Applied game studies – research and design

• 13 hrs lectures
• 13 hrs seminar

Ability to prepare the design of applied research, including presentable materials.

The aim of the course is to deepen the knowledge of game studies and to present methods and techniques by which the digital games, their industry and the audience can be explored.

Ability to read texts in English. Rich knowledge of game genres is an advantage.

• AARSETH, Espen. Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature. JHU Press. 1997.
• AARSETH, Espen. Introduction to Gamestudies. 2001. Dostupné z: http://www.gamestudies.org/0101/editorial.html
• BARTLE, Richard. Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players who suits MUDs. 1996. Dostupné z: http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm
• BOGOST, Ian. Persuasive games: the expressive power of videogames. London: MIT Press. c2007.
• DOSTÁL, Jiří. Výukový software a počítačové hry - nástroje moderního vzdělávání. In Časopis pro technickou a informační výchovu. 2009.
• ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION. Essential Facts: About the computer and videogame industry - 2013. Dostupné z: http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2013.pdf
• GEE, James Paul. What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. Palgrave. 2003.
• HUNICK, LEBLANC & ZUBEK. MDA: A formal approach to game design and game research. Discovery. 3 2004, Sv. 83. Dostupné z: http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdf
• JENKINS, Henry. Convergence culture: where old and new media collide. 1. vyd. New York: New York University Press, 2006, xi, 308 s. ISBN 978-081-4742-952.
• JUUL, Jesper. Half-real :video games between real rules and fictional worlds. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2005.
• LEVY, Luis, NOVAK, Jeannie. Game Development Essentials: Game QA & Testing. Cengage Learning. 2009.
• MÄYRÄ, Frans. An introduction to game studies :games in culture. 1st ed. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2008
• MCALLISTER, Graham. The difference between focus testing and player testing. Edge [online]. 2012. Dostupné z: http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-difference-between-focus-testing-and-player-testinghttp://www.edge-online.com/features/the-difference-between-focus-testing-and-player-testing
• SCHNELL, Jesse. The Art of Game Design. The Book of Lenses. CRC Press. 2008.
• SCHULTZ, Charles, BRYANT, Robert. Game Testing Mercury Learning & Information. 2011.
• WOLF, Mark J.P.; PERRON, Bernard, eds. The Video Game Theory Reader. 2003.

Students are required to fulfill partial tasks assigned during the semester and to present a final paper (a proposal of applied research);
- intermediate tasks = 40 % of the evaluation
- final paper = 60% of the evaluation.

Lectures, reading, active participation in lectures (discussion), proposal of applied research and its consultation.

Compulsory attendance (how many lessons can be missed will be specified in the beginning of the semester).