Unit 1: Analyzing Algorithms
September 10
- Read: Matsumoto, Hillis Chapter 1
- In class: Introduction to Procedural Rhetoric, play a few short games
September 17
[Micro-Response Paper Due]
- Read: Bogost, "Procedural Rhetoric"
- Play your group's assigned game
- In class: Game Analysis Workshop
September 24
[Micro-Response Paper Due]
- Read: Hillis Chapter 3
- Play your group's assigned game
- In class: Game Analysis Workshop
September 28
[LRO PART A Due at Noon]
October 1
[Procedural Rhetoric Paper Due]
- In class: Game Redesign Workshop
Unit 2: Writing with Algorithms
October 8
- Read: Blown to Bits, Chapter 1 and your group's assigned chapter
- In class: Discussion and Game Design Workshop
October 15
[Micro-Response Paper Due]
- Read: Hillis Chapter 4
- In class: Game Design Workshop, Progress Reports
October 21
[Midterm LRO Due at Noon]
October 22
[Game Version 1.0 Due]
- In class: Game Design Workshop, Progress Reports
October 29
[Game Version 2.0 Due]
[Game Explanation Presentation 1.0 Due]
[Micro-Response Paper Due]
- Read: Hillis, Chapter 5
- In class: Game Design Workshop, Progress Reports
November 5
[Game Version 3.0 Due]
[Game Explanation Presentations]
- Arcade day, videogame presentations.
Unit 3: Making With Algorithms
November 12
[Optional Micro-Response Paper Due]
- Read: "Bicycles" from Gerald Raunig's A Thousand Machines and "The Theory of Affordances" from James Gibson's The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (both available via Dropbox)
- In Class: Physical Computing Workshop, using PicoBoards. Guest speaker, Steven LeMieux
NOTE: This workshop will run from 2:30 until 6:30, and dinner will be provided.
November 19
[Micro-Response Paper Due]
- Read: Hillis, Chapter 6
- In Class: Workshop
November 26
[Micro-Response Paper Due]
- Read: Hillis, Chapter 7
- In Class: Workshop
December 3
[Game Version 4.0 Due]
[Micro-Response Paper Due]
- Read: Hillis, Chapters 9
- In Class: Workshop
December 10
[Game Version 5.0 Due]
- In Class: Sharing Our Work, LRO Workshop
December 19