International Game Design Practices: Tokyo

Take your game design to Tokyo

Perfect your game with feedback from experts in one of the world’s leading video game industries: Japan. International Game Design Practices is a four-credit, semester-long course during spring semester that builds upon a student’s existing game and puts it in front of Japanese game designers and gamers for critique, playtesting and review. The class includes spring break travel to Tokyo.

Taught by lecturer Rush Swope, the course will teach game design for a Japanese audience, with insight into logistics, marketing and design specific to this market. Students will meet with and pitch their games to representatives of Japanese studios, publishers and distributors.

Eligibility

To apply for the course, you must:

• Be on track to be a sophomore by credit hours (30 hours completed) by the end of fall 2018 semester, or be a master’s student.
• Have a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
• Be on track to be admitted to The Media School by the end of fall 2018 semester.

Class schedule

1-2:15 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays

Costs

The Media School provides a scholarship to all students admitted to this course to lower the course fee that is assessed for travel.

• Full program cost: $2,900
• Scholarship: $725
• Course fee after scholarship: $2,175

The course fee covers roundtrip transportation from Bloomington, lodging, all required activities, health insurance and some meals. We recommend students also have $200-$400 available during the trip to cover meals and personal expenses.

Apply

The application deadline for this course has passed.