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Fran Krause is the best teacher. He really knows what are games, what we use them for and How make them fun!
In simply steps he tought me that game designing is what i want to do in my life
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A very basic course to start off the game design career. Great if you want to start right from the ground stage and make your way up! Complex concepts broken down and put ever so simply! Try it out!
By Nicolas C
•Oct 11, 2021
Good intro to Game Design
By Ruhel A S P
•Apr 30, 2021
está interesante el curso
By Joy S
•Mar 6, 2016
Great basics for games!
By Ash j
•Aug 23, 2017
just a ilttle short
By Deleted A
•Dec 30, 2015
游戏设计的入门课程,对新手十分友好!
By Daniel O S
•Oct 5, 2015
nice approach...
By Luiz F R
•Nov 12, 2015
Good course!
By Amaranta G
•Jan 22, 2016
Really fun
By KATHERINE P F Q
•Oct 11, 2020
educative
By Human A
•Feb 22, 2022
good!
By Alexander R
•May 3, 2016
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•Sep 27, 2015
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By Nicholas V
•Oct 22, 2017
The information that is taught here is basic common knowledge that a five minute youtube video could teach you. I enjoyed the style and categorization of video lectures, moveover the instructor is easy to learn from and quite an entertaining fellow. On the other hand, like many courses on this site it suffers from anonomous 'peer-reviews' which can be very frustrating. I like to work at a quick pace, however I could not work how I wanted because peer feedback is required to build on your assignments. If I could make a suggestion to the course moderators I would say " Please increase the required amount of reviews you need to complete from three to at least five, because there are not enough willing people to review work. I had to post on the forms in order to recieve a grade on time" Over all this course left me with a bad taste in my mouth I am not sure if I will continue into the specialization if it will continue to be this frustrating.
By Chelsea
•Jul 30, 2023
This course Introduction to Game Design taught me how to think while building a game. I am now able to look at other games and see how they incorporated a variety of ideas, players, story-telling etc. I give this course 3 stars due to the peer-reviews. If you go through the other ratings multiple people complain of students putting one worded responses and not giving real feedback. I was fortunate enough to have 60% of the time useful feedback and the other 40% of the reviewers not giving feedback. There wasn't much I could do about that, but when I reviewed work that was clearly ineligible or filled out with gibberish I reported them. I suggest other students to do the same and hopefully those of us who are serious about the course are able to review other students hard work. Enjoy the course and this insightful review!
By Meredith G
•Apr 3, 2017
This is a great course due to the well designed and produced videos, peer feedback feature and structure of the course. However, I feel that the lack of input from CALARTS is the drawback. I have been in other courses in Coursera and have found the input from tutors really reassuring because I am getting expert feedback. If courses like this are to be continuously supported by Coursera clients/students, this kind of feedback is critical. If certificates achieved through Coursera are known to be only peer reviewed, such certificates will not carry weight and be recognised by other organisations/employers.
By Juan D M
•Feb 13, 2016
The course is fun and a very intresting approach to game design throug board game design. You get good tips for designing games and the different and important things to know. Though I think it could go deeper into some topics and explain a little more beyond just giving examples, videos are good but a little short, each week is roughly 20 minutes long each. Even though I really liked it and got the best of it .
By Carolyne E F
•Jan 27, 2017
Although a neat idea, I was a little disappointing to find that over the course of 4 weeks we'd only be creating and adding to a small paper game. I was hoping for something a little more in depth. And although I don't disagree that this course provided some wonderful input to creating a game, I felt that it was something that could have been done in a single lesson.
By Matt E
•May 6, 2021
This one was a bit of a disappointment - largely because it was included in a larger specialization. If this course had been branded for kids and teens and left out of that specialization, my rating would be higher, but it felt awkward and inappropriate for adult audiences.
By Tilemachos K
•Jun 1, 2020
While I do appreciate the effort of the content creators, this course feels too simplistic. On top of that it seems that most of the "classmates" put minimum effort and when I have to grade assignments as part of my coursework, it felt more like a chore than a contribution.
By Cristóbal H S
•Jan 16, 2016
I know that the title says "introduction", but I felt it was to basic...I liked the approach of the homeworks, but I missed more reading material or more sources to explore...also, being an introduction to game design, I think many issues froom game design were not touched.
By Rodrigo A P S
•Nov 30, 2020
The course itself isn't bad, but the grade system could be better, I found myself being evaluated without receiving feedback or reviewing games where other students wouldn't answer the questions that where asked along with the submiting of the game.
By Derya D
•Apr 12, 2024
The course is truly great! The content and the teacher are very engaging and useful. However, there are not enough people in the course, so it doesn't seem to be possible to get the peer reviews required to actually finish the course.
By Marley G
•Jun 12, 2022
Wasn't bad but a lot of the things seemed pretty straight forward. Good if you're still doing your 7 day free trial of this site but definitely not worth $49.
By Ramon M L
•Feb 18, 2016
It felt few content, i think there could be more content in this course. Though i have to say i learn new stuff, but i which it had more content to learn more.
By Deborah M M
•Nov 19, 2015
A whimsical introduction to game design and the springboard for a Specialization Certificate, therefore important to take.