Special Topic courses are new or limited-time classes offered in Emerging Media Arts.
2023 Spring Pre-Session (3 credit hours)

Intro to Game Design
EMAR 391.PW1 | 3 credit hours
M-F, 2:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. | Online
Instructor: Francesca Carletto-Leon
This course introduces students to an interdisciplinary approach to game design and production. Emphasis will be on rapid prototyping, agile design, critical play, collaboration, and project management in a relatively short development cycle. Structured as hands-on experiential learning, lectures, and discussions at the intersection of play and game design. Students make games!
Instructor Francesca Carletto-Leon is an award-winning game designer and educator whose work encompasses digital, tabletop, and alternative contoller-style projects. www.cesca.games
This course is for students interested in game design, but with limited or no programming or design experience.
Contact carsoncenter@unl.edu for more information.