Course detail

Studio II - Game Media - summer

FaVU-B2MU-LAcad. year: 2021/2022

This course introduces students to the transmission of status and other information using graphical or physical interfaces. A key theme here is the relationship between the heads up display (HUD), the Graphical User Interface (GUI), the User Interface in terms of hardware (UI) and the resulting User Experience (UX). Parallel themes focus on the phenomenon of "player guidance", navigation and general orientation in virtual or physical (in the case of board, card or space games) space.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

MgA. Vojtěch Vaněk

Department

Game Media Studio (AHM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students understand the terminology and relationship of HUD, GUI, UI and UX in the context of game design. They are able to design adequate navigation solutions and other forms of information delivery.

Prerequisites

Experience with multi-level creative writing. Realization of a periodic modular autobiographical text.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Students are led to realize individual or collective exercises and tasks. They continuously improve their technical and theoretical knowledge in the field. They are actively discussing and presenting their work results in the atelier field. In complementary activities, he participates in thematic exhibitions, excursions, festivals and lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To award the credit, it is necessary to submit partial studio assignments and collective or individual semester work. Subsequently, before the committee, he / she defends the results of the semester examination.

Course curriculum

User interfaces
HUD, GUI, UI, UX
Navigation
Player guides

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students are able to design and implement a graphical user interface, according to the needs of game design.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Presentation and submission of semestral studio works and exercises. Consultation, participation in teaching and studios is obligatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

compulsory prerequisite
- Atelier II - Multimedia - winter

Basic literature

http://monoskop.org/Monoskop
Na rozkaz krále, Ljuba Štíplová, 1989 (CS)
Ve službách krále Reginalda, Michael Bronec, 1993 (CS)
https://www.gameuidatabase.com/ (EN)

Type of course unit

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Tomáš Hrůza
MgA. Vojtěch Vaněk

Seminar

156 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Vojtěch Vaněk