Game data, balancing and system designLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

How do you design balanced game systems and mechanics?
How to interpret data and work with statistics, probability and numeric relations?
How to use system design to create a better experience for your players?
How to gather and interpret data to make well-informed decisions for your game?

Content

You understand the role of data in game design.
You learn to design in-game economies.
You learn how to design balanced game systems and simulate your designs.
You understand the principles of data-driven decision-making in game development.
You learn the foundations of monetisation design.

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
d. assess operations in customer/clients, user and target group situations.
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.