I’m thrilled to share with you my new online course for digital games design and games user research, titled Secret Weapons for Game Design.
After years of lecturing in interactive media and games user research, I wanted to create a FREE online course for students, startups, indie game developers, hobbyists - really anyone who is interested in digital games, understanding the player’s point of view, and what makes games fun. Hello world, this one’s for you.
This course was created in collaboration with my friend and games industry legend (ever heard of Halo 3 ?) USC Professor of Games User Research, Dennis Wixon, Ph.D. Dennis - thank you for continuing to share your incredible expertise and helping to cultivate the next generation of game developers! You are endlessly awesome.
I’ve created the course as a series of easy-to-follow tutorial videos which act as a guide to the games design process and how to conduct playtesting and user research. The videos also include case studies from entertainment and technology, and plenty of game design examples and resources to check out and to keep you learning. AND I’ll be adding new videos regularly, so remember to subscribe ;)
I hope you enjoy the new course!
Jennifer