Project Proposal

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• generate, ideas, concepts and proposals independently or collaboratively;
• apply methods of enquiry and reflection to critically evaluate your ideas;
• question, review and evaluate personal strengths within industry roles and practices.
• challenge the conceptual and technical boundaries of your discipline;
• show independent judgments and self-critique in the selection of ideas, materials, tools, techniques and processes;
• inform your practice through reflection on relevant theories;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• manage your time effectively as an independent learner;
• demonstrate innovation in the application of knowledge to practice.
• identify and draw upon a wide range of sources to inform and challenge your thinking;
• communicate and present ideas in a variety of oral, written, technological and visual format;
• employ digital literacies to support your learning;

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• social, environmental and ethical dimensions of games design and art;
• industry processes, roles, and methods of games development and design thinking;
• how to apply commercial and professional skills to a range of contexts.
• contemporary contexts and issues in the theory and practice of games design and art;
• how to creatively integrate and employ a range of research approaches and technologies to realise your ideas;
• a research informed approach to games design and art practice;

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• undertake and evaluate user testing of games prototypes;
• develop innovation through practical intelligence and experimentation.

The module will take the format of a series of structured tutorial days that will allow the cohort to explore and investigate contemporary concerns and their potential application within a game project, these days will take forward concepts, methodologies from levels 4 and 5 through a rigorous investigation of ideas and concepts. A series of ideas and presentations will help support the focus of the proposals. Each student will undertake an experimental and broad approach to developing their proposal.

You will keep detailed Process documentation throughout the module which will contain notes, mapping of ideas, recording examples of experimentation, and commentary on your work as it progresses with reflection on how you utilise information about the contemporary context.

The work and outcomes of this module inform and influence the focus and thinking of the Major Project GDA Module.

Teaching methods include:

• talks;
• tutorials;
• group critiques;
• supporting material distributed via virtual learning environments (VLE) such as Blackboard, Panopto and Bob National.

Learning activities include:

• review and revision of material provided in lectures and VLE’s;
• process documentation;
• using, comparing and evaluating specialist resources for Games Design & Art;
• discussion;
• User Testing;
• presentations;
• various Tutorial Activities;
• peer group learning;
• Study Skills Hub;
• self assessment.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Portfolio Development

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Formative feedback is given during the module, which can be verbal or written, contributing to the written summative feedback given at the end of the module
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.