MM-413 Game Production and Design (Autumn 2026)

On successful completion of the course, the student should:

• Develop persuasive pitches and comprehensive documentation for stakeholder buy-in.
• Evaluate project scope, cost, and resource allocation for efficient development.
• Formulate strategies for task management and adaptive problem-solving.
• Apply formal development processes and testing to enhance product quality.
• Create team workflows to produce high-quality digital products.
• Develop commercialization strategies and marketing campaigns for product success.

The course consists of three logical components:

Ideation and planning: Going from the seed of the idea, to organizing a team with a working plan.

Development: Keeping control of the daily churn to reach once goal. Making good decissions based on a continuous process. Keeping the team motivated and the quality of output high.

Return on investment: Getting the product out and noticed, utilizing networks and existing infrastructure to its best effect.

This course main component is student run project work, but includes seminars and digital micro-courses, which introduce tools and methods students will need during the work periods. The students' work will be structured around a simulation where they run their own department within a larger organization (we use a game-based learning approach).

Expected workload for students is 400 hours.

The project will have milestones and feature requirements that must be met to qualify for assessment, these will be negotiated with the teaching staff upon consideration of project idea.

Individual students must submitted time sheets demonstrating sufficient workload. The individual students must complete a series of successful dialogues with the teaching staff concerning their work.