Course description:
“Introduction to the systems, design, history, and cultural analysis of games with emphasis on development, technological literacy, markets and impact on society. [Students will] read about, write about, play and design traditional paper based and video games.”
Project/Paper prototype description: “Stargate: Rise of the System Lords”— a printable board game.
The Tau’ri (Earth) Stargate team freed the people of the desert planet Abydos from the grip of the evil Goa’uld and Supreme System Lord, Ra. His sudden demise created a power vacuum among the other Goa’uld, a parasitic alien race pretending to be gods. Everywhere, Goa’uld factions are trying to rule over the Stargate network and control intergalactic territories.