games & tourism education in dubrovnik

Gaming

New Curriculum for RIT Croatia

Elizabeth Lawley

RIT School of Interactive Games & Media • RIT MAGIC Center

lawley.rit.edu

Games & Tourism

New Curriculum for RIT Croatia

Elizabeth Lawley

RIT School of Interactive Games & Media • RIT MAGIC Center

lawley.rit.edu

WHY DUBROVNIK?

“I’m living in Assassin’s Creed.”

-my son, March 2013

The “Assassins’ Creed” Tour of

Italy

WHY ME?

PICTURE THE IMPOSSIBLE (2008-

09)

Designing a Game for Civic Engagement

Learn

Explore

Give

Socialize

Location Games

It was wonderful, but exhausting.

I swore I’d never

do anything like that again.

JUST PRESS PLAY (2011-2014)

Creating a Game for Student Engagement

play.rit.edu

Games Can Engage & Motivate(but often don’t)

Image: Scott Rigby

Self-Determination Theory

SO, WHAT’S THE PLAN?

Tentative Class Options

• Rochester & Croatia

– Introduction to Interactive Media (IGME-110)

– Game Design & Development 1 (IGME-220)

• Dubrovnik only

– Game Prototyping (being developed for 2016)

– Games & Tourism (being developed for 2016)

– Production Studio (IGME-580)

(Dubrovnik-specific focus)

• Also considering

– Social Media & Tourism / E-Tourism

– Game Industry Overview

Options for Croatian Students

• IHSM and/or International Business

– Five course sequence for a minor

• Information Technology Students

– Three course sequence for a concentration

• All Students

– Individual classes as free or professional

electives

Options for Study Abroad Students

• Game Design & Dev Students

– Games & Tourism + Production Studio

as advanced electives

– Not just RIT; courses would be attractive

to all game design programs

• Non-Technical Students

– Introductory courses as professional or free

electives

Study Game

Design

in King’s Landing!

RIT Croatia

Slides (will be) available at

slideshare.net/mamamusings

Coffee available by emailing

Elizabeth.Lawley@rit.edu(I’m in Zagreb 8-9 May!)