MIT OpenCourseWare
Introduction to Game Design Methods
- Instructors
- Mikael Jakobsson, Sara Verrilli
- Term
- Spring 2016
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 13 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare CMS.301 Introduction to Game Design Methods, Spring 2016, Mikael Jakobsson, Sara Verrilli — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 22, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Readings
Assignments
11 files
- Assignment #5: Game Design Document & Pitch Download
- CMS.301s16 Assignment 4 Research Download
- CMS.301s16 Assignment 6 Prototyping A Game Download
- CMS.301s16 Assignment 7 Playtest Download
- CMS.301s16 I’ve Got a Feeling Download
- The People in My Life Through Games Download
- Board Game Analysis: The Mechanics of Takenoko Download
- Scrabbleship: Working With Game Mechanics Download
- Explorative Game Design Project Download
- Takenoko – Game Mechanics Breakdown Download
- High Level Design Doc Template Download
MIT OpenCourseWare, Mikael Jakobsson, Sara Verrilli, CMS.301 Introduction to Game Design Methods, Spring 2016.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Spring 2016 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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