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DANM 250E: Game Design + Documentary Storytelling + Social ActivismMain MenuSyllabusCommunityProjects DescriptionsFrequently Used ResourcesAlexis Guzman7034720f49eaa9a204a043925bb6f42a5f7de710Casondra Sobieralskibf0dee6d71ab8d6fe237e3dd633d63556a71f305Javier Juanillo9f51bd896df7c456d1ecbd23694d6b9aeaa9073dParul414b8a5824f99f3b2e1f07507922c7673ae03deaSusana Ruizd8cbdab512a287789fb5129e74c8e3d0d6c7585d
How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, by Katherine Isbister
Speaking Truths with Film: Evidence, Ethics, Politics in Documentary, by Bill Nichols
Thinking in Systems: A Primer, by Donella H. Meadows
REQUIRED MATERIALS
In addition to any laptop/computer device you use in class, you will need to provide your own ideation, sketching and paper prototyping materials such as, for example: journal/sketchbook, a range of papers, index cards and poster boards, a range of pencils and markers, and other craft materials.
COURSE WEBSITE & ONLINE TOOLS
Readings, announcements, assignments, and other supplementary materials will be added to the course Google Drive folder and/or this Scalar site. The students should upload all their required work to one or both of these platforms. Scalar is a free, open source authoring and publishing platform that’s designed to make it easy for authors to write long-form, born-digital scholarship online. Scalar enables users to assemble media from multiple sources and juxtapose them with their own writing in a variety of ways, with minimal technical expertise required. Students are expected to participate in this course online Scalar “book.” Additional optional tools/platforms/resources/software will likely prove useful throughout the quarter and participants are expected to create their own accounts and/or purchase as necessary.