (Rosewater is one of the principal designers of Magic the Gathering).

I have used it in multiple ways, but I presently chop it up into 20 quick write responses to use a bell wringers. Each lesson typically takes between 3 and 6 minutes and is accompanied with a direct example of the lesson in real life, it is super relatable for my intro kids. Rosewater is a energetic, if quirky, speaker and his unique position in Game Development gives him a very clear vision of game design that he is very good at articulating. I could not imagine a version of my Intro Design class that doesn't include it in some way.

A fair few kids wind up playing Magic as a side effect.

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Brian Bautista
West Park High School
bbautista@rjuhsd.us
Roseville, CA
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This one?

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Game-Design-Prototyping-Development/dp/0136619940/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1692907147&refinements=p_27%3AJeremy+Gibson+Bond&s=books&sr=1-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18630bbb-fcbb-42f8-9767-857e17e03685

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BrianBautista

bbautista@rjuhsd.usCA

Original Message:
Sent: 08-24-2023 14:53
From: Wesley Jeffries
Subject: Wednesday Check in - Resources

I use Jeremy Gibson-Bond's textbook for a big chunk of the prototyping/tutorial portion of my year 2 class. I like the book because it is highly detailed, and since it is a book and not a website, students cannot simply copy/paste the code examples. It forces the students to manually type in the code which:

1. Allows them to practice their typing
2. they misspell stuff creating a bunch of errors which leads to lots of debugging practice.

The youtube channel Extra Credits is a great resource too for all kinds of game design related talks in 7-10 minute pieces.

------------------------------
Wesley Jeffries k12teacher
Riverside CA

Original Message:
Sent: 08-23-2023 13:54
From: Brian Bautista
Subject: Wednesday Check in - Resources

What is your favorite supplemental resource you use in your program and how do you use it?

For me, the one constant across every iteration of my class since discovering it was Mark Rosewater's 2016 GDC talk "Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons". It is a great holistic view of game design, that isn't specific to TCGs (Rosewater is one of the principal designers of Magic the Gathering).

I have used it in multiple ways, but I presently chop it up into 20 quick write responses to use a bell wringers. Each lesson typically takes between 3 and 6 minutes and is accompanied with a direct example of the lesson in real life, it is super relatable for my intro kids. Rosewater is a energetic, if quirky, speaker and his unique position in Game Development gives him a very clear vision of game design that he is very good at articulating. I could not imagine a version of my Intro Design class that doesn't include it in some way.

A fair few kids wind up playing Magic as a side effect.

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Brian Bautista
West Park High School
bbautista@rjuhsd.us
Roseville, CA
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Yes sir.

This one?

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Game-Design-Prototyping-Development/dp/0136619940/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1692907147&refinements=p_27%3AJeremy+Gibson+Bond&s=books&sr=1-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18630bbb-fcbb-42f8-9767-857e17e03685

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BrianBautista

bbautista@rjuhsd.usCA

Original Message:
Sent: 08-24-2023 14:53
From: Wesley Jeffries
Subject: Wednesday Check in - Resources

I use Jeremy Gibson-Bond's textbook for a big chunk of the prototyping/tutorial portion of my year 2 class. I like the book because it is highly detailed, and since it is a book and not a website, students cannot simply copy/paste the code examples. It forces the students to manually type in the code which:

1. Allows them to practice their typing
2. they misspell stuff creating a bunch of errors which leads to lots of debugging practice.

The youtube channel Extra Credits is a great resource too for all kinds of game design related talks in 7-10 minute pieces.

------------------------------
Wesley Jeffries k12teacher
Riverside CA

Original Message:
Sent: 08-23-2023 13:54
From: Brian Bautista
Subject: Wednesday Check in - Resources

What is your favorite supplemental resource you use in your program and how do you use it?

For me, the one constant across every iteration of my class since discovering it was Mark Rosewater's 2016 GDC talk "Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons". It is a great holistic view of game design, that isn't specific to TCGs (Rosewater is one of the principal designers of Magic the Gathering).

I have used it in multiple ways, but I presently chop it up into 20 quick write responses to use a bell wringers. Each lesson typically takes between 3 and 6 minutes and is accompanied with a direct example of the lesson in real life, it is super relatable for my intro kids. Rosewater is a energetic, if quirky, speaker and his unique position in Game Development gives him a very clear vision of game design that he is very good at articulating. I could not imagine a version of my Intro Design class that doesn't include it in some way.

A fair few kids wind up playing Magic as a side effect.

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Brian Bautista
West Park High School
bbautista@rjuhsd.us
Roseville, CA
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What is your favorite supplemental resource you use in your program and how do you use it?

For me, the one constant across every iteration of my class since discovering it was Mark Rosewater's 2016 GDC talk "Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons". It is a great holistic view of game design, that isn't specific to TCGs (Rosewater is one of the principal designers of Magic the Gathering).

I have used it in multiple ways, but I presently chop it up into 20 quick write responses to use a bell wringers. Each lesson typically takes between 3 and 6 minutes and is accompanied with a direct example of the lesson in real life, it is super relatable for my intro kids. Rosewater is a energetic, if quirky, speaker and his unique position in Game Development gives him a very clear vision of game design that he is very good at articulating. I could not imagine a version of my Intro Design class that doesn't include it in some way.

A fair few kids wind up playing Magic as a side effect.

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Brian Bautista
West Park High School
bbautista@rjuhsd.us
Roseville, CA
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This isn't necessarily a resource but I thought I'd share as we just started it yesterday.

There is a documentary series on Netflix called "High Score" that shows the development and history of video games starting in the 70's with Space Invaders and moves on from there.   I'll space out the series over the semester or year.

There's 6 episodes in the series, and being a Gen X, it's really fun to watch how the things I grew up with came into being and seeing the history.

Episodes (If I remember right) include history/Atari, development of Nintendo and Mario, the rise of Sega and console wars, RPG games, fighting games, and finally first person/rise of multiplayer.

I would highly recommend.

What is your favorite supplemental resource you use in your program and how do you use it?

For me, the one constant across every iteration of my class since discovering it was Mark Rosewater's 2016 GDC talk "Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons". It is a great holistic view of game design, that isn't specific to TCGs (Rosewater is one of the principal designers of Magic the Gathering).

I have used it in multiple ways, but I presently chop it up into 20 quick write responses to use a bell wringers. Each lesson typically takes between 3 and 6 minutes and is accompanied with a direct example of the lesson in real life, it is super relatable for my intro kids. Rosewater is a energetic, if quirky, speaker and his unique position in Game Development gives him a very clear vision of game design that he is very good at articulating. I could not imagine a version of my Intro Design class that doesn't include it in some way.

A fair few kids wind up playing Magic as a side effect.

------------------------------
Brian Bautista
West Park High School
bbautista@rjuhsd.us
Roseville, CA
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This isn't necessarily a resource but I thought I'd share as we just started it yesterday.

There is a documentary series on Netflix called "High Score" that shows the development and history of video games starting in the 70's with Space Invaders and moves on from there.   I'll space out the series over the semester or year.

There's 6 episodes in the series, and being a Gen X, it's really fun to watch how the things I grew up with came into being and seeing the history.

Episodes (If I remember right) include history/Atari, development of Nintendo and Mario, the rise of Sega and console wars, RPG games, fighting games, and finally first person/rise of multiplayer.

I would highly recommend.

What is your favorite supplemental resource you use in your program and how do you use it?

For me, the one constant across every iteration of my class since discovering it was Mark Rosewater's 2016 GDC talk "Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons". It is a great holistic view of game design, that isn't specific to TCGs (Rosewater is one of the principal designers of Magic the Gathering).

I have used it in multiple ways, but I presently chop it up into 20 quick write responses to use a bell wringers. Each lesson typically takes between 3 and 6 minutes and is accompanied with a direct example of the lesson in real life, it is super relatable for my intro kids. Rosewater is a energetic, if quirky, speaker and his unique position in Game Development gives him a very clear vision of game design that he is very good at articulating. I could not imagine a version of my Intro Design class that doesn't include it in some way.

A fair few kids wind up playing Magic as a side effect.

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Brian Bautista
West Park High School
bbautista@rjuhsd.us
Roseville, CA
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