TN
Apr 12, 2020
I really loved doing this course. Learnt how to make a simple game and make it really interesting! I loved how the easily the instructor was able to teach us and make us curious throughout the course.
DG
Feb 12, 2020
The lecture videos from Professor Fran and his old friend were surprisingly entertaining. Kudos to the team because they were able to make it fun, informative, and engaging throughout the four weeks.
By Alexandria J
•Feb 17, 2022
The course itself was fantastic! I feel like a learned a lot, and it's a good basis for getting into the world of game design. My only complaint was the peer reviews took quite a while, resulting in late grades, and having to push the deadline further because I didn't get the peer reviews I needed.
By Yauheni V
•Jul 3, 2023
Very useful for those who want to understand how ideas are created in GD. Mild pace, wonderful style of lecturing, great usage of practical examples. Would be better to have like 1 lecture in every topic about common mistakes in documents. Anyway, solid basic skills and knowledge for beginners
By Michael C
•Aug 25, 2016
This course is a very good intro course. The instructor Fran is both informative and funny. Fran really offers some great advice on how to think in terms of ways to develop and test your game in different ways. I thought it was certainly worth it and I think you would think the same too!
By Mark B
•Nov 28, 2017
Course is largely informative. However, the weekly assignments are peer graded. One other student plagiarized my work and tried to pass it as his own. I reported it, but Coursea has not responded. Not sure if they care. It seems like you can get away with anything.
By Sanne C
•Apr 5, 2016
The course material is funny and easy to follow, it breaks down important aspects of game design into easy chunks and assignments. As for reviews I feel like you get back what put in, if you make the effort for someone else you will get in return.
By Davide
•Feb 9, 2016
Even if it is a really simple course, I found it interesting and fun, even the homework were really funny to do. Much better than the second one.
I just say that pricing is too high for a course that actually put 1/2 basic concept for each video.
By Rajeev J
•Aug 21, 2018
I think the classes were awesome and the assignments were very cool. However, the quality of feedbacks I received in the peer-reviewed assignments left much to be desired.
This is a good first course for someone who is stepping into game design.
By Stanisław P
•Dec 22, 2015
Good course, I enjoyed the fact that there was a lot of hands-on work rather than just lectures, however, there could be more of the latter aswell. Quizes would be nice too.
The quality of the course is very high. Thank you for this course. :)
By jeanne c
•Nov 2, 2020
I enjoyed the video lessons. Liked the instructor and the puppet.
At first I had a challenging time thinking digital yet creating paper games. But it didn't take long to make the adjustment.
Feedback from other students was not very helpful.
By Somesh N
•Oct 30, 2015
I liked the fact that the course starts from and covers the very basics. The videos were fun to watch and the course taught a lot through the assignments. With very less time commitment , the course taught me to make my first board game.
By Viktoras B
•Sep 20, 2015
The course was quite helpful. I've been trying to make games already, but never knew where to start designing the game. Unfortunately it's quite short which was disappointing. I would never pay 80$ for a couple hours of video with basics
By Cecilia L
•Feb 7, 2022
Very basic course, so it is quick and easy to finish. Peer review system is luck of the draw with who you get to review your projects. I had to re-submit two assignments because of one person who didn't know how to click a PDF link.
By Tsur D
•Sep 20, 2020
it was fun, but i feel that there wasn't enough content, it was a really basic intro.
The missions were fun.
It was a very easy intro course to game design.
Should be skipped if you have any previous experience in game design
By Amin R
•Nov 8, 2022
Simple and fun method of education. short length videos, kind instructor and fun assignments.
I have learned some basics in game world. I like this course. thanks to coursera, calARTS, Fran and his cool puppet friend :)
By Ishan M
•Nov 7, 2022
Really enjoyed the video lessons and assignments set up by CaLARTS for this course. I would give it 4/5 stars because the assignments are peer reviewed and most people don't bother sharing constructive feedback.
By Melissa C
•May 23, 2019
I think this was a great course for a person like myself who wanted to start learning about Game Design but really had no experience. I enjoyed to class and love the flexibility with being able to take it all on
By Devin C
•Dec 14, 2015
Instructor was fun, but a little stiff. It's his first time teaching, so I can forgive it though. The work was a little tedious. I wish there was more variety in the assignments than just updating the same game.
By Sushobhit B
•Dec 27, 2016
A very basic course to start off the game design career. Great if you want to start right from the ground stage and make your way up! Complex concepts broken down and put ever so simply! Try it out!
By whipexx
•Mar 7, 2016
Really good introduction to game design and to the rest of the courses.
It does not have five stars because the task could be felt as repetitive if you started with a more developed idea from week 1.
By alexandre a d l
•Jan 27, 2016
good course, really an introduction =)
But the teacher is always reading a "Teleprompter".
He is not spontaneous... Except when He uses RPG to demonstrate an example ;-)
But the content is great
By Borja R N
•Aug 13, 2019
Nice way to explain and cool exercises to do if you are interested on the course. The only thing that isn't that good is the peer calification system, not everyone takes the course seriously.
By Joel L
•Jan 7, 2016
Simple, clean course that focuses beautifully on the core of what is being taught.
Also very enjoyable vibe to the instructor and the assignments; there's a puppet as a TA... enough said. :)
By Jin, Y
•Oct 19, 2015
There's only peer review in this course, which didn't provide the evaluation on your actually level on design skill. It's really just a 4 weeks intro, super easy to achieve the full marks.
By Francisco N
•Dec 3, 2015
The course was fun and the progression through the weeks assignments was good. The contents were presented in a interesting way and were pertinent, but i would know a little more deeper.
By Jessica P
•Jul 11, 2023
Pretty basic and easy to follow. Not sure that all of my peers were able to benefit from the "peer reviews". It would be great if there were a final review from the instructor as well.