Game Design Curriculum White Paper 2.0

Abstract

The curriculum design project explores the possibility of creating a universal game design core curriculum, flexible enough to be either a component of 3- and 4-year degrees or the core of 1- or 2-year programmes. In the long run, it aims to develop efficient higher-ed programmes in game design in collaboration with the game industry and academia. Its focus on game designer’s versatile skillset should make it applicable to technical, artistic, management, education, and humanities-based degrees. It is a non-profit academic project run by the Games Research Association of Poland and endorsed by Game Industry Conference. The project is based on 5 years of experience with GAMEDEC: Game Studies & Design at Kazimierz Wielki University (UKW) in Bydgoszcz, launched in 2013.