IMED 420 - Games User Research

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: IMED 340
Corequisite: IMED 385
Description: This class aims to bridge concepts, principles, and methods of usability and playability assessment for digital games design. The class will cover a range of game related theories, focus on learning different methods of game-play data collection, evaluate what methods work best at different points of the development cycle, and teach the student how to effectively communicate the collected data to the designers/development team. The overall goal of this class is to develop the student’s knowledge of the theories, methods, application and communication of games user research and play-testing. Offered Fall Semester, annually.