Schedule

Class materials will be posted on Mondays throughout the semester, following the regular BMCC Spring 2026 calendar. Assignments will typically be due on Sundays.

Week 1 ~ 1/26/2026

• Course intro
• Lecture: Interactive design patterns
• Lab: Twine intro, https://twinery.org/
• Lab: Open Lab intro
• Documentation
• Blog assignment 1: Post a screen shot of your Twine project progress, and a short description of your story concept

Week 2 ~ 2/2/2026

• Lecture: Game design principles, video
• Lab: Adding images in Twine
• Lab: Saving state with Twine variables
• Open Lab comments
• Blog assignment 2: Post a description of your Twine game concept with screen shots of the editor and preview

Week 3 ~ 2/9/2026

• Lecture: Indie games, video
• Lab: Publishing on Itch.io
• Play test: Twine games
  • Publish your game on the Twine jam
  • Play your classmates games and leave feedback as a comment
• Project 1: Twine
  • Publish your Twine game on Itch.io
  • Write a blog post with a link to the game, one screen shot and a short summary
  • Write a summary of the play testing feedback. Were the comments similar? What needs to be improved? What did testers like?
• Twine jam link: https://itch.io/jam/twine-jam-mmp-270-spring-2026

Week 4 ~ 2/23/2026

• Lecture: Genre, video
• Lab: Bitsy, intro video
• Lab: Bitsy dialog
• Blog assignment 3: Post a description of your concept for you Bitsy game and screen shots of your progress

Week 5 ~ 3/2/2026

• Lecture: Level design
• Lab: Locked exit, sound
• Blog assignment 4: Add at least 5 rooms in your Bitsy game, post screen shots

Week 6 ~ 3/9/2026

• Lecture: Browser games, video
• Lab: Publish Bitsy game
• Play test: Bitsy games
• Project 2: Bitsy
  • Publish Bitsy game on Itch.io
  • Post a link, screen shot and description on Open Lab
  • Write a summary of the user feedback from play testing

Week 7 ~ 3/16/2026

• Lecture: Character design, video
• Lab: 2D game in microStudio, start by cloning this template project, video
• Blog assignment 5: Post screen shots of your character in a microStudio scene, write about the character concept

Week 8 ~ 3/23/2026

• Lecture: Level design principles, video
• Lab: Creating levels in microStudio
• Blog assignment 6: Post a screen shot of your microStudio level, description of the concept

Week 9 ~ 3/30/2026

• Lecture: Level design techniques, video
• Lab: microStudio level design
• Project 3: Publish microStudio game, video
  • Publish on Itch.io
  • Create an Open Lab post with documentation including a description of the game, video of the gameplay and a link to the game

Week 10 ~ 4/13/2026

• Lecture: Emergence and progression
• Play test: microStudio game
• Blog assignment 7: microStudio user feedback

Week 11 ~ 4/20/2026

• Lab: Godot intro, Download Godot, Godot 3d template
• Lab: Godot game template and components
• Blog assignment 8: Post a screen shot of first Godot scene

Week 12 ~ 4/27/2026

• Lecture: Setting, video
• Lab: Collectibles items and enemies
• Lab: Importing models
• Blog assignment 9: Post a video of Godot gameplay

Week 13 ~ 5/4/2026

• Lecture: Sound design
• Lab: Godot sound
  • https://jfxr.frozenfractal.com/
  • https://freesound.org/
  • https://opengameart.org/
  • https://freemusicarchive.org/genres
• Lab: Godot UI
• Lab: Godot export
• Project 4: Publish Godot game on Itch.io, post video and screen shots on the class blog

Week 14 ~ 5/11/2026

• Play test: Godot games
• Blog assignment 10: User feedback

Week 15 ~ 5/18/2025

• Final due date