First Encounter with Game Design: Rules, Experience, Documentation, Designer

From Ideas to Systems, Player Emotions to Structure — Entering the World of Game Design

"Game planner? Isn't that just someone who comes up with ideas?" If you thought that, it's a big misunderstanding.

A game designer is someone who designs everything from the emotions players will feel to game rules, reward systems, and even the world setting. They also serve as a coordinator who ensures the entire development team is working toward the same vision.

This course is a starting point for those who say "I want to become a game designer, but I don't know where to start."

Composed of a total of 17 lectures, you can learn the essential knowledge needed to become a game designer "broadly but not too deeply," covering everything from rule design to play experience, proposal writing, UX, level design, prototyping, and career growth strategies.

After listening to everything, you'll completely understand and think "Ah, so this is what planners really do!" You'll also be able to see the process of how ideas become actual games.

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After taking the course

• You will be able to view games from the perspective of a game designer.

  • Previously, games that I only felt were 'fun'

    You will be able to analyze from the perspectives of rules, systems, and emotional structures.

  • A shift in thinking occurs where ideas are expressed through objective structure and design rather than intuitive 'instinct'.

    
    
    

• You will understand the relationships and components of actual planning documents.

  • GCD, GDD, LDD, QA and other planning documents' roles and interconnected relationships systematically, and

    You can take the first step toward building your own small portfolio of planning documents.

  • "Why this document is needed and where to start using it" becomes clear.
    
    

• You will learn about practical tools used by game planners.

  • You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the main practical tools used by game planners.

  • You will learn about prototype development and iterative testing process methodologies.
    
    

• You will understand the concept of emotional curves in UX and level design.

  • Understanding the five elements of UX (cognition, manipulation, feedback, rhythm, and identity),

    You'll understand why it's important to plan 'when and what emotions to make the player feel.'

  • You will learn the importance of designing the rhythm of immersion and rewards, which is the core of level design.
    
    

• You can draw a career roadmap for growing as a planner.

  • You will understand the career growth stages from Junior → Senior → Lead → Director, and identify the core competencies and role changes required at each stage.

  • Based on this, you will be able to plan for yourself 'what kind of planner you want to become' in the future.

    
    

Features of this course

This course comprehensively covers 17 essential topics that game designers must know.

This is an introductory course covering 17 topics of essential job knowledge and know-how that game planners must know. Rather than diving deeply into each topic, it proceeds in an 'introductory manner' for beginners, so even those without prior knowledge or experience in game planning can take the course with a light heart.

All lecture slides are provided as PDF files.

We provide the slides used in each lecture as PDF files. You can use them to take notes while listening to the lectures or utilize them in various ways for review purposes. Since many technical terms appear throughout the course, rather than just listening to the lectures once, combining the learning process with reviewing using the slide PDF files will greatly enhance the effectiveness of taking the course.

Accurate lecture content delivery and concise explanations without unnecessary details

Like my other lectures, this lecture was also recorded using AI voice. Since the latest AI model was used, it delivers the lecture content with accurate pronunciation and natural explanations that are on par with professional voice actors.

All lectures were recorded and edited using pre-prepared lecture scripts, and as a result, you will be able to experience the most compressed lectures with not even a second of wasted time.

Additionally, thanks to AI's accurate pronunciation, nearly 100% accurate automatic subtitles are generated. Therefore, it has become possible to deliver improved lecture content to those who listen to classes with subtitles enabled.

And I've added slight variations to the AI voice tone for each lecture. Therefore, you can listen without getting bored, as it feels like each lecture is being explained by a different instructor.

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